1995 single by 2Pac featuring Dr. Dre and Roger Troutman
"California Love"
Single by 2Pac featuring Dr. Dre and Roger Troutman
A-side
"How Do U Want It"
Released
December 3, 1995 (1995-12-03)
Recorded
November 2, 1995 (1995-11-02)
Studio
Can-Am (Los Angeles, California)
Genre
West Coast hip hop[1]
gangsta rap[2]
G-funk[3]
Length
6:29 (original version)
6:26 (remix)
Label
Death Row
Interscope
Songwriter(s)
Tupac Shakur
Andre Young
Roger Troutman
Larry Troutman
Mikel Hooks
Norman Durham
Ronald Hudson
Woody Cunningham
Joe Cocker
Chris Stainton
James Anderson (uncredited)[4][5]
Producer(s)
Dr. Dre
2Pac singles chronology
"Temptations" (1995)
"California Love" (1995)
"2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted" (1996)
Dr. Dre singles chronology
"U Better Recognize" (1995)
"California Love" (1995)
"No Diggity" (1996)
Roger Troutman singles chronology
"Put Your Lovin' Through The Test" (1994)
"California Love" (1995)
"It's Your Body" (1996)
Audio sample
file
help
Music video
"California Love" on YouTube
Music video
"California Love" (Remix) on YouTube
"California Love" is a song by American rapper 2Pac featuring fellow American rapper-producer Dr. Dre and American singer Roger Troutman of the funk group Zapp. The song was released as 2Pac's comeback single after his release from prison in 1995 and was his first single as the newest artist of Death Row Records. The original version is featured on the UK version of his fourth album, All Eyez on Me (1996), and is one of 2Pac's most widely known and most successful singles. It reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks (as a double A-side single with "How Do U Want It") and also topped the charts of Italy, New Zealand, and Sweden. The song was posthumously nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group in 1997.
^Smith, Troy L. (August 13, 2015). "25 best West Coast rap songs since N.W.A.'s 'Straight Outta Compton'". cleveland.com. Retrieved November 8, 2019.
^Campbell, Michael (2019). "Chapter 76: Mainstream Rap". Popular Music in America: The Beat Goes On (5th ed.). Cengage. pp. 327–328. ISBN 978-1-337-56037-5.
^Bell, Max; MacAdams, Torii (July 26, 2016). "The 30 best G-Funk tracks of all time". Fact. Retrieved October 24, 2019.
^Interscope Records (December 3, 2007). "California Love - Original Version". Spotify. Retrieved January 10, 2022.
^"HipHop-Elements.Com - Rap, R&B, Neo Soul, Pop, Rock, Latin, Reggae, Celebrity News and Gossip - HipHop-Elements.com". hiphop-elements.com. Archived from the original on February 15, 2012.
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