Keep Ya Head Up (explicit)

~ Recording by 2Pac

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack ArtistRelease TitleRelease ArtistRelease Group TypeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.11Keep Ya Head Up4:222PacStrictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z…2PacAlbum
  • XE1993-02-15
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint), Interscope Records7567 92209 2
1.11Keep Ya Head Up4:222PacStrictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z…2PacAlbum
  • US1993-02-16
Interscope RecordsP2 50604
1.11Keep Ya Head Up4:222PacStrictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z…2PacAlbum
  • US1993-02-16
Interscope RecordsP4 50604
1.1Keep Ya Head Up (LP version)4:292PacKeep Ya Head Up2PacSingle
  • US1993-10-28
Interscope Records95972-2
1.1Keep Ya Head Up (LP Version)4:292PacKeep Ya Head Up2PacSingle
Interscope Records0-95972
1.11Keep Ya Head Up4:222PacStrictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z…2PacAlbum
Interscope Records, Restless Records, TNT Recordings (US hip hop, Tommy Boy Music sublabel)7 72737-1
1.11Keep Ya Head Up4:222PacStrictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z…2PacAlbum
Interscope Records0518402
1.11Keep Ya Head Up4:222PacStrictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z… (club edition)2PacAlbum
Interscope Records7 92209-2
1.11Keep Ya Head Up4:222PacStrictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z…2PacAlbum
Interscope RecordsMVCP-47 (92209-2)
1.11Keep Ya Head Up4:222PacStrictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z… (Atlantic Recording logo on CD)2PacAlbum
Interscope Records7 92209-2
1.9Keep Ya Head Up4:232PacDeath Row: Greatest HitsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US1996-11-26
The New and “Untouchable” Death Row RecordsP2 50677
1.11Keep Ya Head Up4:222PacStrictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z…2PacAlbum
Amaru Records, Jive (Jive Records imprint)INT:0518402
1.1Keep Ya Head Up4:242PacGreatest Hits (explicit)2PacAlbum + Compilation
  • US1998-11-24
Death Row Records, Interscope RecordsINTD2-90301
1.1Keep Ya Head Up4:242PacGreatest Hits (explicit)2PacAlbum + Compilation
  • XE1998-11-30
Death Row Records0522662
1.1Keep Ya Head Up4:242PacGreatest Hits (clean version)2PacAlbum + Compilation
Death Row Records, Interscope RecordsINTD2-90307
1.1Keep Ya Head Up4:252Pac feat. The Black AngelGreatest Hits (BMG club edition)2PacAlbum + Compilation
BMG Direct (BMG’s direct marketing company/club editions), Death Row Records, Interscope RecordsD226422, INTD2-90301
1.1Keep Ya Head Up4:252PacGreatest Hits2PacAlbum + Compilation
Mushroom Records, Amaru Entertainment, Death Row Records, Interscope Records, Jive (Jive Records imprint)MUSH33206.2
1.1Keep Ya Head Up4:232PacGreatest Hits2PacAlbum + Compilation
Death Row Records, Interscope RecordsINT4-90301
1.11Keep Ya Head Up4:222PacStrictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z…2PacAlbum
Amaru Records, Jive (Jive Records imprint)01241-41634-2
1.11Keep Ya Head Up4:222PacStrictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z…2PacAlbum
Amaru Records, Jive (Jive Records imprint)01241-44006-2
1.11Keep Ya Head Up4:222PacStrictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z…2PacAlbum
Amaru Records, Jive (Jive Records imprint)01241-41634-2
1.9Keep Ya Head Up4:222PacDeath Row: Greatest Hits (digitally remastered)Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Death Row RecordsDRR 63014-1
1.9Keep Ya Head Up4:232PacDeath Row: Greatest Hits (digitally remastered)Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Death Row RecordsDRR 63014-2
1.12Keep Ya Head Up4:252PacThe Prophet Returns2PacAlbum + Compilation
Death Row Records, Ron Winter Productions, Universal Music TV (UK, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited)9874566
1.9Keep Ya Head Up4:222Pac10 anos sem 2Pac2PacAlbum + Compilation
  • BR2006-07-27
Interscope Records
1.6Keep Ya Head Up4:262PacFreedom Writers: Music From the Motion PictureVarious ArtistsAlbum + Soundtrack
Hollywood Records (a label of Disney Music Group)00946 3 86155 2 1
1.6Keep Ya Head Up4:262PacFreedom Writers: Music From the Motion PictureVarious ArtistsAlbum + Soundtrack
  • US2007-01-09
Hollywood Records (a label of Disney Music Group)D000011902
2.12Keep Ya Head Up4:252PacThe 10th Anniversary Collection: The Sex, the Soul & The Street2PacAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2007-03-26
Death Row RecordsPDR3001
1.6Keep Ya Head Up4:232PacThe Best of 2Pac, Part 2: Life2PacAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2007-12-04
Interscope Records0602517501478
2.12Keep Ya Head Up4:252PacThe 10th Anniversary Collection: The Sex, the Soul & The Street2PacAlbum + Compilation
Death Row RecordsVICP-63771
1.1Keep Ya Head Up4:242PacGreatest Hits2PacAlbum + Compilation
  • JP2009-07-22
BMG JapanBVCP 20032~3
1.1Keep Ya Head Up4:252PacGreatest Hits (explicit)2PacAlbum + Compilation
  • XW2009-12-15
Death Row Records, Interscope Records
1.8Keep Ya Head Up4:242PacThe Hate U Give: Original Motion Picture SoundtrackVarious ArtistsAlbum + Soundtrack
  • XW2018-10-12
Def Jam Recordings (US)
1.8Keep Ya Head Up4:242PacThe Hate U Give: Original Motion Picture SoundtrackVarious ArtistsAlbum + Soundtrack
  • XW2018-10-12
Def Jam Recordings (US)
1.8Keep Ya Head Up4:242PacThe Hate U Give: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (explicit)Various ArtistsAlbum + Soundtrack
  • US2018-10-12
Def Jam Recordings (US)B0029204-02
1.11Keep Ya Head Up4:222PacStrictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z… (expanded edition)2PacAlbum
  • -2023-02-16
Interscope Records
Bootleg
1.11Keep Ya Head Up?:??2PacStrictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z.2PacAlbum
CD Media (Russian pirate label)434797

Relationships

recording engineer:Bob Morse (engineer)
Darrin Harris (engineer)
Mike Calderon
executive producer:Afeni Shakur
producer:D.J. Daryl
mixer:Bob Morse (engineer)
vocals:2Pac (US rapper)
The Black Angel
phonographic copyright (℗) by:Interscope Records (in 1993)
recorded at:Echo Sound in Los Angeles, California, United States
Starlight Sound (San Francisco) in Richmond, California, United States
Unique Recording Studios in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States
mixed at:Echo Sound in Los Angeles, California, United States
has remixes:Keep Ya Head Up (Madukey remix)
Keep Ya Head Up (Vibe Tribe remix)
samples:Be Alright by Zapp (US funk band)
Ooh Child by The Stairsteps
mash-ups:Prom Night (Lindsay Lowend Remix) vs. Keep ya Head Up vs. Life's a Bitch (mashup) by ABSRDST
music videos:Keep Ya Head Up
recording of:Keep Ya Head Up

Related works

Keep Ya Head Up

lyricist:Tupac Shakur (US rapper)
writer:Roger Troutman (funk musician in Zapp)
Stan Vincent (1960s/70s pop songwriter)
composer:Daryl Anderson
publisher:EMI Blackwood Music Inc. (1989-07-24–present)
Ghetto Gospel Music
GLG Two Music
Joshua’s Dream
Music Corporation of America, Inc. (BMI-affiliated music publisher of MCA Records, Inc.?)
Rubberband Music
Rubberband Music, Inc.
Saja Music Co.
Songs of Lastrada (BMI-affiliated)
Songs of PolyGram International, Inc.
is based on:Be Alright
is the basis for:Keep Ya Head Up (Madukey remix)
Keep Ya Head Up (Vibe Tribe remix)
lyrics quoted in:N Dey Say