Do for Love

"Do for Love"
Single by 2Pac featuring Eric Williams
from the album R U Still Down? (Remember Me)
B-side "Brenda's Got a Baby"
Released February 27, 1998 (1998-02-27)
Format
Recorded 1992-1997
Genre
Length 4:40
Label
Songwriter(s)
  • Alfons Kettner
  • Bobby Caldwell
  • Carsten Schack
  • Kenneth Karlin
  • Tupac Shakur
  • James Yancey (uncredited)
Producer(s) Soulshock & Karlin[1]
2Pac singles chronology
"I Wonder If Heaven Got a Ghetto"
(1997)		 "Do for Love"
(1998)		 "Changes"
(1998)

"I Wonder If Heaven Got a Ghetto"
(1997)		 "Do for Love"
(1998)		 "Changes"
(1998)
Audio
"Do For Love" on YouTube

"Do for Love" (originally titled 'Sucka 4 Luv' in its unreleased form) was the second posthumously released single by Tupac Shakur from his second posthumous album R U Still Down? (Remember Me). The vocal sample is from "What You Won't Do for Love" by Bobby Caldwell. The song is produced by Soulshock & Karlin. It charted at #21 on the Billboard Hot 100, and #12 in the UK.

Music video

The music video (which was directed by Bill Parker) was filmed from January 28–29, 1998 and it contained Tupac as a clay and animated figure.

Sampling Controversy

Detroit-based producer J Dilla, in a 2003 interview, claimed that producers Soulshock and Karlin had sampled his remix of The Pharcyde's track "Y? (Be Like That), but did not credit him or the Pharcyde in the liner notes.[2]

Commercial success

The song was certified Gold by RIAA on March 31, 1998 for 500,000 sales.[3][4]

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Chart (1998) Peak
position
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[5] 17
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[6] 18
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[7] 18
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[8] 33
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[9] 12
UK R&B (Official Charts Company)[10] 4
US Billboard Hot 100[11] 21
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[12] 10
US Billboard Hot Rap Singles 2

Year-end charts

Chart (1998) Position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[13] 89

Certifications

Region CertificationCertified units/Sales
United States (RIAA)[3] Gold 500,000[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Production discography". Soulshock & Karlin. soulpower.net. Archived from the original on February 14, 2012. Retrieved March 10, 2012.
  2. ↑ "Whatsup with Dilla (2003)". Interview with J Dilla. Dustbusters Music. 2003. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
  3. 1 2 "American single certifications – 2 Pac – Do for Love". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Single, then click SEARCH. 
  4. 1 2 "Best-Selling Records of 1998". Billboard. BPI Communications Inc. 111 (5): 75. January 30, 1999. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved June 3, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 28, 1998" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40
  6. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – 2 Pac feat. Eric Williams – Do for Love" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
  7. ↑ "Charts.nz – 2 Pac feat. Eric Williams – Do for Love". Top 40 Singles.
  8. ↑ "Swedishcharts.com – 2 Pac feat. Eric Williams – Do for Love". Singles Top 100.
  9. ↑ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  10. ↑ "Official R&B Singles Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company.
  11. ↑ "2Pac Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
  12. ↑ "2Pac Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard.
  13. ↑ "Billboard Top 100 - 1998". Archived from the original on 2009-03-09. Retrieved 2010-08-28.
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