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Roger Troutman (November 29, 1951 – April 25, 1999) was an American singer, songwriter, producer and the lead vocalist of the band Zapp who helped spearhead the funk movement and heavily influenced west coast hip hop due to the scene's heavy sampling of his music over the years. Troutman was well known for his use of the talk box, a device that is connected to an instrument (frequently a keyboard) to create different vocal effects. Roger used a custom-made talkbox—the Electro Harmonix "Golden Throat," as well as a Yamaha DX100 FM synthesizer. As both lead singer of Zapp and in his subsequent solo releases, he scored a bevy of funk and R&B hits throughout the 1980s. In his later years, he was mostly known for singing the chorus to the hip-hop classic by Tupac Shakur, "California Love".
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Chillled Jazz & Soul [2019]
Song | Duration |
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I Want to Be Your Man | 4:10 |
The Many Facets of Roger/The Saga Continues/Unlimited [2017]
Song | Duration |
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I Heard It Through the Grapevine | 10:47 |
Do It Roger | 8:12 |
I Want to Be Your Man | 4:13 |
Ballads [2013]
Song | Duration |
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It's Your Body | 5:33 |
For the Homegirls [2013]
Song | Duration |
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Diamonds and Pearls | 4:31 |
Old School, Vol. 11 [2011]
Song | Duration |
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I Want to Be Your Man |
Double Dose of Funk [2010]
Song | Duration |
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I Heard It Through the Grapevine | 6:48 |
I Want to Be Your Man | 4:09 |
I Can Make You Dance | 3:58 |
Doo Wa Ditty (Blow That Thing) | 3:44 |
California Love | 4:49 |
Middle Men [Original Soundtrack] [2010]
Song | Duration |
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California Love | 6:24 |
California Love [Remix] | 6:23 |
The Best of Zapp And Roger [2009]
Song | Duration |
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Doo Wa Ditty (Blow That Thing) | 3:44 |
The Ultimate Death Row Collection [2009]
Song | Duration |
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California Love | 4:02 |
100 Hits: Dance Anthems [2008]
Song | Duration |
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You Can't Change Me | 3:14 |
Hip Hop the Collection: The Classics [2008]
Song | Duration |
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California Love | 3:53 |
Most Wanted Playlist [2008]
Song | Duration |
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California Love [Death Row Tracks] |
R&B Collaborations [2008]
Song | Duration |
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California Love [Remix] | 4:44 |
R&B Hook Ups [2008]
Song | Duration |
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California Love [Remix] | 4:44 |
Revolutions in Sound: Warner Bros. Records - The First 50 Years [2008]
Song | Duration |
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I Want to Be Your Man | 4:11 |
A Hip Hop History/Death Row PR [2007]
Song | Duration |
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California Love [Remix] | 5:06 |
Death Row Ghetto Mix [Clean] [2007]
Song | Duration |
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California Love [Single Version] | 4:00 |
Dr Dre's Death Row [2007]
Song | Duration |
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California Love (Remix) |
Hip Hop Classics [Universal] [2007]
Song | Duration |
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California Love [Remix] | 4:00 |
Legend of Hip Hop [2007]
Song | Duration |
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California Love | 6:29 |
Love & Basketball [DVD/CD Movie & Music Edition] [2007]
Song | Duration |
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I Want to Be Your Man | 4:09 |
Old School Funk Celebration [2007]
Song | Duration |
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I Want to Be Your Man | 4:12 |
The Best of 2Pac, Pt. 1: Thug [2007]
Song | Duration |
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California Love | 4:44 |
The Death Row Singles Collection: B-Sides, Remixes & Rarities [2007]
Song | Duration |
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California Love [Single Version] | 4:00 |
15 Years on Death Row [2006]
Song | Duration |
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California Love [Original Version][Version] | 2:21 |
15 Years on Death Row [Clean] [2006]
Song | Duration |
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California Love [Original Version] | 4:00 |
Chronicles: Death Row Classics [2006]
Song | Duration |
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California Love [Remix] | 6:23 |
California Love | 6:23 |
Chronicles: Death Row Classics [Deluxe] [2006]
Song | Duration |
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California Love [Remix] | 6:23 |
California Love [DVD] |
Old School Celebration [2006]
Song | Duration |
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I Want to Be Your Man | 4:12 |
2Pac and Friends [2005]
Song | Duration |
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California Love | 6:26 |
Duetos [CD/DVD] [2005]
Song | Duration |
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Together | 3:47 |
Live My Life [2005]
Song | Duration |
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California Love | 5:48 |
Love Songs [2005]
Song | Duration |
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It's Your Body | 4:19 |
More Bounce to the Ounce and Other Hits [2005]
Song | Duration |
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Dance Floor (Part 1) | 3:57 |
Doo Wah Ditty (Blow That Thing) | 4:59 |
Slow and Easy | 5:16 |
I Want to Be Your Man | 4:11 |
Pimp My Player: 20 Hot Trax In A Lean Back Mix [2005]
Song | Duration |
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California Love | 5:36 |
Rhino Hi-Five: Roger [2005]
Song | Duration |
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Do It Roger | 5:17 |
I Heard It Through the Grapevine | 6:49 |
I Want to Be Your Man | 4:10 |
The Very Best of Death Row [2005]
Song | Duration |
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California Love [Remix] | 6:25 |
The Very Best of Death Row [Dual Disc] [2005]
Song | Duration |
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California Love [Remix] | 6:25 |
California Love [Enhanced Stereo][Mix][Multimedia Track] |
2Pac Live [2004]
Song | Duration |
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California Love |
Hip Hop: The Collection [2004]
Song | Duration |
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California Love | 4:01 |
History Of HipHop [Universal] [2004]
Song | Duration |
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California Love | 4:01 |
Ice T Presents the Westside [2004]
Song | Duration |
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California Love [Remix] | 6:25 |
20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Johnny Gill [2003]
Song | Duration |
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It's Your Body | 5:33 |
80's Pop: The Best of Smooth Love Songs [2003]
Song | Duration |
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I Want to Be Your Man | 4:08 |
Best of Slow Jams [2003]
Song | Duration |
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I Want to Be Your Man | 4:09 |
Southern Heritage O2 [2003]
Song | Duration |
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Misery & Company | 5:27 |
The Very Best of Pure R&B: The Summer Collection [2003]
Song | Duration |
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California Love | 5:25 |
Chronicle: Best of the Works [2002]
Song | Duration |
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California Love | 4:01 |
Chronicle: Best of the Works [China Bonus Tracks] [2002]
Song | Duration |
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California Love (Ft 2Pac & Roger Troutman) |
Give It Up [2002]
Song | Duration |
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I Want to Be Your Man | 4:08 |
Old School Funkin' Hip Hop, Vol. 2 [2002]
Song | Duration |
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California Love | 4:43 |
Still More Bounce [2002]
Song | Duration |
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Throw It Up | 4:16 |
Strawberries & Cream, Vol. 1 [2002]
Song | Duration |
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I Want to Be Your Man | 4:15 |
Ultimate Collection [2002]
Song | Duration |
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It's Your Body | 5:34 |
Ultimate Power of Body & Soul [2002]
Song | Duration |
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I Want to Be Your Man | 4:03 |
We Can Make You Dance: The Zapp & Roger Anthology [2002]
Song | Duration |
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I Heard It Through the Grapevine, Pt. 1 | 4:00 |
Dance Floor, Pt. 1 | 3:56 |
I Want to Be Your Man | 4:12 |
I Only Have Eyes for You | 4:36 |
Ooh Baby Baby | 4:37 |
What's My Favorite Word? [2002]
Song | Duration |
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Get That Cheese | 3:32 |
Anghellic [2003] [2001]
Song | Duration |
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Twisted | 6:14 |
Blues & Soul, Vol. 10: 1986-1987 [2001]
Song | Duration |
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I Want to Be Your Man | 4:10 |
Hip Hop 24/7 [2001]
Song | Duration |
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California Love [Remix] | 6:26 |
Old School Love Songs [Box Set] [2001]
Song | Duration |
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I Want to Be Your Man | 4:10 |
Pootie Tang [2001]
Song | Duration |
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I Want to Be Your Man | 4:09 |
That Was Then, This Is Now, Vols. 1 & 2 [2001]
Song | Duration |
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Diamonds and Pearls | 4:27 |
Love & Basketball [Soundtrack] [2000]
Song | Duration |
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I Want to Be Your Man | 4:09 |
Old School Mega Mix [2000]
Song | Duration |
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So Ruff So Tuff | 3:35 |
Smooth Grooves: After Hours [2000]
Song | Duration |
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I Want to Be Your Man | 4:11 |
The Beat Speaks [2000]
Song | Duration |
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It's Your Body | 5:18 |
Tribute to Roger Troutman [2000]
Song | Duration |
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California Love | 4:43 |
Amor, Familia y Respeto... [1999]
Song | Duration |
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Together | 3:46 |
Black Elvis/Lost in Space [1999]
Song | Duration |
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Master of the Game | 4:43 |
Immortalized [1999]
Song | Duration |
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Suckas Do What They Can (Real Playaz) | 5:29 |
Introduction to Mackin' [1999]
Song | Duration |
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Throw It Up | 4:25 |
MTV the First 1000 Years: Hip Hop [1999]
Song | Duration |
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California Love | 4:45 |
Soul of the 80's, Vol. 1 [1999]
Song | Duration |
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I Want to Be Your Man | 4:03 |
That Was Then, This Is Now, Vol. 1 [1999]
Song | Duration |
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Diamonds and Pearls | 4:27 |
The N.W.A Legacy, Vol. 1: 1988-1998 [1999]
Song | Duration |
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California Love | 5:00 |
The N.W.A Legacy, Vol. 1: 1988-1998 [Clean] [1999]
Song | Duration |
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California Love [Long Radio Edit] | 4:47 |
Greatest Hits [1998]
Song | Duration |
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California Love | 4:45 |
California Love [Original Version] | 4:45 |
Greatest Hits [Clean] [1998]
Song | Duration |
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California Love [Original Version] | 4:46 |
Sexy Soul [K-Tel] [1998]
Song | Duration |
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I Want to Be Your Man | 3:47 |
The Greatest Love Songs [K-Tel] [1998]
Song | Duration |
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I Want to Be Your Man | 3:46 |
Bad Newz Travels Fast [1997]
Song | Duration |
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No Idea |
Bad Newz Travels Fast [Clean] [1997]
Song | Duration |
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No Idea | 5:00 |
Just a Touch [1997]
Song | Duration |
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Put Your Lovin' Through the Test |
Original Mixmasters, Vol. 1: Often Imitated [1997]
Song | Duration |
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So Ruff, So Tuff | 3:35 |
All Eyez on Me [1996]
Song | Duration |
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California Love [Remix] | 6:25 |
California Love (RMX) |
All Eyez on Me [DualDisc] [1996]
Song | Duration |
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California Love [Remix] | 6:25 |
California Love [Enhanced Stereo][Mix][Multimedia Track] |
Billboard Hot R&B Hits 1981 [1996]
Song | Duration |
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I Heard It Through the Grapevine |
How Do U Want It [1996]
Song | Duration |
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California Love |
Kool DJ Red Alert Presents [1996]
Song | Duration |
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California Love |
Let's Get the Mood Right [1996]
Song | Duration |
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It's Your Body | 5:34 |
Love Jams, Vol. 2 [1996]
Song | Duration |
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I Want to Be Your Man | 4:03 |
MTV Party to Go, Vol. 10 [1996]
Song | Duration |
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California Love [Long Radio Edit] | 4:32 |
Old School Love Songs, Vol. 1 [1996]
Song | Duration |
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I Want to Be Your Man |
Old Skoolin' [1996]
Song | Duration |
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I Want to Be Your Man | 4:08 |
Only Soul: 1985-1989 [1996]
Song | Duration |
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I Want to Be Your Man | 3:47 |
Str8 Off tha Streetz of Muthaphu**in Compton [1996]
Song | Duration |
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Eternal E | 5:25 |
Str8 off tha Streetz of Muthaphu**in Compton [Clean] [1996]
Song | Duration |
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Eternal E | 5:23 |
Art Laboe's Dedicated to You, Vol. 7 [1995]
Song | Duration |
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So Ruff, So Tuff | 3:35 |
Billboard Hot R&B Hits 1987 [1995]
Song | Duration |
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I Want to Be Your Man | 4:06 |
Friday [1995]
Song | Duration |
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I Heard It Through the Grapevine | 6:48 |
Friday [10th Anniversary Edition] [1995]
Song | Duration |
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I Heard It Through the Grapevine | 6:48 |
Friday [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] [1995]
Song | Duration |
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I Heard It Through the Grapevine | 6:48 |
Old School Love Songs, Vol. 3 [1995]
Song | Duration |
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I Want to Be Your Man | 4:10 |
Get Up on It [1994]
Song | Duration |
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Put Your Lovin' Through the Test | 4:34 |
All the Greatest Hits [1993]
Song | Duration |
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More Bounce to the Ounce | 5:14 |
More Bounce To The Ounce [LP Version] | 9:31 |
Be Alright | 2:43 |
I Heard It Through the Grapevine | 6:48 |
So Ruff, So Tuff | 3:35 |
Do It Roger | 8:11 |
Dance Floor | 5:13 |
Doo Wa Ditty (Blow That Thing) | 3:45 |
I Can Make You Dance | 4:00 |
Computer Love | 4:44 |
I Want To Be Your Man | 4:13 |
Slow and Easy | 5:11 |
Unlimited! [1987]
Song | Duration |
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I Want to Be Your Man | 4:14 |
The Many Facets of Roger [1981]
Song | Duration |
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I Heard It Through the Grapevine | 11:45 |
Do It Roger | 8:11 |
The Many Facets of Roger [Bonus Tracks] [1981]
Song | Duration |
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I Heard It Through the Grapevine | 10:50 |
Do It Roger | 8:15 |
I Heard It Through the Grapevine, Pt. 1 [Single Version][*] | 4:01 |
Starfloor Anthology, Vol.3
Song | Duration |
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California Love | 4:01 |
Unknown Album
Song | Duration |
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Slow and Easy | 5:16 |
Do It Roger | 5:17 |
California Love | 6:48 |
California Love [Single Version] | 4:45 |
Ooh Baby Baby | 4:37 |
So Ruff, So Tuff | 3:35 |
It's Your Body | 5:32 |
California Love [Remix] | 6:25 |
I Want to Be Your Man | 4:14 |
Dance Floor | 5:13 |
Be Alright | 7:55 |
I Heard It Through the Grapevine | 11:45 |
Put Your Lovin' Through the Test | 4:34 |
Emotions | 10:15 |
I Wanna Be Your Man | |
Red & Dollars |
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