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…