Resurrection: Songs That Sample Tupac

For 'Pac's birthday, spin these flips.

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Resurrection: Songs That Sample Tupac - The spirit of Tupac enters its 42nd revolution around the sun this Father's Day, and even after almost 17 years since his death, he's still got us paying attention to his ambitions. Check out these examples of how he was "reincarnated."(Photo: Death Row Records)

Tyga feat. Jadakiss, "Hit 'Em Up" - Tyga’s Hotel California had unreleased Tupac vocals. His version of “Hit ‘Em Up" features Jadakiss.(Photos from left: Steve Granitz/WireImage, Raymond Boyd/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

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Tyga feat. Jadakiss, "Hit 'Em Up" - Tyga’s Hotel California had unreleased Tupac vocals. His version of “Hit ‘Em Up" features Jadakiss.(Photos from left: Steve Granitz/WireImage, Raymond Boyd/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

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Cam'Ron (@mr_camron) - Killa Cam got his promo on to help out his DipSet brethren.TWEET: "Thx for all da support everyone on Gunz & Butta!!! In stores and On Itunes right now!! Huuhhh @VADO_MH voice"(Photo: Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)

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Cam'ron, "Live My Life (Leave Me Alone)" - Cam'ron did justice to the jacked beat from Pac’s "Ambitionz Az a Ridah" for this cold cut found on his 2002 album, Come Home With Me. (Photo: Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for AXE)

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Hov, the Hardest Working Man in Showbiz - Jay Z is known for rocking a Yankees-fitted — or most recently a Brooklyn Nets one. But in reality, he's a man of many hats, much more than just a rapper, obvi. Hov will sell water to a well. In fact, he is selling water. Word is that Hov's Roc Nation has a new acquisition, a deal with NY2O. Cheers to that. And just to prove our point, here's a list of Jay Z's many other job titles. Ladies and gentlemen, meet the hardest-working man in showbiz. — Alex Gale and Dominique Zonyeé (@DominiqueZonyee)(Photo: Kevin Mazur/WireImage)

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Jay-Z feat. Beyoncé, "'03 Bonnie & Clyde" - Jay-Z sampled the beat for Tupac’s “Me and My Girlfriend” for this 2002 hit and also borrowed the song’s ride-or-die concept to hint at his then still semi-secret relationship with Beyoncé. (Photo: Kevin Mazur/WireImage)

Fabolous feat. Nate Dogg, “Can't Deny It” - Fabolous recruited Tupac’s former Death Row cell mate Nate Dogg to interpolate “Ambitionz Az a Ridah” for the hook of this 2002 hit.(Photos from left: Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images, Brad Barket/PictureGroup)

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Fabolous feat. Nate Dogg, “Can't Deny It” - Fabolous recruited Tupac’s former Death Row cell mate Nate Dogg to interpolate “Ambitionz Az a Ridah” for the hook of this 2002 hit.(Photos from left: Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images, Brad Barket/PictureGroup)

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Eminem feat. 50 Cent and Busta Rhymes, “Hail Mary (Ja Rule Diss)” - Em called on 50 Cent and Busta to recreate Tupac’s timeless musical middle finger, “Hail Mary.” (Photos from left: Kevin Winter/Getty Images, Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images)

"Rewind" - Nas told the story of a murder in the 'hood backwards on his track "Rewind" from Stillmatic. It would have been ill seeing a visual with the story being told from ending to beginning, too. (Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

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Nas, "Ether" - Nas set off his 2001 fade "Ether" with a sample of Pac saying "F—k Jay-Z" on his posthumously released "F—k Friendz."  (Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

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The Evolution of Kanye West - Soon after becoming a star in his own right, Yeezy also became a record exec. In 2004, his G.O.O.D. Music imprint launched the career of superstar singer John Legend. A year later, the label resurrected the flagging fortunes of Common by releasing the classic, Kanye-produced Be.  (Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

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Kanye West, "Family Business" - Yeezy used 'Pac's much-used “can’t deny it” from “Ambitionz Az a Ridah” to toughen up his rhyme on this sentimental 2004 cut. (Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

Murs (Definitive Jux to Warner Bros.) - For years, Murs has been a crown jewel of the underground and independent hip-hop. But he did have a brief moment of living the major label life. After years of making a name for himself with indie releases on indies like Definitive Jux and Record Collection, the California native switched things up with 2008’s Murs for President, which was released on Warner Bros. It would be his only album on the label. (Photo: Michael Buckner/Getty Images)

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Murs, "Transitions of a Rider" - Cali underground vet Murs also flipped everyone's favorite Tupac call to arms. This time, it became a tribute to skateboarding. (Photo: Michael Buckner/Getty Images)

"Heaven" - Nas closed out his sixth album, God's Son, in 2002 with this spiritual prose, asking would you put your life of sin away if you knew for a fact God was watching? Nas questioned a lot more about life on this track, as he was watching his mother die of cancer. It may have just been a little too real to share those visual memories with the world.(Photo: Noel Vasquez/Getty Images)

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Nas, "Black President" - This inspirational 2008 song, released in celebration of Barack Obama’s presidential campaign, sampled Tupac’s “I Wonder If Heaven Got a Ghetto,” his first posthumous single. (Photo: Noel Vasquez/Getty Images)

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Young Jeezy – "Air Forces" - Young Jeezy named this hit after hip hop's favorite footgear and thusly rapped about that rubber-bottom life: "I went from old school Chevys to drop top Porsches/You couldn't walk a mile off in my Air Forces/And you ain't did what I did/When you from where I from, you gotta get it how you live." (Photo: Kristian Dowling/Getty Images)

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Young Jeezy, "Hustlaz Ambition" - Jeezy took Pac’s "Ambitionz Az a Ridah" West Coast banger bounce and made it a durty trap-rap anthem. (Photo: Kristian Dowling/Getty Images)

Is WTT II Still On? - Besides Jay missing 'Ye's wedding, hints that their relationship has soured resurfaced on June 7 when Kanye omitted Jay's name from songs he performed at the X Games in Austin, Texas. But what about Watch the Throne II? It was all good just a few years ago, when the duo had people from New York to France rapping along to "N---s in Paris." Hov even mentioned that he and Kanye have spoken about a WTT sequel. Is the unspoken tension in the air real, or can fans still look forward to another classic collabo from the two hip hop greats?(Photo: Jason Squires/WireImage)

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Kanye West, "Diamonds Are Forever" Remix feat. Jay-Z - Not the type to hold a grudge against the deceased, Hov lifted the line "the city where the skinny n---as die" from 'Pac's "Death Around the Corner" (a move the Diplomats also made on "Dipset Anthem"). (Photo: Jason Squires/WireImage)