'Pac was like, "Who got something? Bad Azz you got something?" and it fit perfect, so it was meant for Bad Azz to be on that song. Young Noble of the Outlawz recalled: We had started writing the shit and we was taking long. Credited as Tyrone Wrice, Hurt-M-Badd, a rapper, singer and the lead producer for the album, provided vocals for "Hold Ya Head"'s hook. The only verse that was not from one of the Outlawz was from Bad Azz, a member of tha Dogg Pound Gangsta Crips, while the album also features vocals from Death Row R&B singer Danny Boy, Aaron Hall, Val Young and multi-platinum R&B duo K-Ci & JoJo. Most of the guest verses are supplied by Shakur's Outlawz rap group. The album did not feature the star-studded guest list that All Eyez on Me did. During those days, 21 songs were completed with 12 of them making the final track listing. The album was recorded at Can-Am Studios in Tarzana during August 1996. Mean of the Outlawz recalls: "At the time Hurt-M-Badd, who was just an up-and-coming producer at Death Row, and Darryl Harper, who was an R&B producer – Suge had him working on all the R&B projects – they had a green room up in Can-Am which everybody around Death Row called the 'wack room' because they said 'Ain't nothing but wack shit come out of there.' But we was up in the studio one day and we trying to get music done – ain't none of us producers – we see them two niggas in the 'Wack room' and 'Pac like, 'Go get them niggas.' So niggas go bring them, 'Pac just putting niggas to work like, 'I need a beat here, I need y'all to do this, do that.' And these are niggas that nobody at Death Row was fucking with. The other two producers were Hurt-M-Badd and Darryl "Big D" Harper. Shakur also co-produces four tracks on the album. The only producer with whom Shakur had worked prior to this album was QD3, the son of Quincy Jones and half-brother of Kidada Jones, Shakur's girlfriend. Many of Shakur's usual producers were not involved with the project. Tupac wanted the album to be called Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory with Makaveli the Don as the artist name. Mean of the Outlawz rap group and Ronald "Riskie" Brent revealed that the official name of the album was mixed up in the rush to release the album following Tupac's death. The album's preliminary title was "The 3 Day Theory" and it originally consisted of around 14 tracks. These are some of the last songs Shakur recorded before he was shot on September 7, 1996. The lyrics were written and the songs were recorded in only three days and mixing took an additional four days. The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory was completely finished in seven days during the first week of August 1996.
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