"Thugz Mansion" is a song by 2Pac

Tupac Shakur

Tupac Amaru Shakur , known by his stage names 2Pac and Makaveli, was an American rapper and actor. Shakur has sold over 75 million albums worldwide as of 2007, making him one of the best-selling music artists in the world...

, released as a posthumous single with two known popular versions both released on the 2002 album Better Dayz

Better Dayz

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The original acoustic version was rapped over two acoustic guitars and features singer J. Phoenix, it can found on the Life part of the greatest hits compilation album "Best of 2Pac

Best of 2Pac

Best of 2Pac is a posthumous greatest hits compilation series from rapper Tupac Shakur released in two parts: Thug and Life. Both albums were released on December 4, 2007 in the United States and December 10, 2007 in the United Kingdom, having had been leaked on November 30...

". The other acoustic version features fellow rapper Nas

Nas

Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones, who performs under the name Nas , formerly Nasty Nas, is an American rapper and actor. He is regarded as one of the most important figures in hip hop and one of the most skilled and influential rappers of all-time...

 as well as singer J. Phoenix. Thugz Mansion is the second-to-last track in Disc 1 of Better Dayz. The official remix to the acoustic version, the "Outlawz Remix", features Young Noble

Young Noble

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 of the Outlawz

Outlawz

Outlawz, formally known as Outlaw Immortalz, is an American hip hop group founded by Tupac Shakur in late 1995 after Shakur's release from prison. Collectively, they are probably best known for appearing in the video "Hit 'Em Up", in a diss track aimed at Biggie Smalls and other New York...

, Nas, & J. Phoenix.

The 7" Remix version, featuring singer Anthony Hamilton

Anthony Hamilton (musician)

Anthony Hamilton is an American R&B, and soul singer-songwriter, and record producer who rose to fame with his platinum-selling second studio album Comin' from Where I'm From , which featured the singles "Comin' from Where I'm From" and "Charlene."-Life and career:Hamilton was born in Charlotte,...

, included as track 2 on disc 2 of Better Dayz, is the only song from the album to feature a music video. It charted at #19 on the Billboard Hot 100

Billboard Hot 100

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. The original acoustic version is also found on Nas' God's Son

God's Son

God's Son is the sixth studio album by American rapper Nas, released December 13, 2002 on Columbia-imprint Ill Will Records. Production for the album took place during 2001 to 2002 and was handled by several hip hop producers, including Salaam Remi, Chucky Thompson, Ron Browz, and The Alchemist...

under the name "Thugz Mansion (N.Y.)", with Tupac's second verse and Nas's verse switching places and Tupac's first verse replaced with an original Nas verse.

Thugz Mansion was 2Pac's depiction of heaven

Heaven

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. One of the most introspective and spiritual songs by 2Pac, this song talks about how he would rest in peace, and that he would eventually find happiness when he is in a place where all the troubles and pains of his life come to an end, and that he would want to end up in that place of peace after he dies; he also name-drops various figures of African American cultural history (namely: Marvin Gaye

Marvin Gaye

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, Billie Holliday, Jackie Wilson

Jackie Wilson

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, Sam Cooke

Sam Cooke

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, Malcolm X

Malcolm X

Malcolm X , born Malcolm Little and also known as El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz , was an African American Muslim minister and human rights activist. To his admirers he was a courageous advocate for the rights of African Americans, a man who indicted white America in the harshest terms for its...

, Miles Davis

Miles Davis

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) and recent political events (i.e., Latasha Harlins

Latasha Harlins

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), all of whom he believed to be in heaven.

Track listing

1. "Thugz Mansion" - 7" Remix (Explicit)
2. "Thugz Mansion" - Nas Acoustic (Explicit)
3. "*ck Em All" (Explicit)
4. "Thugz Mansion" - CD-ROM video

Peak positions

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Charts (2003)	Peak position