Same Song

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{{Infobox song

| name = Same Song

| cover = Same Song.png

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Digital Underground

| album = Nothing but Trouble soundtrack {{noitalic|and}} This Is an EP Release

| released = January 3, 1991{{cite web|url=https://2paclegacy.net/tupacs-debut-in-digital-undergrounds-same-song-video/|title=1991-01-03 / Tupac's Debut in Digital Underground's "Same song" Video|date=6 January 2017 |publisher=2PacLegacy.net|access-date=2019-11-17}}

| recorded = 1990

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = * Alternative hip hop

| length =

| label = * Tommy Boy

| writer = * Gregory Jacobs

| producer = Shock G

| prev_title = The Humpty Dance

| prev_year = 1990

| next_title = Kiss You Back

| next_year = 1991

| misc = {{Extra chronology

| artist = 2Pac

| type = singles

| prev_title =

| prev_year = 1991

| title = Same Song

| year = 1991

| next_title = Trapped

| next_year = 1991}}

{{External music video|{{YouTube|CmFDyZ3ytg8|"Same Song"}}}}

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"Same Song" is a song by American rap group Digital Underground—featuring American rapper 2pac in his recording debut {{cite news | first = Chris | last = Berinato | url = https://foxbaltimore.com/news/local/secret-connection-shock-g-baltimore-tupac-shakur | title = The forgotten connection between Shock G and Baltimore's Tupac Shakur | work = WBFF Fox45 News | date = April 23, 2021 | access-date = December 2, 2021 }}—from the soundtrack for the movie, Nothing But Trouble. The song is included on their EP album, This Is an EP Release, as well as on the Tupac: Resurrection soundtrack.

The video starts off with a hearse driving into a drive-in theater, showing clips from Nothing but Trouble. The Digital Underground crew leaves the hearse. Shock G, portraying an American rock musician, raps the first verse. Shock G's alter ego, Humpty Hump—alternately portraying an Arab, an Asian, and an Eskimo—raps the second and fifth verses. Money B, portraying an orthodox Jew, raps the third verse. Shock G raps the fourth verse, portraying a Jamaican rasta, and Tupac raps the final verse, portraying an African king.

Dan Aykroyd appears, portraying a Scottish bagpipe artist, as well as a Los Angeles gang member and a man in middle eastern clothing, while Dr. Dre and Eazy-E also make cameo appearances.

Charts

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Chart (1991)

!Peak
position

{{Single chart|Billboardradiosongs|61|artist=Digital Underground|refname=|accessdate=January 6, 2022|rowheader=true}}
{{Single chart|Billboarddanceclubplay|15|artist=Digital Underground|refname=|accessdate=January 6, 2022|rowheader=true}}

References