

when Tupac comes in the studio very upset and proceeds to explain to us that we had to take out Yo-Yo’s part because a person by the name of Pat Charbonet would not give us the clearance to use that part in the song, so we had no choice but to take it out and that’s where even the Richard Pryor excerpt, which you will hear, is completely off the released version of the song. The day after we had finished up on everything we were in Echo Sound in L.A. The sample was ‘Wouldn’t be a damn thang without a woman,’ which was taken from the original song from Ice Cube’s ‘This Is A Man’s World,’ with the scratching done, of course, by yours truly DJ King Assassin. rgenius This song is an inspiration to appreciate mothers and to know what real life. “Originally, the hook was a sample of a song from the legendary rapper and friend of both of ours named Yo-Yo, from Ice Cube’s Lench Mob. thuglife123, kaewon78 and 9 others like this.


“The original version of ‘Dear Mama’ was far different than the version that was released, as far as the hook was constructed,” DJ King Assassin explained in a note with the track via Ambrosia for Heads. John Rizkallah is a Fellow of the Deutsche Bank Frieze Los Angeles Film Award 2021. in Videos 06 MAY 21 Join Frieze Become a member to watch this video and gain unlimited access to. The original version of “Dear Mama” includes vocals from Yo-Yo and some other samples unknown previously. 'Dear Mama' is a song by American hip hop recording artist 2Pac, released on Februas the lead single from his third studio album, Me Against the World (1995). Dear Mama - John Rizkallah A young woman from the Middle East recounts her first experience in Los Angeles to her mother back home. Now a version of the song that is said to predate the popular recording has surfaced courtesy of Tupac’s early collaborator DJ King Assassin.
