''Tupac: Live at the House of Blues'' is a live album and the final concert by American rapper

Tupac Tupac Amaru Shakur ( ; born Lesane Parish Crooks, June 16, 1971 – September 13, 1996), also known as 2Pac and Makaveli, was an American rapper. He is widely considered one of the most influential rappers of all time. Shakur is among the b ...

. The performance was recorded at the

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, Sunset Strip,

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, July 4, 1996 and was released on both CD and

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on September 5, 2005.

Background

Although the album is credited to 2Pac, the concert was in fact a joint show with

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and

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. The concert was divided into two halves: Throughout the first half 2Pac, backed by his hip-hop-clique,

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, performs and features R&B duo,

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, while in the second half, Snoop Dogg goes back and forth with tha Dogg Pound and features West Coast singer, Nate Dogg. For the shows climax, 2Pac rejoins the stage and he and Snoop perform their then recent hit, " 2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted". Of the songs performed by 2Pac, three of them, at that time, were unreleased and would not see a release until years after his death. The unreleased songs performed were "Troublesome", "Tattoo Tears" and "Never Call U Bitch Again." Tha Dogg Pound also performed an unreleased song, "Me in Your World", which would see a release later the same year on ''

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''. Since its release ''Tupac: Live at the House of Blues'' has sold over a million copies and is certified Platinum. The DVD and

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edition contains the entire uncut concert and includes five full-length music videos; " California Love (Remix)", " To Live & Die in L.A.", "

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", "

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" and " I Ain't Mad at Cha."

Track listing

Charts

;Album

Certifications

References

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