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Filmed at El Mirage Dry Lake, featuring massive, rugged vehicles and tribal-inspired fashion.

Produced by Dr. Dre, the song is built on a heavy, funk-infused sample from Joe Cocker's "Woman to Woman" and features the distinctive "talk box" vocals of Zapp’s Roger Troutman. The track’s production epitomizes the G-funk sound—smooth, melodic, yet aggressive—that dominated the charts during the mid-90s. While 2Pac delivers some of his most charismatic and celebratory verses, Dr. Dre’s presence both behind the boards and on the mic solidified the song as a "super-collaboration" between the genre’s biggest icons. The Visual Spectacle 2pac_california_love_feat_dr_dre_dirty_music_vi...

Appearances by Chris Tucker, Tony Cox, and George Clinton. Filmed at El Mirage Dry Lake, featuring massive,

"California Love" by 2Pac, featuring Dr. Dre and Roger Troutman, is a defining anthem of 1990s West Coast hip-hop. Released in late 1995 as 2Pac’s first single after joining Death Row Records, the track signaled his triumphant return and the beginning of his most commercially successful era. A Powerful Collaboration The Visual Spectacle Appearances by Chris Tucker, Tony