The original version contains a sample taken from Joe Cocker's 1972 song "Woman to Woman". The weekend after the song was completed the video was then recorded. Dre's in house studio, 2Pac came in and wrote his verse straight away it took him just 15 minutes to write his verse. Dre album The Chronic II, while the remix was included on 2Pac's All Eyez on Me. The original was released as a double-A side single together with "How Do U Want It" and intended for the Dr. Dre and has been suggested to be one of the reasons for the fallout between Dre and 2Pac a few months later. Producer Laylaw also did an additional remix of the song which is often erroneously credited to Dr. Dre's session while at Dre's in-house studio and asked Dre to put him on the song. The only copy of this session is now in the possession of DJ Jam, Snoop Dogg's personal concert DJ. The first version of the song has three verses featuring Dr.
Dre on All Eyez on Me-the other one being "Can't C Me". "California Love" was one of two songs produced by Dr. Aside from the extended track being on limited quantities of vinyl promo records, very few uploads to YouTube exist of the original, 6:29-length extended song, performed without Shakur. This particular version was never released to the public and is now only available on 12-inch promo vinyl records. The original version also exists in extended form and is 6:29 in length. Dre's shelved album The Chronic II: A New World Odor (Poppa's Got A Brand New Funk), but it can now be found on Shakur's compilation of Greatest Hits and on the United Kingdom version of All Eyez on Me. The original version was not available on any of Shakur's studio albums due to it being intended for Dr.