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"'''Dear Mama'''" is a grammy-nominated song on [[Tupac Shakur|2Pac]]'s third solo album, ''[[Me Against the World]]''. It is dedicated to his mother, [[Afeni Shakur]]. Its melody samples "Sadie" by [[The Spinners]], and "In All My Wildest Dreams" by [[Joe Sample]]. It's considered by many fans, critics and purists as one of the greatest [[hip-hop]] songs of all-time. |
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"Dear Mama" is a grammy-nominated song on 2Pac's third solo album, Me Against the World. It is dedicated to his mother, Afeni Shakur. Its melody samples "Sadie" by The Spinners, and "In All My Wildest Dreams" by Joe Sample. It's considered by many fans, critics and purists as one of the greatest hip-hop songs of all-time.
The song topped the Billboard Hot Rap Singles Chart for five weeks, the R&B/Hip-Hop Singles chart for one week, and peaked at #9 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. It also topped the Hot Dance Music Maxi-Singles sales chart for 4 weeks.
It is considered by many to be 2Pac's most emotional and most respected song, and is praised by many artists, (Eminem mentions it as his favorite Tupac song [1]) even by many artists who aren't into the hip hop business.
In1998 it appeared on 2Pac's Greatest Hits.
The official remix produced by Nitty and featuring Anthony Hamilton appears on the 2006 release Pac's Life.
It is sampled in Bone Thugs N Harmony's hit single I Tried.
It samples Spandau Ballet's True.
The song's beat is used in Lil Wayne's "Dear Summer".
The music video for 'Dear Mama' was made and released by Calvin Caday while 2Pac was incarcerated; thus, a Tupac look-alike had to be used for certain moments in the video. Afeni Shakur was also featured, shown flipping through pages of a photo album containing pictures of a younger Tupac. The video also shows snippets of articles relating to the Black Panthers, alluding to her past history as a former member of the radical organization.
