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“Changes” is a hip hop song by the late Tupac Shakur originally recorded during his tenure at Interscope records which was rerecorded and remixed between 1995-96. It is one of his most notable and popular songs. Released initially posthumously on his album Greatest Hits, the song addresses issues close to 2Pac’s era of influence, notably racism, police brutality, drugs, gang violence and the prospect of a black president. In addition, the song heavily samples the 1986 hit “The Way It Is” by Bruce Hornsby and the Range.
The Chris Hafner-directed music video is a compilation of a number of previous music videos 2Pac released in addition to home videos and never-before-seen pictures.
“Changes” was nominated for Best Rap Solo Performance at the Grammy Awards of 2000; it remains the only posthumous song to be nominated in this category. One verse in “Changes” was first featured in his previous release “I Wonder If Heaven Got a Ghetto”. There is also a notable remix of the song mashed up with Nelly Furtado’s “All Good Things (Come to an End)”. The “Huey” that 2Pac mentions in the song (“two shots in the dark, now Huey’s dead”) is Black Panther Party activist Huey P. Newton. In 2008, Changes climbed to Number One on Billboard magazine’s Hot Ringtones chart.
The Chris Hafner-directed music video is a compilation of a number of previous music videos 2Pac released in addition to home videos and never-before-seen pictures.
“Changes” was nominated for Best Rap Solo Performance at the Grammy Awards of 2000; it remains the only posthumous song to be nominated in this category. One verse in “Changes” was first featured in his previous release “I Wonder If Heaven Got a Ghetto”. There is also a notable remix of the song mashed up with Nelly Furtado’s “All Good Things (Come to an End)”. The “Huey” that 2Pac mentions in the song (“two shots in the dark, now Huey’s dead”) is Black Panther Party activist Huey P. Newton. In 2008, Changes climbed to Number One on Billboard magazine’s Hot Ringtones chart.
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Lenzo357 wrote:
im not 2pac fan, but this is one of my favourite songs ever, Tupac would be proud to see President Obama in office im sure of that.
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DonnieSTFU wrote:
People need to listen to this song if they want to get the right idea about this man, and not his harder shit where he talks about shootin' mothafuckaz
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Pho3nix- wrote:
Word, Tupac. Word.
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DEATHINFIREX wrote:
I'm not the biggest fan of hiphop but I can appreciate this.
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kennyken07 wrote:
and still no "change" Sorta kinda like he predicted the future huh?
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lauraxxnewyork wrote:
♥
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clubtrash wrote:
This came on MTV like ALL THE TIME back when it first came out. I watched it every single time even though I wasn't a fan of hip hop back then.
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pex wrote:
one of the best songs ever made
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Ember726 wrote:
This is such a powerful song! Unfortunately it is very true.
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BackNDaDay90 wrote:
One of his best!
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Keraj3000 wrote:
Great song but for me "Life Goes On" is better.
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okcesar wrote:
Suena curioso el cover rapeado de Hornsby. Muy R & B el coro, muy hip hop el fraseo, muy social el tema...
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betoonking wrote:
holy fuck.
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BeerDee64 wrote:
Damn Amazing !!!
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bkelleher wrote:
Single handedly got me into hip hop, back when I was 12.
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K1pp0 wrote:
I love this song! <3 2Pac <3
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PODpaznokciem wrote:
some things'ill never change.
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Marcusked wrote:
How du i play this song on ma phone
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tupac_for_ever wrote:
this song was so very GOOD!
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tupac_for_ever wrote:
yeah some changes memorie's... pull the triger kill some nigga..
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