Thursday, December 28, 2017

DON'T LOOK BACK IN ANGER : THE SONGS, 2017.


05/jay z/the story of oj


Earlier this year, the home of Lebron James was vandalized in Los Angeles. The N-Word was spray painted on his front gate. 
 
Meanwhile, "O.J. like:
 
‘I'M NOT BLACK! I'M O.J.!’
 
"Ok." 
 
We can reach the mountain top, elect a black president even, and yet, that pesky problem of ours still rears its ugly little head every now and then. The same way it has penetrated our housing and loan practices over time, the shape of our communities, the way we distribute our wealth, and the hoops some of us must jump through to attain a little (financial) stability. And yet, try as they might, we break through. 
 
"Fuck living rich and dying broke."
 
All of this colors Jay's "The Story of OJ". A weighted track that doesn't present itself as such. No I.D.'s jazzy back beat with Nina Simone's "Four Women" and Jay's comfortable delivery atop it, while coupled with his words of wisdom, give us a track as American as apple pie. On 4:44, "The Story of OJ" comes at you fast, two tracks in, but it doesn't want to be confrontational just to startle you, or attempt to put you in your place. It's having the conversation as an attempt to understand, and remain optimistic.



06/cardi b/bodak yellow

07/two chainz/riverdale rd

08/future/mask off

09/ema/breathalyzer

10/lcd soundsystem/how do you sleep?

11/j balvin + willy william + beyonce/mi gente

12/thundercat + michael mcdonald + kenny loggins/show you the way

13/drake/passionfruit

14/kendrick lamar + rihanna/loyalty

15/joe goddard/home

16/n.e.r.d + rihanna/lemon

17/vince staples/big fish

18/charli xcx/blame it on u

19/cut copy/standing in the middle of the field

20/haim/right now

21/ariel pink/feels like heaven

22/harry styles/sign of the times

23/lorde/green light

24/st. vincent/los ageless

25/miley cyrus/malibu
















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