California Love - 2Pac & Dr. Dre (REACTION! by metalheads)

[@The_Truth_209]

I believe that is legendary Roger troutman who basically made that tube sound what it is! Before Peter Frampton

[@swacfan100]

That's right 👍🏾

[@davidtokash4701]

yes but in a family feud survey over 90 people would say Frampton, the remaining less than 10 are probably musicians or DJ's LOL.....unfortunately

[@The_Truth_209]

@@davidtokash4701 for anyone to use that they paid him

[@davidtokash4701]

@@The_Truth_209 awesome, good for him...I just made a joke though. Ignorance can be funny when framed that way, even if its barely ignorance really at all lol...Hell if someone dont laugh at it they are only hurting their selves. Sooner or later someone else's ignorance can be the thing that kills them...haha LOL sorry, its late i clearly need sleep...

[@kelvindavis1396]

He used it on a lot of the Zapp Band songs and His on solo album and then Teddy Riley used took it to a new level on Black Street songs and other songs he produced

[@williamwesley3157]

To your comment about liking Pac’s verse better, keep in mind that Dr. Dre is not really a rapper in the purest sense of the word. He is a producer first, and the rapping is a secondary element of his being. Most of his lyrics were written by other people. 2Pac, on the other hand, was a poet/lyricist through and through. He was definitely a wordsmith. He was also a workaholic in the studio. Such is why there is sooo much material by 2Pac that has been released since his death.

[@josephescobedo5226]

I completely agree with this and J-Flexx wrote this song alongside Natural Born Killaz Keep Their Heads Ringing U Better Recognize many other songs were written by him but he isn't really credited and he tells people this on Who Been There, Who Done That

[@carlbernard7615]

@@josephescobedo5226 Awww man, I really liked what I thought was Dre's lyrics in Keep Their Heads Ringin, and the Sarah Connor line in NBK. I knew he had help but didn't know someone else just straight wrote them. Thats disappointing, I mean come on Dre, you've 'been in the game for ten years making rap tunes' at that point lol.

[@rockyadams]

Good response good observation on dre u know u right I think dre is one the best rappers of all time

[@beadnut]

@@carlbernard7615 rap tunes not rap lyrics 😁

[@kenyattatucker1279]

2Pac Resurrection my favorite Album

[@piffjar79]

Thats Roger Troutman, from the Zap band, he invented the talkbox, Frampton just used it

[@TyG2k9]

He didn't invent it. And Frampton used it before he did. So did Sly and the Family Stone and Stevie Wonder and a bunch of others.

[@JaeLee83]

Definitely Roger Troutman but he definitely didn't invent it, He probably made it the most famous though!

[@robertgomez1193]

Quentin Adams speak it speak it! Roger is thee Legend!

[@carlbernard7615]

I gave a thumbs up just because he knew about that.

[@DesignzRUs]

Yup thats rodger troutman and he created that talkbox

[@TyG2k9]

He didn't invent the talk box. He may have created his own personal signature talk box, but he didn't invent it outright.

[@DesignzRUs]

Demonic Sinn nobody else was famous for it before him so might as well say it

[@TyG2k9]

@@DesignzRUs I can agree that Roger became famous for his use of the talk box as the main ingredient in his music vs others before him who just kind of dabbled in it. I believe he made it famous and influenced the people who used it after him.

[@mattirzzmattimuss]

Who was doing this shit before Rodger Troutman? Don't worry I'll wait...

[@tris87don16]

Zapp was known for that sound with that talk box

[@karlthomas7363]

roger troutman(zapp) "computer love" "i want to be your man".

[@carlbernard7615]

When I first heard Computer Love in Menace II Society I freaking loved it and still do. I can still picture Kane rolling in his new car on the stolen wheels to that tune. Ahhh good times lol.

[@myfavoritedream2149]

I don't think I've ever seen anyone make it a whole minute in to this song without bopping.

[@JeromeProductions]

Facts like what😂

[@nickheat4688]

Man y'all need to react to 2pac Ambitionz az A Ridah y'all would love that.

[@abdulrahman-sd3in]

Lol.. I don't think think they will

[@Roaster-hr4kr]

this song sucks

[@shahnawazsooba7904]

@@Roaster-hr4kr shut up hater.

[@allensmithee6442]

Also fun fact.. it was the first million dollar hip hop video. You guys are awesome. Keep up the great work.

[@VerchielxKanda]

My stepdad, who only listens to 1970s and 1980s rock, and considers everything else noise, absolutely LOVES this song. I asked him about it one day, and he just said "It's good, so I like it." XD

[@tysonroberts9887]

That guy with the tube is Roger Troutman, Roger and Zapp classic old school group.....RIP Roger and Tupac........ Tupac hologram was hella cool should check it out

[@karlthomas7363]

rip to the great roger troutman who was killed by his own brother in 1999.

[@SAURAV0623]

90s immortal 🔥 🔥 🔥

[@skbwolverine]

Just look up Roger Troutman. You'll find out everything you need to know from his early career in the 70's up to the time of his death in the late 90's. Very talented musician.

[@antoniosmith197]

He's probably heard his songs before

[@wolfdesikan1766]

"Lookin like I robbed Liberace" and my man finally cracks a smile. 😂😂😂😂😂

[@Burago2k]

This is the peak of humanity, from 1980 to 2009 is the peak of musicality and pretty much humanity as a whole

[@BarkinGoodStuff]

Gotta love Jill's warning at the beginning. I have to ask, how are y'all metal heads but you don't have like a huge pair of tower speakers to annoy the neighbors with?

[@Chihome]

I saw Ryan bob his head yall! I love the suggestions below, here is another one from this timeframe: Natural Born Killaz-Dr. Dre and Ice Cube.

[@Timbolonius]

Rest in Peace 2Pac. May you be spitting rhymes in the afterlife. That said, such a classic and fun song. Decades later and it still hits hard.

[@erickiam25]

Can you guys please do “Rosa Parks” by OutKast ? Also How do you want it by 2pac

[@michaelsmith6802]

Rosa Parks is a great choice!!

[@erickiam25]

Michael Smith yeah that’s forever a banger

[@conrob74roberts69]

AUTO Tune legendary george Clinton. FUNKADELIC

[@theleader2365able]

Yes!!!!!!! Do it!!!! Please!!!!

[@TheRealBrotherRob]

Love that Jill loves this song. It never gets old and yes, the louder the better

[@c-style520]

Roger Troutman. R.I.P. More Bounce to the Ounce, Dance Floor, I can make you dance, I wanna be your man, So Ruff So Tuff. These are some of my favorite Zapp songs.

[@hornaceka]

The song that made me move back home to good ole SoCal after 16 years! Living in the midwest too long during that time! From "DIEGO" to the Bay! You should check out the more mellow version wearing 40s style gangster suits. That one is dope!

[@mookiestewart3776]

Lol so cal and nor cal have a friendly rivalry but we’ll kill people if you fuck with this state , and I’m a Bay Area kid 😂😂

[@BlackGeoYoutube]

The pipe is an instrument that makes the electrical talking sound. The man making the sound is known as Roger Troutman. He was VERY famous. He became famous for that sound. Roger Troutman and Zapp. He is older than Dre and Pac but he is beloved in the black community.

[@galenwhatoname934]

This is definitely a song you need to listen to full blast! I think you guys have researched enough Tupac and perhaps Dr. Dre to know how big of a deal this song would have been. It was during Tupac’s reintroduction to music after prison. This collaboration was huge!!! It’s one of those songs that when it comes on in the car you restart at the right volume to really appreciate it!

[@tonytone9508]

You two guys are great. Love your videos and reactions from it. You got my luv ❤☺

[@metalheadreactions7379]

Tony Tone Thank you! Glad you are enjoying it!

[@rbname7318]

The guy with the pipe is roger troutman. He was one of the first to use that tech - talkbox. If you look him up you’ll find he used it often. His group was zapp I recommend trying his song “computer love”

[@davidigleniec2483]

Ryan, love seeing you open up. Keep it up you two. Love from Canada!

[@alanbrooks9618]

Yes! Pac kills it when he comes in. Everyone should hear this song. Been blastin it since 96! Both of you seem really chill... I like that, she's right though you gotta blast this song. Try Thug Luv by Bone featuring 2Pac. Blast it too, everyone cocks the gun & shoots with their hands. 😁 It's fantastic. Great song! ✌ TY Both, really cool people! Love!! ✌💯

[@karlthomas7363]

2pac and snoop dogg "2 of americas most wanted".

[@derrick3913]

I never liked it. Felt like Snoop didn't bring it on that one

[@karlthomas7363]

@@derrick3913 it was cool.snoop had that kurtis blow flow on that one.

[@Poppinkimchi]

zapp with that incredible chorus and tupac , with that verse that honestly makes me cry cause we will never hear this incredible energy again. kudos to the missus that was fucking vibing the whole time holistically

[@LuisHenrique-ke4ti]

I make a request on behalf of myself and the Brazilian people, make the reaction of the official video clip of the Brazilian heavy-metal band ARMAHDA of the song Last Farewell, thank you in advance!

[@izaccy]

Roger Troutman is the guy with talkbox, vocals. he had really big hit song in the 80s - I want to be your man dope love song !

[@ESJAY0198]

Roger Troutman called it a vocoder. It's his signature sound on his hit songs More Bounce to the Ounce, Computer Love, and that beat itself was his from So ruff so tuff. Unfortunately Roger passed away and never got his dues in music.

[@nello8630]

Actually that guy in the video who later died, is Roger troutman the inventor of that talkbox. One of his last known appearances, which makes that video even more historic

[@marvinhunt117]

With the hose thing, that's Roger "ZAPP" Trotman. Framp was the 1st person that I heard with it in '76. Teddy Riley of Guy and Blackstreet used the same thing.

[@OpusWon]

That's the infamous Roger Chapman from ZAPP. Look up old school CERTIFIED HOOD R&B HIT. COMPUTER LOVE. Look up: More Bounce to the Ounce, Do Wa Ditty, & I Can Make You Dance.

[@GPG3211]

You’re right on brother, that’s legendary roger troutman

[@afenismama]

Roger Troutman is “the guy with the pipe” he invented that tube, look it up❤

[@billie975]

I’m a grunge and metal girl, but this song always gets me up and shaking if TuPac we’re still around, I could see him and Kid rock working together!

[@joepaccrakurii1227]

Kid rock? Gtfoh😅😅😅😅 2pac would flame that asshole

[@ekonialancewanariu9049]

Metalhead here: 2Pac is the one & only Rap star!!!

[@rodenrren2]

That's legendary Roger Troutman, and that's a talk box

[@JustJuLivingLife]

Nuthin but a g thang, Gin and juice, ms Jackson, bow wow (that’s my name)

[@jeknechtphotography7106]

I was just listening to that Bow Wow song the other day. it came on on an old mix from High School I was listening to

[@susantsumatirames]

Pac's verse was pure🔥

[@LuckyBide]

There's a second part to this, it's the same song with the beat being slightly modified and the video is mostly shot in a mansion, look for "California Love Part 2" on KZbin. Nice reaction btw !

[@TheVoyeurtaz]

This is actually the remix. What you are calling "the second part" is the original recording and the official album version. Because the remix did so well, when they made the video it was supposed to be a dream that Pac woke up from. If you can find them together on KZbin, it is a seamless transition.

[@LuckyBide]

@@TheVoyeurtaz Okay thanks, I didn't know the second part was the original recording.

[@mrcassantos]

The full video has an intro that you guys didn’t view here. The remix video is the continuation. It’s more or a traditional video as it’s set at a dr. Dre house party.

[@Back2SchoolReactions]

that effect is called a talk box, Dunlop makes them now, they used to be made by another company that Frampton made famous, Heil. An original Heil talk box goes for a couple of thousand dollars now.

[@danielmageo6266]

It's Roger Troutman using the voice box who sang "Computer Love".

[@sinjin4563]

Not the Peter Frampton talk box. The guy is Roger Troutman who invented and popularized it which is what artists like Frampton later used. Not in Black History Month. Of course a Black person created the music that white people later got acknowledgement for. Roger Troutman is known as a music legend for helping make Funk sound what it became and having influenced much of West coast Hip Hop because you here his sound everywhere.

[@borderbully6193]

JasonP4563 your wrong.. frampton used it before troutman.. joe Walsh used it before frampton in Rocky Mountain way. Pete drake and bill west are credited with the first official use of the talk box with the tube.. waaaaay before any of the mentioned ppl I put.

[@Troublesome_79]

At Jill,the ending is the beginning of the album version which has a different beat and Pac wakes up and that was all a dream leading to the Album version that was released later after this remix that was the first single released before the album was...

[@metalheadreactions7379]

Sodaveli Thank you the explanation. Curious to listen to it with a different beat.

[@rzagza11]

This is 25 years old and still out of this world.

[@Kenbidreddscott]

That Is How u did that sound effect back then, his name is roger troutman of the group "zap" he's the 1st guy to use that back in the 70's. That's where frampton got it from

[@OchrisFUT]

My Buddy and I did Karaoke to this track in high school in like... 2002. He did all the Dre parts, I did all the Tupac parts. It was epic. Still such a banger.

[@chrisjarvis2287]

Roger Troutman, lead singer of the group Zapp from here in Ohio. Roger spent the last 4 to 5 years of his life doing songs with west coast rappers, Zapp's music is some of the most familiar in the G-Funk sound. it continues to the remix video which is slower.

[@crookedthacon]

I love when Jill nods her Mafuckin’ head! Feel that shit girl!!! 🎼🎧🎤

[@Wilmeiser]

That is is a talkbox he's using, and that's Roger Troutman from the funk group, "Zapp."

[@slimerv]

There is a California Love Pt 2 song and video. Dre made a different track but it’s the same verses and it’s a house party video. I like it better than Pt 1

[@hopisix8899]

Roger Troutman is a legend. He did instrumentation for Michael Jackson's Bad's album.

[@Wilmeiser]

Did you see Oscar nominated actor Michael Clarke Duncan(The Green Mile) in the video? He was 2pac's bodyguard at the time.

[@richardgallegos5624]

one of my favorite videos ever

[@nikkimitchell8675]

That is Roger Stumpton

[@briliant8]

That is Roger from the duo Zapp and Roger. Y'all need to check them out. The guy with the tube in his mouth.

[@carlbernard7615]

You earned a thumbs up just for the talkbox knowledge.

[@taylorcronin955]

California really does party the hardest. Because you can pass out in the streets and just wake up and go home rather than freezing to death or really even being bothered.

[@papaduneberrie9512]

Stevie wonder did this talkbox around the same time or even b4 Peter Frampton. But the way it actually works is you have to play the notes through a keyboard. In this video is Roger Troutman of the west coast group Zapp. A staple in the west coast sound of the early 80,s ffunk sound.

[@peachesncreamm193]

Can you guys react to Rodger Troutman doing the voice box in an interview in the 80s

[@carlwilliams7632]

Play the second part of California love remix California love video part two

[@BarisThugLife]

Nice Video 😊😊👍👍 ❤2Pac❤

[@mookiestewart3776]

This was California coming out during the west/east coast beef and saying “fuck you were the shit and there’s nothing you can do about it”

[@austinraymond2932]

Great reaction! Keep up the great content

[@ziomek11224]

There is a second part of this with another video, you should Watch it, cause the second video has nice and smooth feeling. 😅

[@Jamigreen]

The video continues to “California Love , remix”, the music video is out on KZbin

[@vicegripp]

#RIP to the legendary Roger Troutman. This is a remake to the band Roger & Zapp's song California Love from the 1970s. Dre always sampled classic funk & motown records & they actually got Roger Troutman to re-do the song with them while he was still alive.

[@ameyer1970]

Check out digital underground "same song" . Tupac was a member of DU before he went solo.

[@yakuzathang5359]

There is the part 2 california love the original like irl not mad max type its pretty good to beat pretty different but same hope yu guys react to it

[@armaundfowler]

The late great. Roger troutman. Using the talk box

[@TyG2k9]

Roger Troutman didn't create the talk box. And so many people have used it decades before he did including Frampton and Stevie Wonder.

[@durbanpoison1485]

Nailed the talkbox! Thanks, a classic, but a CA classic lol

[@izaccy]

sadly Roger was also killed by his own brother, who would later kill himself in a murder suicide. RIP Roger Troutman

[@CecilJohnet]

there is two versions of this songs, but this one is the more amped up one.... great choice1

[@beyondthepage9389]

I'm curious to know Jill if you have also heard YOU CAN'T SEE ME'? It is a 2pac song that was released on one of the many albums that were posthumously released after his death. It has a similar vibe and energy to California Love but it's just him, no Dr. Dre. It's my favourite of all his records cos he raps the hell out of that song. He just rides that beat so well.

[@brianstocks8049]

wow! Low Key wasn't so low key, she must have really liked it.

[@Bubb23rd]

Yall should do a reaction to (If i die 2nite) from (Me Against the World) album

[@kelvindavis1396]

The full video has George Clinton at the beginning

[@Rafik_aze]

Такой музыки больше не будет , они были лучшими , 2Pac 🖤

[@pcfool13]

That's a legend. Roger from roger and zapp

[@Malik_Dawson]

Love their reactions lmaoo

[@Kanga-j4f]

I want this song played at my funeral or life goes on 2pac

[@zulubro]

Part 2 next?

[@jeknechtphotography7106]

I recently (a few days ago saw Will Smith put out 2 videos on his Channel back in '18 and the second in June of '19. The first is him in the studio and the second is a warm up with Jazzy Jeff called Back At It. In both he calls himself Fresh Prince, a lot of people have reacted to them and it has been rumored he may have a new album out. Chances of a reaction? He also has a song called Born to Reign from back in like 2002ish that is really good. As for California Love, always loved it, but needs to be played loud. Another cool one is a '95 Freestlye with 2Pac, Biggie, Big Daddy Kane, Scoob and Shyheim (a Wu-Tang affiliate at I think 15 years old I think) .... This may actually be the only time Pac and Biggie did a show together Live.

[@michaelallenjones]

When Rodger Troutman, what is in this song I automatically knew it was him

[@MrSDR23]

The dude is the legendary Rodger Troutman and you're absolutely right

[@michaelbriggs9584]

That's Roger stroutman from the gap band that's what he does in his music

[@daveylardenr3472]

From Australia. Can you do same. AC/DC.......AC/DC is our legend's of our country... like 2-pac...but 2-pac is a legend of the world..r.i.easy Pac

[@haseebzahoor4770]

Tupac was the (Real Deal)❤️🥺

[@Wilmeiser]

The remix picks up where this version left off, as does the music video for it.

[@ferniesanteros6187]

the guy with the tube is Roger who came out with that sound u talking about so i think peter got it from him ......

[@thesparkedbrain]

Get you guys some SkullCandy Crusher headphones. Listening to rap will never be the same again.

[@isisatlantis3168]

The Roger Troutman Talkbox 👍

[@sonofmann]

Dr. Dre verse sounds exactly like something LL would say in a verse

[@vicegripp]

Jill is on point. Yall need to either get good speakers or good headphones. Lol he just said it.. tiny speakers wow. I jam metal too & its gotta be LOUD! 🤘😎

[@ozcapicu1092]

Can you guys do a LFL hardest hits reaction?