music.wikisort.org - Composition"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.
1993 single by 2Pac featuring Digital Underground
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A-side | "Nothing but Love" |
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Released | June 10, 1993 |
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Recorded | 1992[1] |
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Length | 4:19 |
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Producer(s) | The D-Flow Production Squad |
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"I Get Around" on YouTube |
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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]
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Accolade |
Year |
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The Source |
United States |
The 100 Best Rap Singles of All Time |
1998 |
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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 |
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Pitchfork |
The Pitchfork 500 |
2008 |
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Pitchfork |
Top 200 Tracks of the 1990s |
2010 |
107 |
Track listing
- "I Get Around" (LP version) – 4:19
- "I Get Around" (vocal version) – 6:07
- "Nothing but Love" – 5:04
- "I Get Around" (remix) – 6:06
- "I Get Around" (remix instrumental) – 6:04
- "I Get Around" (7" remix) – 3:36
- "I Get Around" (remix) – 6:06
- "I Get Around" (7" remix) – 3:36
- "Holler If Ya Hear Me" (Broadway mix) – 4:31
- "Flex" (featuring: Dramacydal) – 4:19
- "I Get Around" (LP version) – 4:19
- "Keep Ya Head Up" (radio version) – 4:25
- "Keep Ya Head Up" (LP version) – 4:25
- "I Get Around" (radio version) – 4:19
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- "I Get Around" (LP version) – 4:19
- "I Get Around" (7" remix) – 3:36
- "I Get Around" (extra clean version) – 4:19
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Charts
Certifications
References
- Sal Manna. "Official Biography". Retrieved November 4, 2019.
- https://www.allmusic.com/album/r168663
- Edwards, Paul, 2009, How to Rap: The Art & Science of the Hip-Hop MC, Chicago Review Press, p. 169.
- Edwards, Paul, 2009, How to Rap: The Art & Science of the Hip-Hop MC, Chicago Review Press, p. 230-231.
- "American certifications – 2 Pac – I Get Around". Recording Industry Association of America.
- "Best-Selling Records of 1993". Billboard. Vol. 106, no. 3. BPI Communications. January 15, 1994. p. 73. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved May 4, 2015.
- "2Pac Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
- "2Pac Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard.
- "2Pac Chart History (Hot Rap Songs)". Billboard.
- "2Pac Chart History (Rhythmic)". Billboard. Retrieved October 15, 2021.
- "Billboard Top 100 – 1993". Archived from the original on November 10, 2006. Retrieved August 27, 2010.
- "Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs – Year-End 1993". Billboard. Retrieved October 15, 2021.
- "American single certifications – 2 Pac – I Get Around". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved October 28, 2020.
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На других языках
- [en] I Get Around (Tupac Shakur song)
[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]
[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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