Tupac did not only appear on his own albums. Between 1991 and 1996 he rapped on two dozen or so songs by other artists, often for friends from the Bay Area, New York or the Death Row camp. After his death many more “features” followed, built from unreleased verses. Often there is only a list of names; here are the songs with year and album. The basis is his discography and the release dates of the albums involved; this is a selection, not a complete list.
Released in his lifetime (1991 to 1996)
| Year | Song | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Same Song | Digital Underground | This Is an EP Release |
| 1991 | #1 with a Bullet | Raw Fusion | Live from the Styleetron |
| 1991 | The DFLO Shuttle | Digital Underground | Sons of the P |
| 1992 | Call It What U Want | Above the Law, Money-B | Black Mafia Life |
| 1992 | Salsa Con Soulfood | Funky Aztecs, Money-B | Chicano Blues |
| 1992 | Gaffled Like That | The Governor, Richie Rich | Governor’s Taxin |
| 1993 | Gotta Get Mine | MC Breed | The New Breed |
| 1993 | Wussup wit the Luv | Digital Underground | The Body-Hat Syndrome |
| 1994 | Gangsta Team | South Central Cartel, MC Eiht, Ice-T, Spice 1 | ‘N Gatz We Truss |
| 1994 | Pain | Stretch | Above the Rim (cassette bonus) |
| 1994 | Loyal to the Game | Treach, Riddler | Above the Rim (cassette bonus) |
| 1994 | Let’s Get It On | Eddie F, The Notorious B.I.G., Heavy D, Grand Puba, Spunk Bigga | Let’s Get It On: The Album |
| 1994 | Skank Wit’ U | Don Jagwarr | Faded |
| 1994 | Jealous Got Me Strapped | Spice 1 | AmeriKKKa’s Nightmare |
| 1995 | Dusted ‘n’ Disgusted | E-40, Spice 1, Mac Mall, Levitti | In a Major Way |
| 1995 | We Do This | Too Short, MC Breed, Father Dom | Cocktails |
| 1995 | P.Y.T. (Playa Young Thugs) | Smooth | Smooth |
| 1996 | Got 2 Survive | Young Lay, Ray Luv, Mac Mall | Black ‘n Dangerous |
The exact release date of Black ‘n Dangerous could not be established.
Released after his death (selection)
| Year | Song | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Million Dollar Spot | E-40, B-Legit | Tha Hall of Game |
| 1996 | Niggaz Done Changed | Richie Rich | Seasoned Veteran |
| 1996 | Outro | Snoop Doggy Dogg | Tha Doggfather |
| 1997 | Smile | Scarface, Johnny P | The Untouchable |
| 1997 | Thug Luv | Bone Thugs-n-Harmony | The Art of War |
| 1997 | Big Bad Lady | The Lady of Rage | Necessary Roughness |
| 1997 | Playaz Dedication | Rappin’ 4-Tay | 4 tha Hard Way |
| 1997 | Are U Still Down | Jon B. | Cool Relax (single in 1998) |
| 1998 | Homies & Thuggs (Remix) | Scarface, Master P | My Homies |
| 1998 | Initiated | Daz Dillinger, Kurupt, Outlawz | Retaliation, Revenge and Get Back |
| 1998 | Me & My Homies | Nate Dogg | G-Funk Classics, Vol. 1 & 2 |
| 2000 | Deadly Combination | Big L | The Big Picture |
| 2001 | Untouchable | Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes | Supernova |
| 2015 | Mortal Man (excerpt from a 1994 interview) | Kendrick Lamar | To Pimp a Butterfly |
Million Dollar Spot, Niggaz Done Changed and Outro came out between late October and mid-November 1996, a few weeks after Tupac’s death. Smile (No. 12 on the Billboard Hot 100, certified gold) is the most successful of these features. A special case is Stop the Gunfight by Atlanta rapper Trapp: the anti-violence song contains vocals by Tupac and The Notorious B.I.G. from before they broke through, and it entered the R&B chart at No. 41 in April 1997, as MTV reported at the time.
More artists
These artists are also named Tupac made music with: Apache, Above the Law, Ant Banks, Assassin, Bad Azz, Big L, B-Legit, Big Syke, C-Bo, Danny Boy, Daz Dillinger, Don Jagwarr, Dramacydal, Dr. Dre, Dru Down, E-40, Funky Aztecs, George Clinton, Hussein Fatal, Ice Cube, Ice-T, Ja Rule, Jewell, Jon B., K-Ci & JoJo, Kurupt, Lisa Lopes, Live Squad, Madonna, MC Breed, Method Man, Michel’le, Nate Dogg, Rappin’ 4-Tay, Raw Fusion, Redman, Richie Rich, Riddler, Roger Troutman, Scarface, Sly Boogy, Smooth, Snoop Dogg, South Central Cartel, Spice 1, Storm, Stretch, The Lady of Rage, Outlawz, Thug Life, Too Short, Trapp, Treach and Young Lay. Some of them worked on Tupac’s own albums rather than the other way round; “The Govener and the House Reps” refers to the rapper The Governor (Gaffled Like That, 1992); “Rap Compilation” is not an artist.
More on individual partners: E-40, Scarface, Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, Treach, Stretch, Ice-T.