Well, out here in the city of angels, the hottest music on the hip-hop stations is the posthumous release of (yet another) Tupac Shakur double cd, 'Better Daze'. And the cut that is getting all the airplay is the electric version of 'Thug Mansion'. If you really want to know where youth culture is heading, you might want to listen to this (better yet the acoustic version of it) and see how you feel. 'Thug life' may be easy enough for AWADies to ignore, but if you have children in your house, they're gonna be enveloped in these images....
Don't get me wrong. The harsh yet bittersweet acoustic version of this rap is my favorite song right now. Just reminds us how many different roads we all travel, and that there's no way to turn back the clock. My mother was mortified at my worship of Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin, but at the time, I had no idea why.... It seems I've survived....
