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2Pac

California Love

1995 · via 2Pac

2Pac’s 1995 recording of “California Love” is the earliest release on file. J. Flexx, Joe Cocker, Dr. Dre, Mikel Hooks, Ronnie Hudson, Tupac Shakur, Chris Stainton, Larry Troutman and Roger Troutman are credited as its writers. Also recorded by My American Heart (released 2007), Dr. Dre (released 2000) and Snoop Dogg (released 2000), among 77 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

2Pac – California Love
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Look at the credits on that one: Joe Cocker and Roger Troutman share them with 2Pac and Dr. Dre. A song with that many hands on it was bound to wander, and in 2013 it wandered all the way to the Hullabahoos.

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Credited writers: J. Flexx, Joe Cocker, Dr. Dre, Mikel Hooks, Ronnie Hudson, Tupac Shakur, Chris Stainton, Larry Troutman and Roger Troutman.

Earliest release on file: this one, 1995.

Other recordings on file · first release year

77 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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2Pac's "California Love" carries a long writing credit and kept traveling after him. Which of these acts went on to record their own version?Hullabahoos
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