"California knows how to party
California knows how to party
In the city of L.A
In the city of good ol' Watts
In the city, the city of Compton
We keep it rockin', we keep it rockin' …"
Tupac's Mom was Afeni Shakur, an activist and a member of the Black Panthers, which she quit after her acquittal of 150+ charges in May 1971. Tupac was born June 1971.
So it's #JukeboxFridayNight and the theme is another one that will lead to a not so diverse set of picks, even though the history of Rock N Roll should be otherwise.
And breaking away from Rock N Roll itself, but a music artist we lost too soon. I recently read through the book, Changes: An Oral History of Tupac Shakur, so can't ignore a man this important.
Lyrics:
I hear Brenda's got a baby
But Brenda's barely got a brain
A damn shame, the girl can hardly spell her name
(That's not our problem, that's up to Brenda's family)
Well, let me show ya how it affects the whole community
Heads up: I’m bringing a music listening project that I’ve been working on over to mastodon now. I’ve been calling it “Radio to the Death”.
Basically I wanted to listen to Rolling Stone’s top 500 albums of all time. But also, I’m me, so everything has to be a game of some kind. As such, I took all the albums and made a tournament bracket seeded by order in the original list. I listen to each pair of albums (in one sitting, ideally) and declare a winner. #RadioToTheDeath