The Rose That Grew from Concrete is a posthumous album based on the poetry/writings of Tupac Shakur, released on November 21, 2000. This album features a large cast of celebrities reading Shakur's poetry and writing, much in the spirit of a traditional spoken-word album. 2Pac is featured on the song "The Rose That Grew from Concrete". These vocals were remixed onto the track from the song "Mama's Just a Little Girl" that was recorded in 1996 and released in 2002 on the album "Better Dayz".
It sold 262,672 copies in the United States as of 2011.
Track listing
Charts Chart Peakposition U.S. Billboard 20089 U.S. Billboard Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums28
Personnel
Jamal Joseph — Producer Tevin Thomas — Co-Producer, Keyboards on "God", " Only 4 the Righteous" Mike Mingioni — Engineer, Cover Photo, Liner Notes, Executive Producer, Bass, Vocals on "Wake Me When I'm Free" Molly Monjauze — Executive Producer Herbert Leonard — Percussion Gloria Cox — Executive Producer Russell Simmons — Performer Atiba Wilson — Flute Mos Def - Performer Tim Izo Orindgreff — Flute Dead Prez - Performer Royal Bayyan — Guitar & Keyboards Tarik Bayyan — Producer & Engineer Jasmine Guy - Performer Sonia Sanchez — Liner Notes QD3 - Performer Brian Gardner — Mastering Danny Glover - Performer Taavi Mote — Mixing Red Rat — Producer Skip Saylor — Mixing TuPac — Vocals Chris Puram — Mixing Nefertiti — Vocals (Background) Claudio Cueni — Mixing Val Young — Vocals (Background) Atiba Wilson — Percussion Tom Whalley — A&R Sikiru Adepoju — Performer Juan Ramirez — Assistant Engineer Sarah Jones — Performer Malcolm-Jamal Warner — Bass Jeffery Newbury — Photography Claudio Cueni — Engineer Voza Rivers — Producer Brian Springer — Engineer Thomas R. Yezzi — Engineer Khalis Bayyan — Saxophone Tyson Leeper — Engineer Charles Mack — Vocals (Background) Duncan Aldrich — Engineer Nikki Giovanni — Vocals Noelle Scaggs — Liner Notes, Vocals on "If There Be Pain" Q-Tip — Performer Tre Hardson — Performer Erik Rico — Producer
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