There's a great scene in Soul Plane when the passengers hear that the pilot (Snoop Dogg) is dead. Somebody asks whether he's just Tupac dead or really Wilt Chamberlain dead. Good question. Loyal to the Game is the latest chart-topper for the Tupac Lives crowd: Eminem did the production honors here, with cameos from Jadakiss, Obie Trice and G Unit. Em duets with his dead hero on "Black Cotton," but Pac's rhymes easily dominate any other sound on the album. "Ghetto Gospel" has a cool Elton John sample; the standout, however, has to be "Thugs Get Lonely Too," featuring a sad chorus from Nate Dogg. See you next year, Pac.

“(We're Not) The Jet Set”

George Jones and Tammy Wynette were still married when they recorded the tongue-in-cheek "(We're Not) The Jet Set." The lyrics, written by Nashville songwriter Bobby Braddock, who also penned Wynette's "D-I-V-O-R-C-E" and Jones' "He Stopped Loving Her Today," make fun of the good life by declaring, "We're not the Jet Set/We're the old Chevrolet set." Braddock recalled that while writing the song, he needed the name of a city that evened out the rhyme he had with "Riviera" and "Missourah." “I got out a Rand McNally atlas," he said. "In the first part are the maps. The last part is an alphabetical listing of cities. I wanted a rustic, small-time sound. I went to the listing for Missouri. And I found 'Festus.' I loved the sound of it."