At YourCanna-Club we are working on finding the greatest weed songs ever, posting them here on our website and then making a play list we will share with you. But we want to hear from you. Send us the title of your favorite and why you like it. We can take it from there. Along with the title of the song and the artist, if you want to be listed as the “sender” include your name.
Awhile back Rolling Stone magazine posted an in-depth look at the 20 best weed-themed songs. It’s more than a list. Rolling Stone reporters Richard Bienstock, Most Reeves, Elisabeth Garber-Paul & Dan Epstein, did an enormous amount of work to share interesting tidbits about the lives of these musical artists, many of whom were or are big stars. Click here to read the story on the Rolling Stone website. Our first post about the greatest weed songs ever was Tom Petty’s “You Don’t Know How it Feels.” Today for post #2 we chose Afroman belting out “Because I got High.” Here’s what the Rolling Stone had to say about the song and Afroman:
This nursery rhyme–style sing-along reportedly took Joseph “Afroman” Foreman only two minutes to write, and subsequently launched a career that glorified the pothead slacker lifestyle. Though “Because I Got High” remains the West Coast MC’s only major hit, it’s arguably one of the best-loved weed songs of all time. After all, who hasn’t forgotten to clean their room, cheat on their final exam, pay their child support, etc., because they got high? “‘Because I Got High’ put me on the map – it’s what got me a record deal, a Grammy nomination and made me a household name,” Afroman told Rolling Stone in 2014, just as he released an update of his novelty classic for the legalization generation.