"California Love" is a hip hop song by 2Pac featuring Dr. Dre and Roger Troutman. The song was released as 2Pac's comeback single upon his release from prison in 1995. A popular remix version of the song appeared on his 1996 double album All Eyez on Me. This is perhaps 2Pac's best-known song and his most successful, reaching number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks. The song was nominated for a posthumous Grammy Award as a Best Rap Solo Performance and Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group in 1997. The original version of the track was not available on any of Shakur's studio albums due to it being intended for Dr. Dre's shelved album The Chronic II: A New World Odor. But it can now be found on Shakur's compilation of Greatest Hits and on the United Kingdom version of All Eyez on Me. The tune was taken from Joe Cocker's song "Woman to Woman". The line, "California knows how to party", and mention of Los Angeles, the neighborhood of Watts and the city of Compton are sung by Roger Troutman. Pac and Dre mention the following other California cities in their verses and the outro: San Diego, Bay Area, Long Beach, Sacramento, Pasadena, Inglewood and Hollywood. However, the entire chorus of the song was taken from the song "West Coast Poplock" by Ronnie Hudson & The Street People, released in 1982. Recently it was used by the NFL's San Francisco 49ers as their entrance song in Super Bowl XLVII. Wikipedia [ - ]

"California Love" is a hip hop song by 2Pac featuring Dr. Dre and Roger Troutman. The song was... [ + ]