Ambitionz az a Ridah

Infobox song
Name = Ambitionz az a Ridah


Artist = Tupac Shakur
Album = All Eyez on Me
Released = 1996
Format = Compact Disc
Recorded = 1995
Genre = Hip hop
Length = 4:38
Label = Death Row Records
Writer = Tupac Shakur
Producer = Daz Dillinger

"Ambitionz az a Ridah" is the first track of the critically acclaimed album "All Eyez on Me" by rapper Tupac Shakur. It was Shakur's first song recorded with Death Row Records; he wrote and recorded it within hours of being released from prison. [cite web|accessdate=2008-07-30|url=http://www.hitemup.co.uk/themakingofalleyez.htm|title= The Making of All Eyez on Me|publisher= XXL Magazine, September 2004 Issue]

Production

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That's the first song I ever did with Tupac. The day he got out of jail, he didn't go to the clubs. He didn't go try to meet women. He went straight to the studio like he was on a mission, and he recorded "Ambitionz az a Ridah" and "I Ain't Mad at Cha". Tupac came in, and he was fresh out of jail. I seen them give him his Death Row medallion that same night. And then he came right in. He was ready to go. He was very hyped, very focused, a lot of energy - mad energy. And you could tell he was really on a mission. He really had a real vision of what was going on, and he wanted to get a lot done in that short amount of time.:-Dave Aroncquote
"First day he came home, "Ambitionz az a Ridah" - that was the first record that he did. Suge brought him in. The word went through the office that 'Pac was home. Everybody [who were] at the studio at that time were up there. I came a little bit later, and when I came, Daz already had the beat started. 'Pac wasn't in the studio for any more than 45 minutes before he had his first verse done and laid. That fast. He didn't even wanna chill; all he wanted to do was get on the mic. Whatever day he landed in Los Angeles, two hours after he landed, he had his first verse laid.:-Kurupt

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