Production Analysis

I am picking the song California love by Tupac made in the 1990’s. When the intro starts in this song we here a talk box vocal that says “California Love” which then brings in the beat. The talk box adds a hook to the song and is very catchy as it is said many times in the song. The beat starts with drums, bass, piano, and horns to give the beat a backbone. The song that Tupac sampled in California love was Woman to Woman by Joe Cocker. As the beat builds up one of Dr. Dre’s shimmering synths is heard and used throughout the rest of the song. Dr. Dre is known for this synth as it is in many of his songs. The engineers of California love were Keston Wright and Rick Clifford. The producer was Dr. Dre himself he also mixed the entire song too. California made the Billboard Hot 100 for 2 weeks and is recognized as one of the greatest hip hop songs of all time.