Former President and Badass Forever Barack Obama is not the only one who can drop a sick playlist.
2019 was a challenging year. Actually no. It was mostly a shitty year. And though there were lots of fun and wonderful moments, the ensuing months of stress, anxiety, tearful and sleepless nights had dulled the glitter of those magic moments. And so when midnight on December 31 rolled around, I was ready to do a barbaric yawp and start afresh for 2020.
Happy New Year.
Happy New Decade.
It’s a time when I reflect on the year past - and what I would like the new year to be.
But not quite yet.
The Grand Puba Hisself @barackobama just put out his 2019 playlist. Which got me thinking…not about life, love and pursuit of happiness but about the tunes that made me move; made me sad; and made me happy this past year.
And so without further ado, The Unsuited 2019 Soundtrack.
- Toast - Koffee
- Talk - Khalid, Disclosure
- Carry You - The Teskey Brothers
- Doin’ Time - Lana Del Ray
- Drogba (Joanna) - Afro B
- Dysfunctional - Kaytranada, VanJess'
- Across the Room - ODESZA, Leon Bridges
- Easy Loving You - SG Lewis, KAMILLE
- Famalay - Machel Montano and Skinny Fabulous
- Paper Cut - Sophie Simmons
- Hold Up - Beyonce
- Summertime Magic - Childish Gambino
- Take Me to My Love - Ralf Gum ft. Monique Bingham
- So Long - Nadia Batson
- How Did We Get Here - offrami
- 3 Nights - Dominic Fike
- Ultimatum - Disclosure, Fatoumata Diawara
- Nungwi - Blur
- No Fear - DeJ Loaf'
- Lost in the Fire - Gesaffelstein & The Weeknd
- Wish You Were Here - Black Coffee ft, Msaki
- From Time - Drake Jhene Aiko
- Chanel - Frack Ocean
Because I don’t want to have a 100 song playlist, I’ll stop there.
What do you think? And what about you? What music moved you this past year/decade? Inquiring minds want to know.
