The Rose That Grew from Concrete
The Rose That Grew from Concrete is a posthumous album based on the poetry/writings of Tupac Amaru Shakur, released on November 21, 2000. This album features a large cast of celebrities reading Shakur's poetry and writing, much in the spirit of a traditional spoken word album. 2Pac is featured on the song "The Rose That Grew from Concrete". These vocals were remixed onto the track from the 2Pac song entitled "Mama's Just a Little Girl" that was recorded in 1996 and released in 2002 on the album "Better Dayz".
It has sold 262,672 copies in the United States as of 2011.
Track listing
Chart history
;Album| Chart Positions | Peak position |
| U.S. Billboard 200 | 89 |
| U.S. Billboard Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums | 28 |
Personnel
- Jamal Joseph — Producer
- Tevin Thomas — Co-Producer, Keyboards on "God", " Only 4 the Righteous"
- Mike Mingioni — Engineer, Cover Photo, Liner Notes, Executive Producer, Bass, Vocals on "Wake Me When I'm Free"
- Molly Monjauze — Executive Producer
- Herbert Leonard — Percussion
- Gloria Cox — Executive Producer
- Russell Simmons — Performer
- Atiba Wilson — Flute
- Mos Def - Performer
- Tim Izo Orindgreff — Flute
- Dead Prez - Performer
- Royal Bayyan — Guitar & Keyboards
- Jasmine Guy - Performer
- Sonia Sanchez — Liner Notes
- QD3 - Performer
- Brian Gardner — Mastering
- Danny Glover - Performer
- Taavi Mote — Mixing
- Red Rat — Producer
- Skip Saylor — Mixing
- TuPac — Vocals
- Chris Puram — Mixing
- Nefertiti — Vocals
- Claudio Cueni — Mixing
- Val Young — Vocals
- Atiba Wilson — Percussion
- Tom Whalley — A&R
- Sikiru Adepoju — Performer
- Juan Ramirez — Assistant Engineer
- Sarah Jones — Performer
- Malcolm-Jamal Warner — Bass
- Jeffery Newbury — Photography
- Claudio Cueni — Engineer
- Voza Rivers — Producer
- Brian Springer — Engineer
- Royal Bayyan — Producer
- Thomas R. Yezzi — Engineer
- Khalis Bayyan — Saxophone
- Tyson Leeper — Engineer
- Charles Mack — Vocals
- Duncan Aldrich — Engineer
- Nikki Giovanni — Vocals
- Noelle Scaggs — Liner Notes, Vocals on "If There Be Pain"
- Q-Tip — Performer
- Tre Hardson — Performer
- Erik Rico — Producer