2Pac & Jon B recorded “Are You Still Down” two weeks before Pac died. After he passed, Suge Knight wanted the record blocked. That made Jon B want to keep it on the shelf. Afeni Shakur gave her blessing and told him to put it out & the rest... is history. RIP 2pac 🕊️show more

2pac also wrote the hook and gave Jon B the melody of the song when he would go off beat. 2pac considered this his first official crossover hit into the r&b world and was so proud to share it with his mother Afeni Shakur. Are You Still Down was produced by the late Johnny J

Such a smooth song! All time classic.

That song would’ve dominated the charts if Pac had survived and shot a video to the song with Jon B

Damn just brought back when I was a little little kid riding shotgun in my brother's Beretta jamming cool relax and Many other CDs including the pac albums good times

Man if Pac were alive today the amount of platinum hits he and Jon would have had together would be endless. This record should’ve been way bigger than the world gave it credit for

Very true I don't think just him Casey and JoJo as well you're probably others later on in life brother knew you had to have somebody singing the hook

Yeah KCI and JoJo brought that thug n b out of PAC but got damn that Jon B record truly showed the world 2pac can get down on a true r&b joint. I could imagine 2pac and Ginuwine putting in some legendary work

My bad I'm using voice that's why respelled KCI I agree as well him and Ginuwine on them timbaland beats with them static major written hooks masterful And another what if is all the amazing produced beats he would have took from others

Not true. Unsure why Jon B continues to say this. This Johnny-J track was produced in April. In May ‘96 Pac and Johnny J fell out. Reason why his production was absent from the Makaveli album.

Well maybe ask Jon B on IG

MANNN BRO RIP MS AFENI MF SHAKUR BRO I FEEL LIKE CRYING DOG IMAGINE IF SUGE KNIGHT WOULD’VE GOT HIS HANDS ON THIS SONG & THE ALBUM ROUND THE SAME TIME AND DECIDED NOT TO DROP THE SHIT WHILE DEATH ROW RECORDS WAS BEING CLOSED AND HE WAS ON HIS WAY TO DO HIS TIME

There used to be song like that you could dedicate to someone and make em feel upgraded make en feel good and now they have killed the soul of music !

I remember this song being played during the slow jams hour on radio, this is the blueprint for crossover success

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Song was recorded much earlier. Before June of 96 as Johnny J left before the One Nation sessions. 2 weeks before he died is a myth

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Jon Bernthal trippin

Classic song man

Yes sir this song is legendary especially when Afeni gives you the blessing to release it

N mocking bru burd or sun shi

F det old ass song play det w one with emeimnrm Eminem