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{{Album infobox |

{{Infobox album

Name = Tupac: Resurrection OST |

| name = Tupac: Resurrection

Type = [[vinyl record| LP]] |

| type = soundtrack

Artist = [[2Pac]] |

| artist = [[Tupac Shakur|2Pac]]

Cover = Resurrectionjopfas.jpg |

| cover = Resurrectioncoverfront.jpg

Background = Orange |

| alt =

Released = [[November 26]], [[2002]] <small>([[United States|US]])</small> |

| released = November 11, 2003

Recorded = N/A |

| recorded =

Genre = [[Rap music|Rap]] |

| studio =

Length = 54 [[minute|min]] 56 [[second|s]] |

| genre = {{hlist|[[West Coast hip hop]]|[[gangsta rap]]|[[hardcore hip hop]]|[[G-funk]]<ref name="Allmusic">{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/tupac-resurrection-music-from-and-inspired-by-the-motion-picture-mw0000320180|title=Tupac: Resurrection [Music From and Inspired By The Motion Picture] - 2Pac, Tupac Shakur|last=Birchmeier|first=Jason|work=[[Allmusic]]}}</ref>}}

Label = [[Interscope Records]]/[[Amaru]] |

| length = {{duration|m=54|s=59}}

Producer = [[Afeni Shakur]], [[Suge Knight]] |

| label = {{hlist|[[Amaru Entertainment|Amaru]]|[[Interscope Records|Interscope]]}}

Reviews = [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=&sql=10:xj2vadskq8w3]</li>

| producer = {{hlist|[[Afeni Shakur]] {{small|([[Executive producer#Music|exec.]])}}|[[Easy Mo Bee]]|[[Eminem]]|[[Johnny "J"]]|[[Red Spyda]]|[[Shock G]]|[[Stretch (rapper)|Stretch]]}}

<li>[[Allmusic.com]] (4/5)|

| Last album prev_title = ''[[Better Dayz]]''<br />([[2002]]) |

| prev_year = 2002

This album = '''''[[Tupac: Resurrection (OST)]]'''''<br />([[2003]]) |

| next_title = [[2Pac Live]]

Next album = ''[[Nu-Mixx Klazzics]]''<br />([[2003]]) |

| next_year = 2004

}}

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Tupac: Resurrection

| type = soundtrack

| single1 = [[Runnin' (Dying to Live)]]

| single1date = September 6, 2003

| single2 = [[One Day at a Time (Em's Version)]]

| single2date = March 22, 2004

}}

}}

'''''Tupac: Resurrection''''' is a soundtrack album for the Academy Award-nominated documentary [[Tupac: Resurrection|of the same name]]. It was released on November 11, 2003, by [[Amaru Entertainment]] and [[Interscope Records]].

==Preview==

'''''Tupac: Resurrection''''' is the soundtrack to the movie of the same name in [[2003]] (''[[Tupac: Resurrection]]''), so it does not feature slapped together re-mixes with producers that flaunt below-average beat portfolios.

==ReviewBackground==

ThisIt CDincludes featuresseveral previously underplayed tracks byreleased [[Tupac Shakur|2Pac]] along withrecordings, a few new tracks produced by rap artist [[Eminem]] and a colloboration with another rap artist [[50 Cent]] which was first heard on bootleg street mixtapes. The underplayed tracks range from various albums over 2Pac's career.including "Death Around the Corner", from ''[[Me Against the World]]'';, "Secretz of War", from ''[[Still I Rise (album)|Still I Rise]]'';, "[[Holler ifIf YouYa Hear Me]]", from ''[[Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z...]]''; "Starin' Through My Rearand View",Rebel ''[[Gangof Related Soundtrack]]'';the Underground"Bury Me a G" and Str8 Ballin',from ''[[Thug2Pacalypse Life Volume 1Now]]''; "Sameand Song", This is an EP Release, "Panther Power", one ofunreleased 2Pac's earliestverses recordings(1989);re-constructed "Rebelinto ofnew thetracks Underground",such [[2Pacalypse Now]]. The Eminem produced tracksas "Ghost", "One Day at a Time", and "Runnin'" are(Dying standouts.to Live)"The Realist Killaz" is the result of an unreleased 2Pac verse being mixed a verse from rap artist 50 Cent as he disses another unnamed rapper [[Ja Rule]]. This soundtrack is praised by fans and reviewers alike. The documentary, ''[[Tupac: Resurrection]]'' also received an [[Academy Award]] nomination for [[Best Documentary]].

==Singles==

{| class="wikitable"

|-

! Single information

|-

|align="left"|'''''"[[One Day at a Time (Em's Version)]]"'''''

*Released: 2003

*B-side:

|-

|align="left"|'''''"[[Runnin' (Dying to Live)]]"'''''

*Released: 2003

*B-side: "[[Still Ballin]]"

|}

==Production==

Tupac's mother [[Afeni Shakur]] and [[Eminem]] [[Executive producer#Music|executively produced]] the album.

The album features [[The Notorious B.I.G.]], [[Eminem]], [[50 Cent]], [[Outlawz]], and [[Digital Underground]].

"Intro", "Ghost", "Death Around The Corner", "Bury Me A G" and "Str8 Ballin{{' "}} do not actually feature in the movie, but appear on the album.

==Critical reception==

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]

| rev1Score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref>[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r666231|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]</ref> <!-- http://www.allmusic.com/album/tupac-resurrection-original-soundtrack-mw0000320180-->

| rev2 = RapReviews.com

| rev2Score = 8/10<ref>[http://www.rapreviews.com/archive/2003_11_tupacres.html RapReviews review]</ref>

| rev3 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''

| rev3Score = {{rating|2|5}} <ref>[https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/tupac-resurrection-sdtk-20031120 Rolling Stone review]</ref>

| rev4 = ''[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]''

| rev4Score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref>[http://www.uncut.co.uk/tupac-resurrection/tupac-resurrection-interscope-review Uncut review]</ref>

}}

The album received mixed to positive reviews.

==Commercial performance==

The album sold more than 420,000 copies in its first week, debuting at number two on the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Billboard 200|200]] behind [[Jay-Z]]'s ''[[The Black Album (Jay-Z album)|The Black Album]]''.<ref>{{Cite magazine|author=Billboard Staff|date=2003-11-19|title=Back In 'Black': Jay-Z Swan Song Bows On Top|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/back-in-black-jay-z-swan-song-bows-on-top-68109/|access-date=2022-01-08|magazine=Billboard|language=en-US}}</ref>

It sold 1,666,335 copies in the United States as of 2011.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.xxlmag.com/news/2011/09/tupac-month-2pacs-discography/#2|title=Tupac Month: 2Pac's Discography|access-date=27 May 2013}}</ref>

It went [[List of music recording certifications|platinum]] in the United States<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&ar=2+PAC&ti=Resurrection&lab=&genre=&format=&date_option=release&from=&to=&award=&type=&category=&adv=SEARCH#search_section|title=Gold & Platinum - RIAA|publisher=[[Recording Industry Association of America]]|access-date=13 February 2019}}</ref> and gold in the United Kingdom.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bpi.co.uk/award/12000-1284-2|title=Award - bpi|publisher=[[British Phonographic Industry]]|access-date=13 February 2019}}</ref>

==Awards and nominations==

The song "Runnin' (Dying to Live)" won the Top Soundtrack Song of the Year award at the 2005 ASCAP Rhythm & Soul Music Awards.

==Track listing==

{{track_listing

#"Intro"

| extra_column = Producer

#"Ghost"

#"One Day at a Time [Em's Version]"

| title1 = Intro

#"Death Around The Corner"

| note1 = previously unreleased

#"Secretz of War"

| writer1 =

#"Runnin (Dying to Live)"

| extra1 =

#"Holler if You Hear Me"

| length1 = {{duration|m=0|s=5}}

#"Starin' Through My Rear View"

#"Bury Me a G"

| title2 = Ghost

#"Same Song"

| note2 = previously unreleased

#"Panther Power"

| writer2 = {{hlist|[[Tupac Shakur]]|[[DJ Pooh|Mark Jordan]]|[[Luis Resto (musician)|Luis Resto]]|[[Eminem|Marshall Mathers]]}}

#"Str8 Ballin'"

| extra2 = [[Eminem]]

#"Rebel of the Underground"

| length2 = {{duration|m=4|s=17}}

#"The Realist Killaz"

| title3 = [[One Day at a Time (Em's Version)]]

| note3 = with Eminem feat. [[Outlawz]]) (previously unreleased

| writer3 = {{hlist|Shakur|Henry Garcia|[[E.D.I. Mean|Malcolm Greenidge]]|[[Kastro (Outlawz)|Katari Cox]]|[[Young Noble|Rufus Cooper]]|Mathers|Resto| Delray Richardson}}

| extra3 = Eminem

| length3 = {{duration|m=3|s=44}}

| title4 = Death Around the Corner

| note4 = from [[Me Against the World]], 1995

| writer4 = {{hlist|Shakur|[[Johnny "J"|Johnny "J" Jackson]]}}

| extra4 = [[Johnny "J"]]

| length4 = {{duration|m=4|s=7}}

| title5 = Secretz of War

| note5 = feat. Outlawz) (from [[Still I Rise (album)|Still I Rise]], 1999

| writer5 = {{hlist|Shakur|R. Cooper|Greenridge|[[Yaki Kadafi|Yafeu Fula]]|J. Jackson|[[Hussein Fatal|Bruce Washington]]}}

| extra5 = Johnny "J"

| length5 = {{duration|m=4|s=13}}

| title6 = [[Runnin' (Dying to Live)]]

| note6 = feat. [[The Notorious B.I.G.]]) (released in 2002

| writer6 = {{hlist|Shakur|[[The Notorious B.I.G.|Christopher Wallace]]|[[Easy Mo Bee|Osten Harvey]]|[[Edgar Winter]]|Mathers|Resto}}

| extra6 = {{hlist|Eminem|[[Easy Mo Bee]]}}

| length6 = {{duration|m=3|s=51}}

| title7 = [[Holler If Ya Hear Me]]

| note7 = from [[Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z...]], 1993

| writer7 = {{hlist|Shakur|[[Stretch (rapper)|Randy Walker]]|[[Barrett Strong]]|[[Norman Whitfield]]}}

| extra7 = [[Stretch (rapper)|Stretch]]

| length7 = {{duration|m=4|s=38}}

| title8 = Starin' Through My Rear View

| note8 = feat. Outlawz) (from [[Gang Related]] [[Gang Related – The Soundtrack|soundtrack]], 1997

| writer8 = {{hlist|Shakur|[[Hurt-M-Badd|Tyrone Wrice]]|Greenridge|Fula|[[Phil Collins]]}}

| extra8 = {{hlist|[[Tupac Shakur|Makaveli]]|Johnny "J"}}

| length8 = {{duration|m=5|s=11}}

| title9 = Bury Me a G

| note9 = feat. [[Thug Life (band)|Thug Life]]) (from [[Thug Life, Volume I]], 1994

| writer9 = {{hlist|Shakur|[[Thug Life (band)|Diron Rivers]]|[[Big Syke|Tyruss Himes]]|[[Thug Life (band)|Walter Burns]]|[[Mopreme Shakur|Maurice Harding]]|[[Ronald Isley]]|[[Ernie Isley]]|[[Marvin Isley]]|[[Rudolph Isley]]|[[O'Kelly Isley Jr.]]|[[Chris Jasper]]}}

| extra9 = Thug Music

| length9 = {{duration|m=5|s=0}}

| title10 = [[Same Song (Digital Underground song)|Same Song]]

| note10 = feat. [[Digital Underground]], from [[This Is an EP Release]], 1991

| writer10 = {{hlist|Shakur|[[Money-B|Ronald Brooks]]|[[George Clinton (funk musician)|George Clinton, Jr.]]|[[Bootsy Collins|William Collins]]|[[Shock G|Gregory Jacobs]]|[[Walter "Junie" Morrison|J.S. Theracon]]|Jim Vitti}}

| extra10 = [[Shock G]]

| length10 = {{duration|m=3|s=57}}

| title11 = Panther Power

| note11 = feat. Tyson) (from [[Beginnings: The Lost Tapes 1988–1991|The Lost Tapes: Circa 1989]], 2000

| writer11 = {{hlist|Shakur|[[Ray Luv|Raymond Tyson]]|Mark Dorado|[[Chopmaster J|Jimi "Chopmaster J" Dright]]}}

| extra11 = Chopmaster J and Strictly Dope

| length11 = {{duration|m=4|s=36}}

| title12 = Str8 Ballin{{'-}}

| note12 = from Thug Life, Volume I, 1994

| writer12 = {{hlist|Shakur|Harvey|Clinton Jr.|Collins|Gary Cooper}}

| extra12 = Easy Mo Bee

| length12 = {{duration|m=5|s=4}}

| title13 = Rebel of the Underground

| note13 = from [[2Pacalypse Now]], 1991

| writer13 = {{hlist|Shakur|Jacobs}}

| extra13 = Shock G

| length13 = {{duration|m=3|s=17}}

| title14 = The Realist Killaz

| note14 = feat. [[50 Cent]]) (previously unreleased

| writer14 = {{hlist|Shakur|[[50 Cent|Curtis Jackson]]|[[Red Spyda|Andy Thelusma]]|[[Snoop Dogg|Calvin Broadus]]|Washington|Fula|R. Cooper|Cox|[[Prince Ital Joe|Joseph Paquette]]|Wrice|[[Scarface (rapper)|Brad Jordan]]|[[Mike Dean (record producer)|Mike Dean]]|[[Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis|James Harris]]|[[Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis|Terry Lewis]]}}

| extra14 = [[Red Spyda]]

| length14 = {{duration|m=2|s=59}}

| total_length = {{duration|m=54|s=59}}

}}

;Sample credits

*"Runnin' (Dying to Live)"

**"Dying to Live" by [[Edgar Winter]]

*"The Realist Killaz"

**"[[Hail Mary (2Pac song)|Hail Mary]]" by [[Makaveli]]

*"Starin' Through My Rear View"

**"[[In The Air Tonight]]" by [[Phil Collins]]

==Charts==

{{col-begin}}

{{col-2}}

===Weekly Charts===

{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"

|-

! scope="col"| Chart (2003–04)

! scope="col"| Peak<br /> position

|-

{{album chart|Flanders|41|artist=Tupac|album=Resurrection|rowheader=true|accessdate=September 5, 2020}}

|-

{{album chart|BillboardCanada|3|artist=Soundtrack|album=Resurrection|rowheader=true|accessdate=September 5, 2020}}

|-

! scope="row"|Canadian R&B Albums ([[Nielsen SoundScan]])<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.canoe.com/JamMusicCharts/RANDB.html|title=R&B : Top 50|website=[[Jam!]]|date=December 18, 2003|access-date=January 29, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031223120222/http://www.canoe.com/JamMusicCharts/RANDB.html|archive-date=December 23, 2003}}</ref>

|style="text-align:center;"|2

|-

{{album chart|Netherlands|36|artist=Tupac|album=Resurrection|rowheader=true|accessdate=September 5, 2020}}

|-

{{album chart|France|57|artist=Tupac|album=Resurrection|rowheader=true|accessdate=September 5, 2020}}

|-

{{album chart|Germany|76|id=4784|artist=Tupac|album=Resurrection|rowheader=true|accessdate=September 5, 2020}}

|-

{{album chart|Ireland2|25|artist=Tupac|rowheader=true|accessdate=September 5, 2020}}

|-

{{album chart|Switzerland|68|artist=Tupac|album=Resurrection|rowheader=true|accessdate=September 5, 2020}}

|-

{{album chart|UK2|62|date=20031122|rowheader=true|accessdate=September 5, 2020}}

|-

{{album chart|Billboard200|2|artist=Soundtrack|rowheader=true|accessdate=September 5, 2020}}

|-

{{album chart|BillboardRandBHipHop|3|artist=Soundtrack|rowheader=true|accessdate=September 5, 2020}}

|-

{{album chart|BillboardSoundtrack|1|artist=Soundtrack|rowheader=true|accessdate=July 16, 2021}}

|}

{{col-2}}

===Year-end charts===

{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"

|-

! scope="col"| Chart (2003)

! scope="col"| Position

|-

! scope="row"| US ''Billboard'' 200<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2003/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2003|magazine=Billboard|access-date=September 5, 2020}}</ref>

|align="center"|161

|-

! scope="row"| US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2003/top-r-and-b-hip-hop-albums|title=Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 2003|magazine=Billboard|access-date=September 5, 2020}}</ref>

|align="center"|84

|-

! scope="row"| US Soundtrack Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bA8EAAAAMBAJ|title=2003 The Year in Music|magazine=Billboard|volume=115|issue=52|page=YE-78|date=December 27, 2003|access-date=July 16, 2021}}</ref>

|align="center"|12

|}

{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"

|-

! scope="col"| Chart (2004)

! scope="col"| Position

|-

! scope="row"| US ''Billboard'' 200<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2004/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Year-end Charts: The ''Billboard'' 200|access-date=June 29, 2019|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref>

|align="center"|57

|-

! scope="row"| US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2004/top-r-and-b-hip-hop-albums|title=Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 2004|magazine=Billboard|access-date=September 5, 2020}}</ref>

|align="center"|27

|-

! scope="row"| US Soundtrack Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1BMEAAAAMBAJ|title=2004 The Year in Music|magazine=Billboard|volume=116|issue=52|page=YE-72|date=December 25, 2004|access-date=July 16, 2021}}</ref>

|align="center"|1

|}

{{col-end}}

==Certifications==

{{Certification Table Top}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=album|artist=2 Pac|title=Resurrection|award=Gold|relyear=2003|certyear=2013|id=12000-1284-2|access-date=13 February 2019}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=album|artist=2 Pac|title=Resurrection|award=Platinum|relyear=2003|certyear=2003|access-date=13 February 2019|salesamount= 1,666,335|salesref=<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.xxlmag.com/news/2011/09/tupac-month-2pacs-discography/#2|title=Tupac Month: 2Pac's Discography|access-date=27 May 2013}}</ref>}}

{{Certification Table Bottom | nosales=true}}

==References==

{{Reflist}}

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[[Category:Albums produced by Eminem]]

[[Category:Albums produced by Easy Mo Bee]]

[[Category:Albums produced by DJ Pooh]]

[[Category:Albums produced by Johnny "J"]]

[[Category:2003 soundtrack albums]]

[[Category:Interscope Records soundtracks]]

[[Category:Tupac Shakur soundtracks]]

[[Category:Gangsta rap soundtracks]]

[[Category:Documentary film soundtracks]]

[[Category:Albums produced by Red Spyda]]