Multi-platinum producer Rick Rock recently spoke about being a part of some of the most legendary studio sessions and the first time he met Tupac on the Murder Master Music Show.
In an interview published on June 6 by Underground Society, Rock discusses his involvement in the recording process of Pac’s controversial hit “Hit ‘Em Up,” the late rappers decision to name drop Xzibit and Chino XL and the “Ain’t Hard 2 Find” studio session that involved E-40, B-Legit, C-Bo, Richie Rich and D-Shot.
“I was with Mike Mosley and we all caravanned from the Bay. It was me, Mike Mosely, C-Bo, and Richie Rich to get with Pac. We went to Death Row studios and he is playing us the album. Right after that, he said, ‘let’s do a song,’ and he was talking to 40 and C-Bo and all of them. I use to carry SP12 discs with me, 1200 discs, so in the studio, they had a 1200. While they were waiting I just loaded up, I put a disc in, pressed play and Pac said, ‘what’s that?’ and I said, ‘that’s you!’ It was that ‘Tradin’ War Stories’ song, Pac wrote his raps so fast!”
“I was there when he recorded, ‘Hit ‘Em Up,’ where he was like, ‘I’ll make sure all your kids don’t grow!’ I seen the Outlawz come in and tell them about whoever was saying something – Chino XL or somebody else like, Xzibit saying something. So, they was talking about that so he went in there and recorded it.”
The beef between Chino XL and Tupac began after Chino name-dropped the West Coast rapper on his 1996 debut album, Here to Save You All.
Chino’s opening verse in the song, “Riiiot!” included the line, “By this industry, I’m trying to not get fucked like 2Pac in jail.”
Rock continues by chronicling various studio recording sessions as well as his encounter with Pac after his confrontation with The Notorious B.I.G. at the 1996 Soul Train Awards.
“It was right after the confrontation at the Soul Train Awards with Pac and Biggie and them. They came back to Can-Am [studio] and me and Mike was still in there working on a beat for them. Left Eye was in there, Goodie Mob was up in there! That shit was crazy.”
You can listen to the full episode here.
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Rick Ross would have been 19 ? Oh wait, Rick Rock.
I read it the same way haha
Pac would’ve never allowed that fat fraud in his studio
What part does he diss Xzibit?
i wonder what xzibit said about 2pac that pissed him off enough to mention him on a record.
What song does he mention Xzibit on?
He never did. EDI Mean did. I know Pac was at least a fan of Ras Kass who he named one of his favorites, so I doubt he didn’t like X too since they rolled together.
tupac took offense to xzibit’s single “paparazzi”, which EDI mean references on “bomb first”. there is also another tupac recording that references xzibit…
xzibit & mobb deep then made the “eyes may shine remix” that could be interpreted as a veiled response
It is bittersweet to here this war stories…..waaaay after the fact. People took the quiet kept rule very seriously.
EDI dissed Xzibit on bomb 1st wasn’t 2pac and wasn’t on hit em up
Talented, unquestionably Pac was. But he really was a disease to the game….
why was he a disease to the game?
How was he a disease to the game? Do you know how all that beef that took his life started ? Would you do it different ? Is it because you speaking hindsight? Well you can never be him so don’t bother answering
Pac has been dead for over 20 yrs u can take his dick out of your mouth anytime now.
Paparazzi
Stoooooooop it lmao no one cares about this pretend ass thug but old heads. Tupac got his ass smoked by some real thugs out here smh homie been gone for 20 years, leave this clown alone
Well you’ll be gone for an hour and no one will speak about you. And also that old head bullshit , the rappers you listen to will grow. Are you gonna be 40 listening to an 18 year for wisdom or you gonna “get lit” throughout your life 24/7 with a rapper named lil something or a QRT whatever?
How was pac a disease to the game, really pac changed the games
Most oooveeeraaateeed rapper eeeveeerrr!
Stfu. As if you know anything about rap in the first place. Pussy.
2wack was a ballerina fake gangster and not lyrical his flow and delivery was bad all his songs sounded the same and him running his mouth about better rapper’s
ANYBODY that got Tupac’s name in they mouth better speak FACTS! Anything less you are the CLOWN of the fkn century.
Pac was trash ?️???? everything that was said about him was fact open a hip hop book pac was basic