File this under: collaborations that never should have happened, but
now they’re here, so. Sir Elton John + Tupac Shakur = Ghetto Gospel. I have
tried not to love this song, because I love Pac and am not a fan of posthumous
mashups as a rule, but I can’t not. When the song first opens I can’t help but
chuckle, because… it’s f*cking Elton John. But eventually I find myself nodding
my head during the choruses thinking, yeah, man, Elton, you do understand.
Anyway, this one’s come up on my ‘Pod a lot lately, partly because of that L.A. Times story about Diddy being
behind Tupac’s murder, partly because I’m going back to L.A. soon, and like to
have little reminders of home here and there when I gear up for the visit. — Caitlin MacRae
Here’s the
video for y’all…
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