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

[DaveyDave]

Chronic 2 I believe.

I remember in the AEOM booklet when I first bought it had a list of upcoming albums, Chronic 2 was one of them and a Snoop Dogg album but I Can't remember the name of that one

 

[King Poetic]

I think Dre and pac both needed a extra verse for the track IMO

 

[Monoblock]

Thought this was common knowledge. I have the original somewhere.

 

[En Sabah Nur]

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

CALI ALI CALI ALI

You can't type "California Love remix" into the YouTube search?
In fact, that's the version that's on All Eyez On Me

 

[ThaBronxBully]

Good Call Cutting That Verse Out lol

 

[Da King]

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

 

[Malcolmxxx_23]

“Out on bail fresh outta jail, California dreamin”

when you first hear pac

That energy unmatched

 

[up in here]

Not just this track though. Pac was taking everybody’s joints for AEOM. U Can’t C Me was for Dre. I Got My Mind Made Up was DPG. A bunch of other songs, Pac took em all and put em on AEOM

 

[Reality Check]

Song became iconic thanks to 2Pac

This. Brought a lot more energy than the second Dre verse.

Wonder if Kurupt wrote the verse this seems like his rhyme scheme during that time

Sam Sneed wrote it. Kurupt wasn't involved much with the Chronic 2 sessions.

 

[Complexion]

I wonder what the remix beat was originally going to be? I don't think Dre would've been working on two versions of the same track using different samples with totally different grooves. Same with this:



Pac jacked Dre for three beats really. Doesn't that have exactly the same vibe as this:



Almost identical.

 

[WesCrook]

I mean it’s Dres track, added the Pac vocals after, but that clearly took it to another stratosphere

The remix is better. That instrumental at the end of the video as well, wish we got a song out of it

"Out on bail, fresh outta jail, California dreamin'......" stands out on this track.

Dre's verse was redundant af.

 

[The Intergalactic Koala]

Breh I swear God must be a ghost engineer/producer for Dre, because every legit banger he solo's on...God hit the "nah this is a collaboration".

 

[C-Styles]

Breh I swear God must be a ghost engineer/producer for Dre, because every legit banger he solo's on...God hit the "nah this is a collaboration".

Royce da 5'9" wrote this, but this sh*t funny, cuz even Dre knows when to remove himself from the equation

 

[Fortunate Lee]

Out on bail…fresh outta jail


And the rest was history

PAC NEVER STRUGGLES ON A TRACK

That's the major difference

 

[Reality Check]

Out on bail…fresh outta jail


And the rest was history

PAC NEVER STRUGGLES ON A TRACK

That's the major difference

He also killed "Can't C Me" compared to Tha Dogg Pounds version