The Rose That Grew from Concrete is an album based on the poetry of Tupac Shakur, released in 2000. This album features a large cast of celebrities reading Shakur's poetry and writing, much in the spirit of a traditional spoken word album.
[edit] Track listing
- "Tupac Interlude" – 0:57
- "Wake Me When I'm Free" (Featuring Babatunde Olatunji) – 5:52
- "Can U C The Pride In The Panther (Male Version)" (Featuring Mos Def) – 4:54
- "When Ure Heart Turns Cold" (Featuring Sonia Sanchez) – 1:38
- "U R Ripping Us Apart" (Featuring Dead Prez) – 5:12
- "Tears of a Teenage Mother" (Featuring Jasmine Guy) – 4:39
- "God" (Featuring Reverend Run) – 0:47
- "And Still I Love You" (Featuring Red Rat) – 3:58
- "Can U C The Pride In The Panther (Female Version)" (Featuring Mos Def) – 3:59
- "If There Be Pain" (Featuring Providence & RasDaveed El Harar) – 4:45
- "A River That Flows Forever" (Featuring Danny Glover, Afeni Shakur & The Cast of The Lion King) - 2:20
- "The Rose That Grew from Concrete" (Featuring Nikki Giovanni) - 2:35
- "In The Event of My Demise" (Featuring The Outlawz & Geronimo Ji Jaga) - 4:41
- "What of a Love Unspoken" (Featuring Tre) - 3:16
- "Sometimes I Cry" (Featuring Dan Rockett) - 3:10
- "The Fear in the Heart of Man" (Featuring Q-Tip) - 4:16
- "Starry Night" (Featuring Quincy Jones, Mac Mall & Rashida Jones) - 4:33
- "What of Fame" (Featuring Russell Simmons) - 0:21
- "Only 4 the Righteous" (Featuring Rha Goddess) - 2:29
- "Why Must You Be Unfaithful" (Featuring Sarah Jones) - 1:12
- "Wife 4 Life" (Featuring 4th Avenue Jones & KCI) - 4:06
- "Lady Liberty Needs Glasses" (Featuring Malcolm Jamal Warner) - 2:23
- "Family Tree" (Featuring Lamar Antwon Robinson & The IMPACT Repertory Theatre) - 3:21
- "Thug Blues" (Featuring Lamar Antwon Robinson, Tina Thomas Bayyan & The IMPACT Repertory Theatre) - 4:46
- "The Sun and the Moon" (Featuring Chief Okena Littlehawk) - 1:56
[edit] Personnel
- Mike Mingioni — Engineer, Cover Photo, Liner Notes, Executive Producer, Bass, Vocals on "Wake Me When I'm Free"
- Molly Monjauze — Executive Producer
- Herbert Leonard — Percussion
- Gloria Cox — Executive Producer
- Russell Simmons — Performer
- Atiba Wilson — Flute
- Mos Def - Performer
- Tim Izo Orindgreff — Flute
- Dead Prez - Performer
- Royal Bayyan — Keyboards
- Jasmine Guy - Performer
- Sonia Sanchez — Liner Notes
- QD3 - Performer
- Brian Gardner — Mastering
- Danny Glover - Performer
- Taavi Mote — Mixing
- Red Rat — Producer
- Skip Saylor — Mixing
- 2Pac — Vocals
- Chris Puram — Mixing
- Nefertiti — Vocals (Background)
- Claudio Cueni — Mixing
- Val Young — Vocals (Background)
- Atiba Wilson — Percussion
- Tom Whalley — A&R
- Sikiru Adepoju — Performer
- Juan Ramirez — Assistant Engineer
- Sarah Jones — Performer
- Malcolm-Jamal Warner — Bass
- Jeffery Newbury — Photography
- Claudio Cueni — Engineer
- Voza Rivers — Producer
- Brian Springer — Engineer
- Royal Bayyan — Producer
- Thomas R. Yezzi — Engineer
- Khalis Bayyan — Saxophone
- Tyson Leeper — Engineer
- Charles Mack — Vocals (Background)
- Duncan Aldrich — Engineer
- Nikki Giovanni — Vocals
- Noelle Scaggs — Liner Notes, Vocals on "If There Be Pain"
- Q-Tip — Performer
- Tre Hardson — Performer
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