What connects this song
Credits it shares with other songs, each from a cited source. Tap a number or a name.
Released on Interscope Records, also The Less I Know the Better (Tame Impala), Radioactive (Imagine Dragons) and bad guy (Billie Eilish)
Recorded at Encore Recording Studios, also In da Club (50 Cent), Stan (Eminem) and Bleeding Love (Leona Lewis)
Written by Joe Sample, also One Day I’ll Fly Away (Randy Crawford), Better Not Look Down (B.B. King) and Street Life (Randy Crawford)
Engineered by “Jazzy Jeff” Griffin, also If I Die 2nite, Lord Knows and Young Niggaz
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
63 other songs on fono were recorded at Encore Recording Studios, by The Game and Nate Dogg and others
Afeni Shakur produced 4 of 2Pac’s top 10 songs
2Pac wrote 158 songs on fono
Joe Sample wrote 49 songs on fono
Credits
All 21 credits
- Written by
- 2Pac, Bruce Hawes, Charles Simmons, DF Master Tee, Joe Sample, Joseph Jefferson and Tony Pizarro
- Produced by
- Afeni Shakur, DF Master Tee, Moses and Tony Pizarro
- Performed by
- Reggie Green and Sweet Franklin
- Engineered by
- Tony Pizarro and “Jazzy Jeff” Griffin
- Mixed by
- Paul Arnold
- Part of
- Me Against the World
- Recorded at
- Encore Recording Studios
- Released on
- EastWest Japan, Interscope Records and Out da Gutta Records
- Written by
- 2Pac, Bruce Hawes, Charles Simmons, DF Master Tee, Joe Sample, Joseph Jefferson and Tony Pizarro
- Produced by
- Afeni Shakur, DF Master Tee, Moses and Tony Pizarro
- Performed by
- Reggie Green and Sweet Franklin
- Engineered by
- Tony Pizarro and “Jazzy Jeff” Griffin
- Mixed by
- Paul Arnold
- Part of
- Me Against the World
- Recorded at
- Encore Recording Studios
- Released on
- EastWest Japan, Interscope Records and Out da Gutta Records
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same writer: Joe Sample
Same engineer: “Jazzy Jeff” Griffin
Same label: Interscope Records
Same studio: Encore Recording Studios
Same release: Me Against the World
Same writer: Joe Sample
Same engineer: “Jazzy Jeff” Griffin
Same label: Interscope Records
Versions, samples and covers
- SamplesIn All My Wildest Dreams
- SamplesSadie
Elsewhere
Sources (24)
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1MusicBrainz Dear Mama was performed by Reggie Green
2MusicBrainz Dear Mama was performed by Sweet Franklin
Dear Mama was performed by Sweet Franklin
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3MusicBrainz Dear Mama samples In All My Wildest Dreams
Dear Mama samples In All My Wildest Dreams
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz Dear Mama samples Sadie
5MusicBrainz Dear Mama was produced by Afeni Shakur
6MusicBrainz Dear Mama was produced by DF Master Tee
7MusicBrainz Dear Mama was produced by Moses
8MusicBrainz Dear Mama was produced by Tony Pizarro
9MusicBrainz Dear Mama was written by 2Pac
10MusicBrainz Dear Mama was written by Bruce Hawes
11MusicBrainz Dear Mama was written by Charles Simmons
Dear Mama was written by Charles Simmons
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
12MusicBrainz Dear Mama was written by DF Master Tee
13MusicBrainz Dear Mama was written by Joe Sample
14MusicBrainz Dear Mama was written by Joseph Jefferson
Dear Mama was written by Joseph Jefferson
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
15MusicBrainz Dear Mama was written by Tony Pizarro
16MusicBrainz Dear Mama is part of the release Me Against the World
Dear Mama is part of the release Me Against the World
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
17MusicBrainz Dear Mama was recorded at Encore Recording Studios
Dear Mama was recorded at Encore Recording Studios
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
18MusicBrainz EastWest Japan is the label of the song Dear Mama
EastWest Japan is the label of the song Dear Mama
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
19MusicBrainz Interscope Records is the label of the song Dear Mama
Interscope Records is the label of the song Dear Mama
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
20MusicBrainz Out da Gutta Records is the label of the song Dear Mama
Out da Gutta Records is the label of the song Dear Mama
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
21MusicBrainz Dear Mama was engineered by Tony Pizarro
Dear Mama was engineered by Tony Pizarro
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
22MusicBrainz Dear Mama was engineered by “Jazzy Jeff” Griffin
Dear Mama was engineered by “Jazzy Jeff” Griffin
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
23MusicBrainz Dear Mama was mixed by Paul Arnold
24MusicBrainz Dear Mama was released on 1995-03-14