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After five minutes, Tupac had written Shock’s verse for him. “ just looked at the look in my eye and didn’t have to say much more,” Shock G told Rolling Stone. And it got trickier because Shock had just gotten engaged. While handling the track’s production, he also needed to write and perform his own verse. Point blank,” Money-B said of making the video.įor Shock G, he was juggling a variety of duties when they cut the record. “That was one of the funnest days in my life. But he left them with touching memories of the song and the video shoot. And both Shock G and Tupac’s fellow Underground dancer Money-B got verses on “I Get Around.” Tupac featured both Shock G and Money-B in ‘I Get Around’ĭigital Underground | Al Pereira/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty ImagesĪfter “I Get Around,” the gang from Digital Underground knew Tupac wasn’t going to be around anymore. 11) single represented a goodbye to his Digital Underground pals. Then in 1993 he broke through in a big way with the ultimate party track, “I Get Around.”
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The following year, he landed his first major movie role. By 1991, he’d dropped his first verse and made his first film appearance. In those days, Tupac had potential but he still had climbing to do.Ĭompared to most performers, Tupac’s ascent was remarkably swift. And that included general roadie duties for Digital Underground, the self-proclaimed “freaks of the industry” who exploded onto the scene with “ The Humpty Dance” in 1990.Ĭheck out the video for “Humpty Dance” and you’ll spot a young (18-year-old) Tupac doing his thing as a backup dancer to MC Humpty Hump (aka Shock G), the mastermind of Digital Underground. Before Tupac Shakur got his own record deal (or even a guest verse), he was on the scene paying his dues like any hungry rapper.