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"I Get Around" is a song by American rapper 2Pac from his second studio album, Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z... (1993). It was released on June 10, 1993 as the album's second single and features Shakur's mentor Shock G and Money-B of Digital Underground, Shakur's old group. It was produced by Shock G, who produced it under the alias, The D-Flow Production Squad.[2] AllMusic notes that in the song Shakur "brags about his sexual conquests".[2] Chart-wise, it was the album's most successful single reaching number eleven on the Billboard Hot 100 charts.

"I Get Around"
Single by 2Pac featuring Digital Underground
from the album Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z...
A-side	"Nothing but Love"
Released	June 10, 1993
Recorded	1992[1]
Genre	Hip hop
Length	4:19
Label	Interscope Jive
Songwriter(s)	Tupac Shakur Gregory Jacobs Ronald Brooks
Producer(s)	The D-Flow Production Squad
2Pac singles chronology
"Gotta Get Mine" (1993) "I Get Around" (1993) "Keep Ya Head Up" (1993)
Digital Underground singles chronology
"No Nose Job" (1992) "I Get Around" (1993) "The Return of the Crazy One" (1993)
Music video
"I Get Around" on YouTube

Composition and writing

In the 2009 book How to Rap, Shock G recalled that Shakur wrote the lyrics to the beat after hearing it for a while (rather than with no beat),[3] and that Shakur also ghostwrote Shock G's verse.[4]

Commercial success

"I Get Around" peaked at number 11 on the US Billboard Hot 100. It spent 25 weeks on the charts and peaked number 5 on the US R&B charts. It was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and sold 900,000 copies.[5][6]

Publication	Country	Accolade	Year	Rank
The Source	United States	The 100 Best Rap Singles of All Time	1998	*
Ego Trip		Hip Hop's 40 Greatest Singles by Year 1980-98	1999	6
Blender		Top 500 Songs of the 80s-00s	2005	307
Bruce Pollock		The 7,500 Most Important Songs of 1944-2000	2005	*
Pitchfork		The Pitchfork 500	2008	*
Pitchfork		Top 200 Tracks of the 1990s	2010	107

Track listing

Charts

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[13]	Platinum	1,000,000
Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

External links

• Music video

На других языках

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- [en] I Get Around (Tupac Shakur song)

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[es] I Get Around (canción de Tupac)

«I Get Around» es el segundo sencillo de 2Pac, de su segundo álbum Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z., con la colaboración del grupo Digital Underground. Está producido por Shock G,[1] y Allmusic señaló que 2Pac en la canción "se jacta de sus conquistas sexuales".[1]

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[ru] I Get Around

«I Get Around» — второй сингл Тупака Шакура, с альбома Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z.[1], изначально который должен был выйти на альбоме группы Digital Underground, но был отдан Тупаку в надежде поднять популярность последнего. На треке присутствуют участники группы Digital Underground — Shock G и Money-B, которые вложили немалые силы в запись композиции.

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