Dr. Dre Originally Had “California Love” Song Before 2Pac Did

[BK The Great]

 

[Jerz-2]

Thought this was common knowledge.

Pac demanded to be on this track when he first heard it, and Suge forced Dre's hand.

I forget who told this story some years ago.

And Pac's verses made this infinitely better.

 

[spliz]

This is old news. Lol. Pac sounds WAY better on that shyt.

 

[The Truest]

Yeah he took his beat, Pac be tired of suckaz on beats not rockin it right. It's Pac's record, Pac's beat, California Love

 

[dora_da_destroyer]

this song was better off with pac - his voice and charisma, being the first single after he got out, his first song on death row

that said, i always liked part ii more than part i

 

[RennisDeynolds]

Song became iconic thanks to 2Pac

 

[Deltron]

Use the search function at least once...there been a whole ass thread on it

https://www.thecoli.com/threads/california-love-original-dr-dre-solo-untagged-in-op.676708/

Edit: your bytch ass even posted in the thread

 

[zayk35]

Are we sure this ain't that A.I. shyt......but for real of course he had the beat first, HE produced it and the story of Suge forcing him to give it to Pac was always around. Although just like the G-Thang I was highly disappointed when I actually heard the original song the sample came from and saw that nothing was really changed. It's almost just a loop. I had heard the og song from "g-thang" a lot but never the very very beginning. So much so that I thought g thang was about to play during the Sunday night oldie mix some yrs ago.

 

[Silkk]

Gahdamn that shyt was wack

 

[the cac mamba]

what the fukk album is this song technically on? i never knew whose song it actually is. i know the remix is AEOM

 

[DaHNIC82]

Them struggle ass raps. Thank God Pac got on this

 

[ℒℴѵℯJay ELECTUA]

what the fukk album is this song technically on? i never knew whose song it actually is. i know the remix is AEOM

Chronic 2 I believe.

 

[drugxglory]

That Pac verse hit different when i played it while at the Griffith Observatory over looking LA

 

[Bleedin Gums Murphy]

Damn shame Dre and DOC were beefin at the time, because J-Flexx was a garbarge ghostwriter. DOC would've at least been able to find someone that could write better shyt than this:

Get popped like a pimple, so call me clearasil

Dre came to wax you, so just call me Mop & Glo

With grooves so funky, they come with a Speed Stick

That's all from Keep Their Heads Ringin'. It's saving grace Dre's beats were so good during that time, cause those rhymes are so corny.

I imagine Dre was like in the studio reading that bullshyt, but had a deadline to turn songs in.

 

[Sleepy Floyd]

I can't find the remix version I heard growing up, that had a solo from Zapp on it

CALI ALI CALI ALI