Simple
September 2nd, 2006
(Yeah, the item mentioned below has been around for a few months; no cable + no real TV = pop culture delay.)
As many of you know, Comedy Central has been airing the “lost” episodes of the Dave Chappelle show, which were filmed before Chappelle’s sudden departure. One of the skits in one of those episodes was a send-up of the fact that the late rapper Tupac Shakur has released about half a dozen albums since his death in 1996 (with another coming this November).
I ran across that skit on YouTube this evening, and I found it absolutely hilarious. Tight beat, too. Give it a look.
I told you, stop hitting the table.
After I first heard that, months ago, like you said, I sang it to myself for weeks. Especially the part, “I’m talking bout George W. Smith, he ran for city council in ’94, here in Oakland, you probably didn’t hear about it. I wrote this song a long time ago…”