2Pac ft. Dr. Dre & Roger Troutman - "California Love" (1995)

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Thought there was thread for this, but I guess not. Featured on the U.K. version of his album "All Eyez On Me". It was produced by Dr. Dre.

The original samples Joe Crocker's "Woman To Woman" and the remix samples Kleeer's "Intimate Connection".

Chart peaks:

#1 Hot 100

#1 Dance

#1 R&B/Hip Hop

#1 Rap

#34 Mainstream Top 40

#2 Rhythmic

[bjordan]

I hear this a lot on Power 106, Real 92.3 and 93.5 KDAY. I’m a fan of 2Pac and I love this song despite the overplay lol. I loved this song since I was 2 and I still love it at 29 going on 30.

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#9 on Billboard's 500 Greatest Pop Songs

2Pac and Dr. Dre welcomed everybody to the Wild Wild West in this hook-filled hip-hop party-starter. Over an all-time Joe Cocker horn sample, the pair deliver a verse each full of instant quotables about why the Golden State knows how to keep it rockin’. Roger Troutman’s sing-along, talkbox-assisted chorus — borrowing both from Ronnie Hudson’s celebratory staple “West Coast Poplock” and his own group Zapp’s “Dance Floor” — brings the melody, and the pair of rap legends bring the attitude, making everyone honorary Californians for almost five sunny minutes while giving shine to little-name-checked Cali locales like Sacramento and Pasadena. After all, it’s the whole state where you’ll “never find the dance floor empty.” – K.A.