Nu Mixx Klazzics Vol.2 (Evolution: Duets & Remixes) [Explicit Lyrics]

2Pac | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 14, 2007)
• Original Release Date: 2007
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Explicit Lyrics
• Label: Koch Records
• ASIN: B000QXDEMC
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #35,129 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Picture Me Rollin'

2. Keep Goin'

3. What'z Ya Phone Number

4. Staring Through My Rear View

5. Hail Mary

6. Got My Mind Made Up

7. Pain

8. Lost Souls

9. Wanted Dead Or Alive (Gangsta Party)

10. Initiated

11. How Do U Want It

12. Picture Me Rollin'

Editorial Reviews

Nu Mixx Klazzics Vol. 2 [Explicit] (CD Album) by 2 Pac - Evolution: Duets and Remixes - 12 Tracks: 1. Picture Me Rollin' 3:39 Featuring Butch Cassidy , Kurupt, 2. Keep Goin' 3:17 Featuring Fatal Hussein, 3. What'z Ya Phone # 3:51 Featuring Candy Hill, 4. Staring Through My Rear View 4:15 Featuring Dwele, 5. Hail Mary (Rock Remix) 4:20 Featuring Outlawz, The, 6. Got My Mind Made Up 4:13 Featuring Kurupt , Outlawz, The, 7. Pain 4:54 Featuring Butch Cassidy , Styles P, 8. Lost Souls 4:37 Featuring Outlawz, The, 9. Gangsta Party 3:04 Featuring Snoop Dogg, 10. Initiated 3:46 Featuring Boot Camp Click, 11. How Do U Want It 4:09, 12. Picture Me Rollin' 5:10 Featuring Outlawz, The - Parental Advisory Explicit Content

Customer Reviews

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars 2Pac -Nu-Mixx Klazzics Vol. 2: Evolution: Duets & Remixes, August 16, 2007

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This review is from: Nu Mixx Klazzics Vol.2 (Evolution: Duets & Remixes) (Audio CD)

Four years after the original "Nu-Mixx Klazzics" Koch Records provides a followup in "Nu-Mixx Klazzics Vol. 2: Evolution: Duets & Remixes" (2007). Being a dedicated fan of 2Pac's music I have to say it was a nice surprise to come across this release. I am not a fan of the original Nu-Mixx Klazzics a project which faltered badly. The production is on point throughout this release, as are the guest appearances which come from: Kurupt, Butch Kassiy, Fatal Hussein, Candy Hill, Dwele, The Outlawz, Styles P, Snoop Dogg, Boot Camp Clik, M-1 & Daz Dillinger. "Picture Me Rollin" is a timeless Pac track from the All Eyez On Me Album, and a good starting point for this release, the production remains the same, with the difference being a smooth hook from Butch Cassidy and some additional lyrics from Pac's former Death Row label mate Kurupt. "Keep Goin" is a rare 2pac track which originally appeared on the Tha Dogg Pounds "2002" titled as "Don't Stop" this version includes an appearance from Pac's homeboy and original Outlawz member Fatal Hussein. The Illmind produced "Whatz Ya Phone #" follows, this version features some new production and an appearance from Los Angeles R&B/Hip Hop trio Candy Hill. "Staring Through My Rear View" is a classic Pac track which originally appeared on the Gang Related Soundtrack. This is a great track to include on this release as many of the newer generation may not have heard it. While the original featured an appearance from Phil Collins this one features vocals from Dwele. I like both versions. Next up is "Hail Mary (Rock Remix)" feat. The Outlawz, the change of themes to Rock production works. Kurupt and the Outlawz return for the laid back "Got My Mind Made Up". Another highlight of this album is the Remix of Pac's Above The Rim soundtrack cut "Pain", this version features another solid chorus from Butch Cassidy, and lyrics from Lox member Styles P who holds his own. I was happy to hear "Lost Souls" feat. Outlawz, a track I have not heard in a long time, originally made for the Gang Related Sountrack this is memorable track. Pac and Snoop's classic collabo is remixed with some harder production on "Wanted Dead Or Alive (Gangsta Party)", then veteran Rap group Boot Camp Clik- MC's who worked with Pac back in the day appear on "Initiated". I agree with the other reviewer who would of liked to see KC & Jojo appear on "How Do U Want It" as they did on the original - instead there is some mediocre production and a forgettable background chorus. The later version of "Picture Me Rollin" features some new rhymes from Pac's brethren the Outlawz. Overall "Nu-Mixx Klazzics Vol. 2: Evolution: Duets & Remixes" is a quality release which can be enjoyed by new and old fans alike.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Sequel Is Better Than The Original, August 26, 2007

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D.P. (California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Nu Mixx Klazzics Vol.2 (Evolution: Duets & Remixes) (Audio CD)

If you look at my previous reviews, you know that I don't write reviews for music CD's but I'm going to make an exception here because I am a rap/hip hop fan since the late 80's & I think this CD, not including his Greatest Hits & Resurrection [which is basically another Greatest Hits album], is the best overall Pac album to drop since Makaveli. Usually Pac's albums these days are nothing more than his vocals thrown into beats by "flavor of the month" producers mixed with whoever is on the popular artist on the charts are at the time & it just doesn't come off well most of the time...like B.I.G.'s albums since he died. And despite Death Row's reputation these days regarding the material they've been releasing (another topic for another time), they released a quality project here that shouldn't go unseen.

This album for the most part either had the beat slighty adjusted from the original (My Rear View, Lost Souls) & had new vocals added that fit right in to make the quality rank right up there with the original (both versions of Picture Me Rollin', Got My Mind Made Up) or in some cases, better than the original (Keep Goin' which used Pac's vocals from the DPG 2002 album & What'z Ya Phone Number...sorry Pac loyalist but I never liked the original). Two noteworthy tracks for me were the Keep Goin' track where that was the best I've heard of Fatal in a long time & the Gangsta Party Remix which definately gave the song a more rough & hard feeling than the smooth version the original had (don't get me wrong, I love the original too). The only thing wrong with this project I would say is the Hail Mary rock remix which I'll admit makes the song seem more hardcore than the original but it just seems so out of place like how the "Snoop Bounce" rock remix was on Snoop's Greatest Hits compared to the other tracks on here. There are some average tracks (Initiated) & not every single one is a blowaway song but I don't there there is honestly a horrible track or a boring filler on here.

Overall, Death Row didn't do to this project like they did with a majority of the first Nu-Mixx album where I was like "why did they ruin a classic song!?!" & instead provided a nice quality album that I recommend to any Pac fan OVER the last couple years of 2pac material that has been released like Pac's Life, Loyal To The Game, and the first Nu-Mixx album.

Side Note: The bonus tracks from Best Buy edition (always buy your Koch albums from Best Buy to get bonus tracks) is the same "Lost Souls Remix" except Daz Dillinger & M1 replace the Outlawz & another remix of "Initiated" with the vocals the same but a different beat.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars good production..., August 14, 2007

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John J. Petersen "kayaker" (Pompton Plains, NJ USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Nu Mixx Klazzics Vol.2 (Evolution: Duets & Remixes) (Audio CD)

allows this cd to flow smoothly and integrate a number of different guest apperances.

Suprised, because I expected this album to be terrible according to amateur critics, but i bought this cd and was actually shocked. "Picture me rollin', being presented twice is the only flaw.

Standout remix is "Got My Mind Made Up"

ignore preconceptions of Suge Knight, their is no SwizzBeatz or Kanye West production (thank god) which makes it more appealing