The subtle harmonies and melodies and delicate rhythmic choices allude to the softer touch Tupac is trying to present in this, one of his. In Dear Mama, 2Pac discusses his childhood poverty and his mothers addiction to crack cocaine, but also emphaises his love and respect for his mother, so. when Tupac comes in the studio very upset and proceeds to explain to us that we had to take out Yo-Yo’s part because a person by the name of Pat Charbonet would not give us the clearance to use that part in the song, so we had no choice but to take it out and that’s where even the Richard Pryor excerpt, which you will hear, is completely off the released version of the song. This song is a tribute song to Tupac’s mother, and in a lot of ways to women and mothers coming up in difficult neighborhoods everywhere. The day after we had finished up on everything we were in Echo Sound in L.A. The sample was ‘Wouldn’t be a damn thang without a woman,’ which was taken from the original song from Ice Cube’s ‘This Is A Man’s World,’ with the scratching done, of course, by yours truly DJ King Assassin. Dear Mama song from the album The Best of 2Pac is released on Dec 2009. Hear JAY Z, 2 Pac, and Kanye West open up about. “Originally, the hook was a sample of a song from the legendary rapper and friend of both of ours named Yo-Yo, from Ice Cube’s Lench Mob. Get emotional with these poignant tracks from rappers dedicated to their old earths. Notes: Original Version Features Yolanda Whitaker AKA Yo-Yo On The Hook And Scratches By Dj King Assassin. “The original version of ‘Dear Mama’ was far different than the version that was released, as far as the hook was constructed,” DJ King Assassin explained in a note with the track via Ambrosia for Heads. Style: Boom Bap, Conscious, Gangsta, Jazzy Hip-Hop.
It was released as a single in 1995 as the lead single from his third studio album Me Against the World.The song is a tribute to his mother Afeni Shakur, in which he details his childhood poverty and his mothers addiction to crack cocaine but argues that his love for his mother supersede bad memories. The original version of “Dear Mama” includes vocals from Yo-Yo and some other samples unknown previously. 'Dear Mama' is a song by American rapper Tupac Shakur. Now a version of the song that is said to predate the popular recording has surfaced courtesy of Tupac’s early collaborator DJ King Assassin.