FEATURE:
The Lockdown Playlist
IN THIS PHOTO: The exceptional Philadelphia-born singer-songwriter, Jill Scott
The Cream of Philadelphia
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BECAUSE one of the greatest…
IN THIS PHOTO: The cast of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air/PHOTO CREDIT: Rex
T.V. shows of all time, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, is coming back to the BBC, I wanted to mark that with a Lockdown Playlist – albeit slightly tenuously. This article from the BBC tells us more about its return:
“It will be the first time since 2004 that the hit nineties comedy The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air will be back on the BBC. The classic series, which launched 30 years ago and originally aired on BBC Two in the UK, will drop on BBC iPlayer on New Year’s Day with all 148 episodes from six seasons available to watch.
It launched the screen career of Will Smith who plays a fictionalised version of himself that famously moves to live in Bel-Air, California with his Auntie and Uncle (starring Janet Hubert/Daphne Maxwell Reid and the late James Avery, alongside Alfonso Ribeiro, Karyn Parsons, and Tatyana M. Ali, as Smith’s cousins and Joseph Marcell as the butler Geoffrey).
With its signature blend of hilarity and sincerity, it is recognised as one of the most iconic sitcoms of the 90s, and has remained culturally relevant - influencing writers and actors from all over the world ever since it first aired. Decades later, the series continues to appeal to future generations”.
Because the titular character (played by Will Smith) hailed from West Philadelphia (“Born and raised…”), I have put together a playlist of artists who call Philadelphia, Pennsylvania home - or those who moved there (I will also put in a song from DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince and Will Smith in order to bookend the playlist with the main man himself!). This Lockdown Playlist is all about some truly great artists from the…
CITY of Philly.