Trivia

• “Ghetto Gospel” was released as the album’s second single on April 25, 2005, following “Thug’s Get Lonely Too.” It topped the charts in the UK, Ireland, and Australia.
• 2Pac’s vocals were recorded in August 1992 for a version that was set to appear on the A Very Special Christmas 2, produced by Jimmy Iovine. The track was ultimately dropped due to 2Pac’s legal troubles later that year.
• The original version featured a completely different beat and a faster tempo, as well as third and fourth verses that were not included in Eminem’s version.

Words from 2Pac, Eminem, and Elton John

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“Ghetto Gospel” is like being gospel without being sellout, you know, not being phony. I’m not saying I’ve changed. I make a lot of mistakes and I say that in the song. But it says “God ain’t finished with me yet.” [There’s] a path for me, and I make mistakes and I might fall, but I’m gonna get up and I keep trying ’cause I believe in it. And that’s ghetto, you know, to do what you feel. It’s not all pretty, but it’s still what I feel. It’s still from my soul, my heart. So it’s ghetto gospel.

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You wouldn’t be able to tell the 18/19-year-old Marshall that he would ever be able to get his hands on some Tupac vocals and have that opportunity. It was such a significant piece of history for me and so much fun. I’m like a kid in a candy store; going nuts with the fact that I’m putting beats under his rhymes.

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How he’s managed to meld [Indian Sunset] with Tupac, I’ll never know. It’s just genius.