Shorty Wanna Be a Thug (explicit)

~ Recording by 2Pac

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
2.2Shorty Wanna Be a Thug3:522PacAll Eyez on Me (explicit)2PacAlbum
  • US1996-02-13
Death Row Records, Interscope Records (part of UMG Recordings, Inc.)314-524 204-2
2.2Shorty Wanna Be a Thug3:512PacAll Eyez on Me (explicit)2PacAlbum
  • US1996-02-13
Death Row Records314-524 204-4
2.2Shorty Wanna Be a Thug3:522PacAll Eyez On Me2PacAlbum
  • GB1996-02-13
Death Row Records524 249-2
2.7Shorty Wanna Be a Thug3:512PacAll Eyez on Me2PacAlbum
  • IN1996-03-21
PolyGram524 205-4, 524 206-4
2.2Shorty Wanna Be a Thug3:522PacAll Eyez on Me2PacAlbum
  • XE1996-04-29
Death Row Records524249-2
2.2Shorty Wanna Be a Thug3:522PacAll Eyes on Me2PacAlbum
Death Row Records524 204-2
3.2Shorty Wanna Be a Thug3:512PacAll Eyez on Me2PacAlbum
Death Row Records, Interscope Records (part of UMG Recordings, Inc.)314-524 204-1
2.2Shorty Wanna Be a Thug3:512PacAll Eyez on Me (explicit)2PacAlbum
Death Row Records, Interscope Records (part of UMG Recordings, Inc.)524 204-2
2.2Shorty Wanna Be a Thug3:522PacAll Eyez on Me (explicit)2PacAlbum
  • US2001-05-22
Death Row Records524204
3.2Shorty Wanna Be a Thug3:512PacAll Eyez on Me (digitally remastered, explicit)2PacAlbum
  • US2001-05-22
Death Row RecordsDRR 63008-1
2.2Shorty Wanna Be a Thug3:522PacAll Eyez on Me (digitally remastered, explicit)2PacAlbum
Death Row RecordsDRR 63008-2
2.2Shorty Wanna Be a Thug3:522PacAll Eyez on Me2PacAlbum
  • JP2004-09-22
Death Row RecordsVICP-62836-7
2.2Shorty Wanna Be a Thug3:522PacAll Eyez on Me (explicit)2PacAlbum
  • XW2005-03-08
eOne (primary label of eOne Music, the music division under Entertainment One from 2010-07 to 2021-09, was formerly E1 Entertainment)
2.2Shorty Wanna Be a Thug3:522PacAll Eyez on Me (digitally remastered, explicit)2PacAlbum
  • US2005-03-08
Death Row Records, KOCH Records (independent US label, 1999–2009/01)KOC-CD-5800
2.2Shorty Wanna Be a Thug3:522PacAll Eyez on Me (explicit)2PacAlbum
  • US2005-11-22
KOCH Records (independent US label, 1999–2009/01)KOC-DU-5866
2.2Shorty Wanna Be a Thug3:522PacAll Eyez on Me (explicit)2PacAlbum
  • JP2012-09-26
Death Row RecordsVICP-65075~6
2.2Shorty Wanna Be a Thug3:522PacAll Eyez On Me (explicit)2PacAlbum
  • XW2021-10-01
Amaru Entertainment, Inc., Interscope Records (part of UMG Recordings, Inc.)

Relationships

assistant engineer:Alvin McGill
engineer:Rick Clifford
co-producer:2PAC (2Pac, US rapper)
executive producer:Suge Knight (aka Simon)
producer:Johnny “J” (US rap/hip-hop)
mixer:Dave Aron (mix engineer)
recorded at:Can‐Am Recorders in Tarzana, Los Angeles, California, United States
samples:Wildflower by Hank Crawford
recording of:Shorty Wanna Be a Thug

Related works

Shorty Wanna Be a Thug

lyricist:Thomas David Richardson (lyricist of Canadian band Skylark’s “Wildflower”)
writer:Johnny Lee Jackson (US rap/hip-hop)
Tupac Amaru Shakur (2Pac, US rapper)
composer:Douglas Fraser Edwards
publisher:Black/Hispanic Music
Edsei Music
Interscope Pearl Music
Joshua’s Dream
Universal Music–MGB Songs
Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
is based on:Wildflower