Ghetto Gospel - never released in the US?

[mc_millionaire]

Am I right in thinking Ghetto Gospel from L2TG was never released in the US as a single like it was Europe?

Why was this?

 

[DutchPac2]

Was just released in a few European countries (Austria, GB, Belgium, Italy, Germany). It was never released here in Holland for example.

 

[Spawnology]

Maybe because of that in US ppl R knows the OG song, and they didn't like the retail ... In Europe 4 a lot of ppl this was the 1st 2Pac song which they heard (except Changes & Cali Luv)
Most of them around 15 years old, and big Eminem fans ... I think this was the biggest reason why they listenin' this track, and it's closer 2 pop music than the rap music (just like the most of Eminem's songs)

My homies R like Ghetto Gospel too, but they listenin' disco music anyway ...

So in my opinion 2Pac's unknown's in Europe was they reason ...
In US from 10 ppl 9 knows Pac ... In Europe from 10 ppl 3-4 knows him ...

Pz

 

[Dante]

Maybe because of that in US ppl R knows the OG song, and they didn't like the retail ... In Europe 4 a lot of ppl this was the 1st 2Pac song which they heard (except Changes & Cali Luv)
Most of them around 15 years old, and big Eminem fans ... I think this was the biggest reason why they listenin' this track, and it's closer 2 pop music than the rap music (just like the most of Eminem's songs)

My homies R like Ghetto Gospel too, but they listenin' disco music anyway ...

So in my opinion 2Pac's unknown's in Europe was they reason ...
In US from 10 ppl 9 knows Pac ... In Europe from 10 ppl 3-4 knows him ...

Pz

na, that's not it at all.

i may be slightly off, but i'm not at home to check. pretty sure the last american press cd single for 2pac was how do u want it (the two track of do 4 love *may* be american press). cd singles have been increasingly "imports" in slimline cases (as opposed to the larger standard american cases) since the mid 90's. basically the rule of thumb is that any cd single you see in a thin plastic case was not made in america.

why not press them in the states? well a few reasons... for one the costs of single manufacturing is much less overseas than here, where plants focus on numbers and larger-scale packages. cd singles run a limited press and are therefore costly to set and press a new single every week. additionally, market trends show overseas buyers to purchase more cd singles than americans. this is likely do to the fact that you all pay a lot more per cd than we do, and therefore it makes the purchase of a single more attractive if that's the only song you really want.

with respect to americans being more privy to the og's, well that's not a very accurate thing to say. the internet was how the spread of the og's took place, which is obviously "world wide." likewise, probably less than 5% of 2pac's fans are online and downloading them, so it's not so much geography that defines access and knowledge of og's, but rather access to the information.

 

[-=ThuG4LifE=-]

Was just released in a few European countries (Austria, GB, Belgium, Italy, Germany). It was never released here in Holland for example.

it was released in Hungary too

 

[Fonzy`]

it was released in australia with much success...goin Number 1 :thumb:

ahhh wat the fuck i'm at an internet cafe at 3 in the morning...something along the lines of 'they say i cant get in cause i'm dressed like a thug' :fury:

 

[Pittsey]

Maybe because of that in US ppl R knows the OG song, and they didn't like the retail ... In Europe 4 a lot of ppl this was the 1st 2Pac song which they heard (except Changes & Cali Luv)
Most of them around 15 years old, and big Eminem fans ... I think this was the biggest reason why they listenin' this track, and it's closer 2 pop music than the rap music (just like the most of Eminem's songs)

My homies R like Ghetto Gospel too, but they listenin' disco music anyway ...

So in my opinion 2Pac's unknown's in Europe was they reason ...
In US from 10 ppl 9 knows Pac ... In Europe from 10 ppl 3-4 knows him ...

Pz

The American fans and overseas fans all have access to the net. SO are all able to download the OG.

And overseas fans are also able to purchase every album from 2pac, and pretty much every single he ever released. It isn't the moon.

lol @ Changes and Cali Love being the only songs Europeans know.

 

[FroDawgg]

i've seen a GG single in a regular CD case, as well as one in a slimline, but i don't know if that means if it was actually pressed here

 

[Dante]

i've seen a GG single in a regular CD case, as well as one in a slimline, but i don't know if that means if it was actually pressed here

that's the uk enhanced cd.

 

[-=ThuG4LifE=-]

Maybe because of that in US ppl R knows the OG song, and they didn't like the retail ... In Europe 4 a lot of ppl this was the 1st 2Pac song which they heard (except Changes & Cali Luv)
Most of them around 15 years old, and big Eminem fans ... I think this was the biggest reason why they listenin' this track, and it's closer 2 pop music than the rap music (just like the most of Eminem's songs)

My homies R like Ghetto Gospel too, but they listenin' disco music anyway ...

So in my opinion 2Pac's unknown's in Europe was they reason ...
In US from 10 ppl 9 knows Pac ... In Europe from 10 ppl 3-4 knows him ...

Pz

its called: new generation
um, Afeni didnt say that she want new 2pac fans and this is the reason why eminem produced the whole cd? ... she got it so she can now release somethin' BETTER (this is a little old- LTTG was in 2004 ... im too late with this post lol)