{"id":2258,"date":"2017-07-05T10:38:40","date_gmt":"2017-07-05T17:38:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/?p=2258"},"modified":"2022-05-24T13:30:46","modified_gmt":"2022-05-24T20:30:46","slug":"goapele","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/goapele","title":{"rendered":"Episode 110: Goapele"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"subhead\">&#8220;Stand&#8221;<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2261\" src=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/SongExploder110-Goapele-600x420.png\" alt=\"SongExploder110-Goapele\" width=\"600\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/SongExploder110-Goapele.png 600w, https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/SongExploder110-Goapele-300x210.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" width=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/play.prx.org\/e?uf=https%3A%2F%2Ff.prxu.org%2Fsong-exploder%2Ffeed-rss.xml&#038;ge=46c499cda391eb6c2b962491f08bc1aa\"><\/iframe>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"download-links\">DOWNLOAD: <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.com\/songexploder\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">iTUNES<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/dts.podtrac.com\/redirect.mp3\/dovetail.prxu.org\/song-exploder\/a1cb4bf8-97db-48e2-997a-93a008ecc085\/SongExploder110-Goapele-DT.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MP3<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goapele.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Goapele<\/a> is a singer\/songwriter from the Bay Area. She released her first album in 2001. Since then, she\u2019s released five more albums and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_PKwYCW7IDc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">collaborated with Snoop Dogg<\/a>. In 2017, on her album <em>Dreamseeker<\/em>, she put out the song &#8220;Stand.&#8221; It was written in the wake of the shooting death of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shooting_of_Oscar_Grant\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Oscar Grant<\/a>, a 22-year-old black man who was shot and killed while unarmed and handcuffed by a Bay Area Rapid Transit Police officer. The shooting took place in 2009. In this episode, Goapele tells the story of why it took 8 years for her to finish the song.<\/p>\n<p>You can get <a href=\"https:\/\/geo.itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/stand\/id1227056769?i=1227056879&amp;mt=1&amp;app=music&amp;uo=4&amp;at=10lMg6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Stand&#8221; on iTunes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Illustration by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lerms.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Carlos Lerma<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>For a transcript of this episode, <a href=\"http:\/\/songexploder.net\/transcripts\/goapele-transcript.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">click here.<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span class=\"header\">footnotes<\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shooting_of_Oscar_Grant\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The shooting of Oscar Grant<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fruitvale_Station\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Fruitvale Station<\/em><\/a>, a film by Ryan Coogler about Oscar Grant&#8217;s murder.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Stand&#8221; DOWNLOAD: iTUNES \u00b7 MP3 Goapele is a singer\/songwriter from the Bay Area. 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In 2017, on her album Dreamseeker, she put out the song &#8220;Stand.&#8221; It was written in the wake of the shooting death of 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