14/10/2023
Do yall think he really would have kept it unreleased
On this day in 1995, 2Pac began work on the infamous "All Eyez On Me" album. As reported yesterday, Pac recorded "Ambitionz Az A Ridah", "2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted" and "I Aint Mad At Cha" during his first studio session since being released from Clinton Correctional Facility.
After the historic recording session, Pac met up with Faith Evans and spent a nice relaxing night with her. (Via Bomb 1st) 👀
It was in this moment 2Pac told Faith about wanting to make a diss record against The Notorious B.I.G. Pac told her the sample he was going to use, which was Dennis Edward's "Don't Look Any Further." 2Pac would later go on to record the original "Hit Em Up" later that month in October 1995. This version remained unreleased and wasn't used for "All Eyez On Me."
When Faith went back to New York, she told Biggie that Pac was going to make a diss record over that sample so Biggie and Junior Mafia took the sample for the "Get Money Remix" which dropped a week and a half before "All Eyez On Me".
This incident would infuriate Pac to the point where he went back and had the beat reproduced by Johnny J and recorded all new lyrics over the beat with the Outlawz. And then he would flip the "Get Money" line into "Take Money" as a direct shot towards that record. Long story short, it was these actions that spawned the "Hit Em Up," we all know. If the Beat was never stolen, Pac would have left the 1995 version unreleased and would have never remade it in mid 1996.
✅️ Peep the comments for the original 1995 version of "Hit Em Up" ‼️⬇️
The rest is history ✍️ DJ Skandalous