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2Pac - Dear Mama [Explicit Version] (Official Music Video) [Remastered In 8K] [Uncensored] The Original Video was taken in VOBs file, shared it to me the channel “OSHHE 4K | VHS & more“, was remastered and mixed by me, please watch his videos and subscribe👇👇🙏🙌 PayPal🤗👇 Provided to YouTube by Universal Music Group Dear Mama · 2Pac Me Against The World ℗ 1995 Amaru Entertainment, Inc. Released on: 1995-01-01 Producer: Tony Pizarro Producer: DF Master Tee Producer: Moses Composer Lyricist: Tony Pizarro Composer Lyricist: Tupac Shakur Composer Lyricist: Joe Sample Auto-generated by YouTube. “Dear Mama“ is a song by American rapper 2Pac from his third studio album, Me Against the World (1995). It was released on February 21, 1995, as the lead single from the album. The song is a tribute to his mother, Afeni Shakur. In the song, Shakur details his childhood poverty and his mother's addiction to crack cocaine, but argues that his love and deep respect for his mother supersede bad memories. The song became his first top ten on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number nine. It also topped the Hot Rap Singles chart for five weeks. As of March 2021, the song is certified 3x Platinum by the RIAA. “Dear Mama“ has been consistently ranked among the best of its genre, appearing on numerous “greatest“ lists. In 2009, the song was inducted into the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress, who deemed it a work that is “culturally, historically, or aesthetically important, and/or inform or reflect life in the United States“, making it the first hip hop recording by a soloist to be inducted. In a press release, the organization called the song “a moving and eloquent homage to both the murdered rapper's own mother and all mothers struggling to maintain a family in the face of addiction, poverty and societal indifference.“ The song is a tribute to Shakur's mother, Afeni Shakur. She and her husband were active members of the Black Panther Party in New York in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Shakur was born a month after his mother was acquitted of more than 150 charges of “Conspiracy against the United States government and New York landmarks“ in the New York “Panther 21“ court case. She was often absent during his childhood in favor of being an activist, and also during his adolescence when she became addicted to crack cocaine. Shakur was kicked out by Afeni at age 17, and they had little contact for many years. Having “lost all respect“ for his mother, he subsequently moved into a vacant apartment with friends and began writing poetry and rap lyrics. In 1990, realizing her habit was out-of-control, she enrolled in a 12-step program at a drug and alcohol treatment center in Norwalk, Connecticut. After completion, she reconciled with her son, who was at this point a successful recording artist. Record producer Tony Pizarro explained; Pac used to make references to 'Dear Mama' in a lot of different songs and I'd always be like 'You know that's a song in itself.' And one day he was like 'I got somethin' for that.' And he was like 'Man, you have In My Wildest Dreams by the Crusaders' and I was like 'Yeah.' He was like 'Yeah, I got something for that.' So I got the track ready. Pac just came through and just dropped it and blessed it with them vocals. The song was written shortly before Shakur served a prison term. Upon completion of the track, Shakur phoned longtime friend Jada Pinkett-Smith, remarking; I wrote this song about our mothers and I want you to hear it. Pinkett-Smith's mother too had struggled with drug addiction, and their experiences growing up with this as children led to their friendship. She later remarked that the song gave her a “rush of emotions“ upon her first listen. Johnny J, one of the rapper's producers, noted that “The emotional, the sad songs, were his personal favorites.“ Shakur mentioned the song and his intentions behind it in a 1995 interview with the Los Angeles Times: I'm the kind of guy who is moved by a song like Don McLean's “Vincent,“ that one about Van Gogh. The lyric on that song is so touching. That's how I want to make my songs feel. Take Dear Mama — I aimed that one straight for my homies' heartstrings. When questioned on possible misogyny in his lyrics, Shakur defended his music, noting that he worked in the studio with women and played his songs for women pre-release, remarking; Why do you think I wrote Dear Mama? I wrote it for my mama because I love her and I felt I owed her something deep. The video features an appearance by Afeni Shakur, who re-enacts her reconciliation with a lookalike of her son. Tupac himself was serving his four-and-a-half-year prison sentence. He released this song, and the associated album, while being sentenced. While in prison his album quickly climbed the charts.
