2Pac & Similar beats in 96 w/Nas & Blackstreet.

[Bombsquad]

Can anyone explain why 2pac's song All Eyez On Me and Nas's Street Dreams use the same beat. Are they both from the same sample or did 2 different producers produce two beats that sounded the same during the same time period. And who's was out first.

The same thing with blackstreet. Don't Leave Me Girl & I Ain't Mad Atcha both came out around at the same time as video singles and still a similar beat. And then the same happened with Toss It Up and No Diggity.

Someone explain. Was pac jacking people's beats or was this just some coincidence

 

[Devious]

Nas and Pac both used the same sample for AEOM and Street Dreams. All Eyez was out first. I don't know about Don't Leave Me Girl and I Ain't Mad At Cha, but Toss It Up was originally produced by Dre with the No Diggity beat. When Dre left DR he sold the beat to Blackstreet and they changed Toss It Up so it was similar but not the same and used it to Dis dre.

 

[KAMIKAZI]

Both All Eyez On Me and Street Dreams sample "Linda Clifford - Never Gonna Stop", I've never heard Don't Leave Me Girl, but it probably samples the same song as I Aint Mad Atcha, which is "Debarge - A Dream". Toss It Up originally had the No Diggity beat, but then Dre turned around and sold it to Blackstreet, so Pac had to change the beat. The original only had one Pac verse, obviously because that was before he dissed Dre.

 

[kingdizzy]

coincidence, pure coincidence

 

[Ricardo]

All Eyez On Me-All Eyez On Me-January 1996
Street Dreams-It Was Written-March 1996

I'm sure the Columbia A&R's heard the song...but maybe the album was already being pressed and they didnt want to change it. I'm not sure if Pac took this as Nas joining in the New York beef or not, but Pac certainly started dissing Nas around this time.
On the same album, Nas had a song "The Message" _I got shot 5 times, stitched up, left the hospital the same night-

On Against All Odds Pac references this "Little nigga named Nas think he live like me, talking bout he left the hospital took five like me"

Odd that Outlawz said Pac was a big nas fan, and made Me & My Girlfriend based on Nas "I Gave You Power". in order to have heard "I Gave you power", he must have heard Street Dreams & The Message since they're from the same album.

 

[Pittsey]

Both All Eyez On Me and Street Dreams sample "Linda Clifford - Never Gonna Stop", I've never heard Don't Leave Me Girl, but it probably samples the same song as I Aint Mad Atcha, which is "Debarge - A Dream". Toss It Up originally had the No Diggity beat, but then Dre turned around and sold it to Blackstreet, so Pac had to change the beat. The original only had one Pac verse, obviously because that was before he dissed Dre.

You've never heard don't leave me girl??? Showing your age. I was playing that in my first car when it got released. Along with I aint Mad at Cha, which if I remember right was released first.