Former president Barack Obama is back with his annual summer playlist and this year is just as diverse as ever. Obama tweeted out a screenshot of the 44-track sonic adventure on Saturday morning (August 24).
“With summer winding down, here’s a sampling of what Michelle and I have been listening to — some new, some old, some fast, some slow. Hope you enjoy.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=re_mwGGrszc
From Drake’s “Too Good” collaboration with Rihanna and The Spinners classic “I’ll Be Around” to Beyoncé, JAY-Z, Childish Gambino and Oumou Sangaré’s “MOOD 4 EVA”and Lizzo’s “Juice,” Obama’s tastes are all over the place.
Obama, who’s always been outspoken about his love for Hip Hop, also included Lauryn Hill’s classic “Doo-Wop (That Thing),” SZA’s “Go Gina,” Mac Miller and Anderson .Paak’s “Dang” and — yep! — Lil Nas X and Billy Ray Cyrus’ massive hit, “Old Town Road (Remix).”
And for those Hip Hop purists, A Tribe Called Quest’s “Can I Kick It?” and Erick Sermon’s “Music” featuring Marvin Gaye is on the list as well.
Check it out above (obviously).
The worlds biggest sellout. He used to lecture us about making too much money and going into careers like banking only to start giving speeches at Goldman Sachs and becoming friends with sharks like Richard Branson and Joe Lacob. He and his hypocrite wife are now worth over $100 million and lecturing us about sending out kids to private school even though they do it.
Fyi I’m a liberal who stupidly voted for him twice .
You mad because he is making money and you are not! Get off your lazy ass and put in some work. Stop hating and being negative. Chase the bag!
The hypocrisy doesn’t bother you at all?
STOP BEING BOTHERED ABOUT EVERY DAMN THING. We get ONE life, why waste it being a negative ass person bothered by things strangers do? Enjoy your life man, do something productive with your time. Damn. Better yet, just enjoy whatever music you enjoy and leave it alone.
Word! Forget Trump, forget Obama… Focus on your shit!
Lets be real your not a liberal. Your just another jealous right-winger.
So are we really looking up to Obama to let us know what to listen to hip hop wise? I guess I should ask Ja Rule what he thinks about current events too.
Lol
Obama is my man but he isn’t a hip hop fan. He just picks the most popular rapper. Obama wouldn’t choose guilty simpson, mf doom or celph titled.
I wouldn’t choose those either… We don’t have to have the same taste as you to be Hip Hop fans…
You don’t have to like my picks but at least their hip hop artists. He can only pick rappers that most white people would known. Most of his choices are not hip hop artists their just pop rap trash.
Lol I don’t wanna argue, but who decides what’s Hip-hop?
My list would include both mainstream and underground.
Mainstream = Hip Pop ( Corporate Rap Trash) Migos, Drake, the lil idiots, MM and others. Hip Hop (The One And Only) Underground Music (Not On The Radio) CYPRESS HILL, UG, (WU-TANG), CELPH TITLED, CANNIBAL OX AND OTHERS.
So Nas, Pac, Big, Jay, Outkast, etc etc ain’t Hip-hop because you decided? Hip-hop wasn’t even about the lyrical and conscious shit when it was created. But anyway…
I can’t name every hip hop artists on the planet. I’m a hip hop purist. Hip hop and rap aren’t the same thing. Rap music is a bunch of fads including trap, mumble and country. I want gutta shit without corporate influence.
Why do we care what a mass child murderer is listening to, or do brown lives not matter when they’re in the Middle East?
That’s dope fam! But that applies to every single American politician in the last century!
The Govt runs and controls EVERYTHING you hear !! Why do you think HIpHop has been wack since the year 2000 !!
Who cares what 44 thinks !!
I wonder if 4:44 was 4 the 44th