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From KQED in San Francisco, I'm Mina Kim.

Coming up on Forum, California Living has inspired songwriters across genre and generation from Otis Redding and the

Dock of the Bay, pop star Katie Perry saluting California girls to hip-hop artist Dr. Dre

and Tupac proclaiming California love.

The Golden State has also inspired many a playlist, including the California playlist, now

being crowdsourced by the New York Times

newsletter California Today.

This hour, we'll find out what songs are getting recommended to the times most often, and

we want to hear from you, what song captures the essence of California for you.

We get started.

This is Forum. I'm Mina Kim. If the beauty of spring in California is making you fall in love with the Golden State again, You can probably understand why so many songs have been written about it.

Though California's paradoxes have also inspired some of the heaviest, most heart-wrenching beats and lyrics.

But let's start with a little California love.

Literally, the one from Tupac and Dr. Dre.

That was the pick of a lot of listeners and me. California love. Literally, the one from Tupac and Dr. Dre. That was the pick of a lot of listeners and me. California No side of party

California

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