The Soundtrack to My High School Years

A few days ago I got an idea to make an entire playlist of songs that were on repeat for me throughout high school. There’s some stuff I was listening to that got axed because I either don’t like it at all anymore or it’s not on DSPs. I refrained from including entire albums as well. Those of you who have been around since the beginning will remember that I had an unhealthy fascination with Tech N9ne. Hahahaha. I legitimately don’t think there’s a single song by him that I can say is good anymore. Hahaha. I just can’t do it. He has parts of songs that I enjoy, but I can’t find any that I like as a whole anymore. Sadly my favorite Jay-Z song of all time is absent from streaming services, and the Ransom tape I was obsessed with my freshman year is inaccessible as well. The original version of Big K.R.I.T.’s Mt. Olympus was a painful exclusion.

A lot of this stuff is very different from the type of music I usually cover on this platform, so there may be some surprises in here for you. I was very intrigued by the original Chicago Drill style, which was blooming right as I entered my freshman year. Once Drill hit the UK & NY is when I kinda tapped out, but I still have a lot of nostalgia for artists like Lil Reese or Lil Bibby. Lil Durk has two different songs called Jack Boys, and of course the one that I actually like isn’t on DSPs smh. Fuck this shit, man.

There’s a lot of fire here though. Some of it is stuff I didn’t even remember existed, so this was a very fun list to curate despite being very time-consuming. There are certainly conflicting vibes here, so don’t expect too much consistency. Shuffling is encouraged, but listening in order is always an option of course. I think the Apple Music version is the best way to go since it has four extra songs that were unavailable on Spotify. Also Spotify sucks. Let me know what type of stuff you were listening to in your high school years. Who was your favorite artist when you were a teenager? Does anything on this playlist jump out at you? Let me know in the comment section. ✌🏽

Click HERE for the  MUSIC version of this playlist

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5fiCgWP3xp0cORQwE4BmWQ?si=f2b747f5401d4bd7

The “GOAT” Wouldn’t Make This Song Bruh

I recently floated out the idea of curating a playlist of the worst songs I could find from rappers who would generally be considered some of the greatest of all time. I wasn’t sure if I actually wanted to do it at first, but the idea got a lot of attention and support. People were asking me to post it on Twitter when I was done putting it together. I posted it on my Patreon page yesterday morning, but here it is for the rest of y’all now.

 MUSIC 🔗

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6X5R2E7eQ35rMkynoYmYe8?si=4c66fbcc8218425b

Certain artists such as 2Pac or Lupe have songs that I dislike, but none that I felt were excessively unlistenable enough to qualify for this playlist. Honestly, as much as I dislike Drake, I really struggled to find a song from him that felt bad enough for this playlist as well. He has a lot of songs I dislike, a lot of songs I’d even say I hate, but I couldn’t really find any that were like completely unlistenable. I’m gonna do a commentary video about this for Patreon, so sign up if you wanna see that. If you have any other artists you think should be on this list let me know. ✌🏽

Eine Serie von, mit und über Pete Davidson. Oder besser: über die Sehnsucht, nicht länger Pete Davidson sein zu müssen. Über das Wissen, dass jeder Gag ein Placebo ist. Und darüber, wie ein Mann sich selbst verliert, wenn alle Welt von ihm erwartet, sich preiszugeben. Ich empfinde Fremdscham wie lange nicht – und bleibe dann doch, weil sich etwas entblößt, das wirklich selten geworden ist im Comedyland: ehrliches, echtes Unbehagen, verpackt als Witz. (ZDF, Wh.)

Eine Serie von, mit und über Pete Davidson. Oder besser: über die Sehnsucht, nicht länger Pete Davidson sein zu müssen. Über das Wissen, dass jeder Gag ein Placebo ist. Und darüber, wie ein Mann sich selbst verliert, wenn alle Welt von ihm erwartet, sich preiszugeben. Ich empfinde Fremdscham wie lange nicht – und bleibe dann doch, weil sich etwas entblößt, das wirklich selten geworden ist im Comedyland: ehrliches, echtes Unbehagen, verpackt als Witz. (ZDF, Wh.)

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Jadakiss, Freeway, Jake One:
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Juelz Santana, Jadakiss:
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Jadakiss:
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