On September 20, the hip-hop community will be paying a tribute to Tupac Shakur with songs inspired by the late rapper's book of poetry, "The Rose that Grew from Concrete."

The album titled "The Rose, Vol. 2 - Music Inspired by Tupac's Poetry " will be released by Amaru Entertainment, and will feature rap artists such as Ludacris, Lyfe Jennings, Bone Thugs -N- Harmony, The Outlawz, Memphis Bleek, and Talib Kweli, among many others.

Unlike Volume 1, The Rose, Vol. 2 is not a spoken word album. Instead, each of the contributing rap artists has taken a segment of one of Tupac's poems and built an original work upon it.

The following is a track listing for The Rose Vol. 2:

1. Intro feat. Black Ice
2. Power of a Smile feat. Bone Thugs N Harmony
3. The Eternal Lament feat. Celina
4. Fallen Star feat. Talib Kwali
5. In The Depths of Solitude feat. Ludacris
6. Movin On feat. Lyfe Jennings
7. Life Through My Eyes feat. Memphis Bleek & Tupac
8. When Ure Heart Turns Cold feat. The Outlawz
9. Black Woman feta. Jamal Joseph & Che Davis
10. Only 4 The Righteous feat. Yoyo
11. Where There is a Will? feat. Boot Camp Clik
12. When Ur Hero Falls feat. Impact Kids
13. And 2morrow feat. Shock G
14. If I Fail feat. Dead Prez
15. Poetry by Amber & Morgan of Pacskids

Un-coincidentally, the release of the album falls on the same week as the 9th anniversary of Tupac's death (September 13th, 1996).

Part of the proceeds from the album's sales will go to benefit the Tupac Amaru Shakur Foundation, which is working to raise $3 million dollars for the completion of a recreation center that will provide a safe place for urban adolescents to express themselves creatively through the arts.