2010 का सर्वश्रेष्ठ पॉप संगीत
The 500 Best Pop Songs: Staff List - Billboard
But its pedigree as a pop song was fully developed upon its 2010 arrival. Produced by Tricky Stewart and The-Dream — who were coming off a ...
“Dance Floor”
2Pac and Dr. Dre welcomed everybody to the Wild Wild West in this hook-filled hip-hop party-starte r. Over an all-time Joe Cocker horn sample, the pair deliver a verse each full of instant quotables about why the Golden State knows how to keep it rockin’. Roger Troutman’s sing-along, talkbox-assisted chorus — borrowing both from Ronnie Hudson’s celebratory staple “West Coast Poplock” and his own group Zapp’s <anchor>“Dance Floor”</anchor> — brings the melody, and the pair of rap legends bring the attitude, making everyone honorary Californians for almost five sunny minutes while giving shine to little-name-checked Cali locales like Sacramento and Pasadena. After all, it’s the whole state where you’ll “never find the dance floor empty.” – K.A.
2Pac feat. Dr. Dre and Roger Troutman's 'California Love' sample of Zapp's 'Dance Floor' | WhoSampled
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3. # 2Pac feat. Dr. Dre and Roger Troutman's 'California Love' sample of Zapp's 'Dance Floor'


## Interpolation (Replayed Sample) of Vocals / Lyrics

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[![2Pac's California Love](/static/images/media/track_images_100/mr2_2008923_174035107241.jpg)](/2Pac/California-Love/)

[California Love](/2Pac/California-Love/)

[2Pac](/2Pac/) feat. [Dr. Dre](/Dr.-Dre/) and [Roger Troutman](/Roger-Troutman/)

[All Eyez on Me](/album/2Pac/All-Eyez-On-Me/)

Death Row [1995](/browse/year/1995/)

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**2:00**
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Producer:
[Dr. Dre](/Dr.-Dre/)

[![Zapp's Dance Floor](/static/images/media/track_images_100/mr11_20081020_133519756924.jpg)](/Zapp/Dance-Floor/)

[Dance Floor](/Zapp/Dance-Floor/)

[Zapp](/Zapp/)

[Zapp II](/album/Zapp/Zapp-Ii/)

Warner Bros. [1982](/browse/year/1982/)

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Producers:
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[Zapp Troutman](/Zapp-Troutman/)

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## Related Songs

### Other songs sampled in [2Pac](/2Pac/) feat. [Dr. Dre](/Dr.-Dre/) and [Roger Troutman](/Roger-Troutman/)'s [California Love](/2Pac/California-Love/)

[![Joe Cocker's Woman to Woman](/static/images/media/track_images_100/mr2_2008923_174424909837.jpg)](/sample/176/2Pac-Dr.-Dre-Roger-Troutman-California-Love-Joe-Cocker-Woman-to-Woman/)[Woman to Woman](/sample/176/2Pac-Dr.-Dre-Roger-Troutman-California-Love-Joe-Cocker-Woman-to-Woman/)[Joe Cocker](/Joe-Cocker/)
1972
Hook / Riff[![Ronnie Hudson & The Street People's West Coast Poplock](/static/images/media/track_images_100/mr2929_20101029_143654188734.jpg)](/sample/3027/2Pac-Dr.-Dre-Roger-Troutman-California-Love-Ronnie-Hudson-%26-The-Street-People-West-Coast-Poplock/)[West Coast Poplock](/sample/3027/2Pac-Dr.-Dre-Roger-Troutman-California-Love-Ronnie-Hudson-%26-The-Street-People-West-Coast-Poplock/)[Ronnie Hudson & The Street People](/Ronnie-Hudson-%26-The-Street-People/)
1982
Vocals / Lyrics

### Other songs that sampled [Zapp](/Zapp/)'s [Dance Floor](/Zapp/Dance-Floor/)

[![Armand Van Helden's Ultrafunkula](/static/images/media/track_images_100/mr11_20081020_13335493090.jpg)](/sample/387/Armand-Van-Helden-Ultrafunkula-Zapp-Dance-Floor/)[Ultrafunkula](/sample/387/Armand-Van-Helden-Ultrafunkula-Zapp-Dance-Floor/)[Armand Van Helden](/Armand-Van-Helden/)
1997
Sound FX / Other[![Quasimoto's Hydrant Game](/static/images/media/track_images_100/mr18487_20101230_193658786101.jpg)](/sample/76790/Quasimoto-Hydrant-Game-Zapp-Dance-Floor/)[Hydrant Game](/sample/76790/Quasimoto-Hydrant-Game-Zapp-Dance-Floor/)[Quasimoto](/Quasimoto/)
2005
Multiple Elements[![2Pac and Snoop Dogg's Wanted Dead or Alive](/static/images/media/track_images_100/mr32163_2012621_13184639875.jpg)](/sample/158551/2Pac-Snoop-Dogg-Wanted-Dead-or-Alive-Zapp-Dance-Floor/)[Wanted Dead or Alive](/sample/158551/2Pac-Snoop-Dogg-Wanted-Dead-or-Alive-Zapp-Dance-Floor/)[2Pac](/2Pac/) and [Snoop Dogg](/Snoop-Dogg/)
1996
Bass

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### Sample chain found! Songs that sampled [2Pac](/2Pac/) feat. [Dr. Dre](/Dr.-Dre/) and [Roger Troutman](/Roger-Troutman/)'s [California Love](/2Pac/California-Love/)

[![Chris Brown feat. Jhené Aiko and R. Kelly's Juicy Booty](/static/images/media/track_images_100/mr60466_20171031_12565543250.jpg)](/sample/538955/Chris-Brown-Jhen%C3%A9-Aiko-R.-Kelly-Juicy-Booty-2Pac-Dr.-Dre-Roger-Troutman-California-Love/)[Juicy Booty](/sample/538955/Chris-Brown-Jhen%C3%A9-Aiko-R.-Kelly-Juicy-Booty-2Pac-Dr.-Dre-Roger-Troutman-California-Love/)[Chris Brown](/Chris-Brown/) feat. [Jhené Aiko](/Jhen%C3%A9-Aiko/) and [R. Kelly](/R.-Kelly/)
2017
Vocals / Lyrics[![Usher's Come Back](/static/images/media/track_images_100/mr3898_20091018_183446860644.jpg)](/sample/10911/Usher-Come-Back-2Pac-Dr.-Dre-Roger-Troutman-California-Love/)[Come Back](/sample/10911/Usher-Come-Back-2Pac-Dr.-Dre-Roger-Troutman-California-Love/)[Usher](/Usher/)
1997
Bass[![Rusko's Da Cali Anthem](/static/images/media/track_images_100/mr17880_201124_13378928514.jpg)](/sample/82567/Rusko-Da-Cali-Anthem-2Pac-Dr.-Dre-Roger-Troutman-California-Love/)[Da Cali Anthem](/sample/82567/Rusko-Da-Cali-Anthem-2Pac-Dr.-Dre-Roger-Troutman-California-Love/)[Rusko](/Rusko/)
2009
Vocals / Lyrics

[see all](/2Pac/California-Love/sampled/)

### Covers of [2Pac](/2Pac/covered/) feat. [Dr. Dre](/Dr.-Dre/covered/) and [Roger Troutman](/Roger-Troutman/covered/)'s [California Love](/2Pac/California-Love/)

[![Roger and Zapp feat. Big Rob and Dale DeGroat's California Love](/static/images/media/track_images_100/mr2825_2010113_54736289850.jpg)](/cover/62749/Roger-Zapp-Big-Rob-Dale-DeGroat-California-Love-2Pac-Dr.-Dre-Roger-Troutman-California-Love/)[California Love](/cover/62749/Roger-Zapp-Big-Rob-Dale-DeGroat-California-Love-2Pac-Dr.-Dre-Roger-Troutman-California-Love/)[Roger](/Roger/) and [Zapp](/Zapp/) feat. [Big Rob](/Big-Rob/) and [Dale DeGroat](/Dale-DeGroat/)
1996
Hip-Hop / Rap / R&B[![Vitamin String Quartet's California Love](/static/images/media/track_images_100/mr7710_2010424_185511936629.jpg)](/cover/31801/Vitamin-String-Quartet-California-Love-2Pac-Dr.-Dre-Roger-Troutman-California-Love/)[California Love](/cover/31801/Vitamin-String-Quartet-California-Love-2Pac-Dr.-Dre-Roger-Troutman-California-Love/)[Vitamin String Quartet](/Vitamin-String-Quartet/)
2005
Easy Listening[![My American Heart's California Love](/static/images/media/track_images_100/mr2094_2009816_4328750261.jpg)](/cover/6648/My-American-Heart-California-Love-2Pac-Dr.-Dre-Roger-Troutman-California-Love/)[California Love](/cover/6648/My-American-Heart-California-Love-2Pac-Dr.-Dre-Roger-Troutman-California-Love/)[My American Heart](/My-American-Heart/)
2008
Hip-Hop / Rap / R&B

[see all](/2Pac/California-Love/covered/)

### Remixes of [2Pac](/2Pac/remixed/) feat. [Dr. Dre](/Dr.-Dre/remixed/) and [Roger Troutman](/Roger-Troutman/remixed/)'s [California Love](/2Pac/California-Love/)

[![2Pac feat. Dr. Dre and Roger Troutman's California Love (Remix)](/static/images/media/track_images_100/mr2_2009327_13211123367.jpg)](/remix/38507/2Pac-Dr.-Dre-Roger-Troutman-California-Love-(Remix)-2Pac-Dr.-Dre-Roger-Troutman-California-Love/)[California Love (Remix)](/remix/38507/2Pac-Dr.-Dre-Roger-Troutman-California-Love-(Remix)-2Pac-Dr.-Dre-Roger-Troutman-California-Love/)[Dr. Dre](/Dr.-Dre/)
1996
Hip-Hop / Rap / R&B

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[![r1](/static/images/media/user_images/r117281_2014101_4539646003.jpg)](/user/r1/ "r1")

[r1](/user/r1/) said 7 years ago:

he is wrong zapp was first

[![Spinks](/static/images/media/user_images/r2_2012326_161031747667.jpg)](/user/Spinks/ "Spinks")

[Spinks](/user/Spinks/) said 13 years ago:

Nope - Roger's version was recorded and released after 2Pac's song, it's a cover version: [http://www.whosampled.com/cover/view/62749/Roger%20Troutman%20and%20Zapp%20feat.%20Big%20Rob%20and%20Dale%20DeGroat-California%20Love\_2Pac%20feat.%20Dr.%20Dre%20and%20Roger%20Troutman-California%20Love/](http://www.whosampled.com/cover/view/62749/Roger%20Troutman%20and%20Zapp%20feat.%20Big%20Rob%20and%20Dale%20DeGroat-California%20Love_2Pac%20feat.%20Dr.%20Dre%20and%20Roger%20Troutman-California%20Love/)

[![Alex](/static/images/media/user_images/r1728_2013128_223751938350.jpg)](/user/Alex-Ac/ "Alex")

[Alex](/user/Alex-Ac/) said 13 years ago:

Question : Wouldnt this sample "California love" by Roger troutmen ???

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