#2Pac dropped “TOSS IT UP” 30 years ago today 😮💨
The track was 2Pac’s first true posthumous single. There was technically another posthumous release too. 2Pac’s “I Ain’t Mad At Cha” which dropped on September 15th (2 days after his passing). But this was a track the world already knew (released in February 1996 on 2Pac’s “All Eyez On Me” album) and Pac had shot a video for it 4 months prior to his passing. “I Ain’t Mad At Cha” was a track that (for some reason) 2Pac didn’t like and was reluctant to release as a standalone single.
But “Toss It Up” is different and a much more significant release. “Toss It Up” was selected by 2Pac as the lead single off his “Makaveli” album. This choice was made around early August, reflected in the recording timeline and how 2Pac evolved his handwritten track lists for the “Makaveli” album.
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