Presidential Playlist

You Are What's In Your Playlist!

by Marcus Belgrove
for uluvmystyle.com
August 2016

POTUS Releases Summer '16 Playlist & We LIKE

Is it not great to see that the POTUS is just like everyone else? Well most of us. Ok,  Well, almost everyone. You could litterally be anyone with this sort of playlist. The funny part is that it 's broken down in two parts. Daytime; which to me = equals = Kick Ass Music to Deliver for America! And the Nighttime = Is for fun karaoke with the Family and Hot Sweaty Sex with Michelle. And some songs are for when POTUS is in his feelings. (I am assuming but I bet like most married men there are times when Michelle denies him. So he turns to songs instead of bitching  or starting a Twitter war because he he cant get any...)

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 Either way I can relate as well as All of you. We've all Heard an dloved the classic by Janet: "I Get So Lonely!" What really made me laugh out loud. You know he's suffering from Black guilt and had to add the Beach Boys or maybe its for when people from work come over. Who knows. But after a couple Beers and the Beach, I love that song too, but not well enough to put it on a list. 

I can assume with this list he's a Black guy who graduated from Harvard. Not to offend but the eclectic choices in music serves his diversity from Rap and R & B all the way to his  adaptability to reach back as far a Billie Holiday, and then reach as far up as to  Wale!  It's awesome that a man in his position can relate, right? Music is a vessel that connects people across language barriers, socioeconomic status, religion and race. You can't remove yourself too far from a guy that Turn's Up to hits like- So Ambition by Pharrell and Jay-Z. Perhaps, even him and Michelle Role Play Lip Synch for their lives as they reenact, Mary J. Blige and Method Man's cult classic "I'll Be There for You/You're All I Need." Just something for the imagination. Wow we are really going to miss this couple in the White House. How come we were never excited by any other President's Playlist? Simple answer. We could not relate! 

1. LoveHate Thing - Wale
2. Smooth Sailin' - Leon Bridges
3. Elevator Operator - Courtney Barnett
4. Home - Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros
5. Many the Miles - Sara Bareilles
6. Tightrope - Janelle Monáe
7. Classic Man - Jidenna
8. So Ambitious - Jay Z feat. Pharrell
9. Me Gustas Tu - Manu Chao
10. Forever Begins - Common
11. The Man - Aloe Blacc
12. As We Enter - Nas & Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley
13. Sinnerman - Nina Simone
14. U Got the Look - Prince
15. Rock Steady - Aretha Franklin
16. Good Vibrations - Beach Boys
17. Don't Owe You A Thang - Gary Clark Jr.
18. Man Like That - Gin Wigmore
19. II B.S. (edit) - Charles Mingus

1. If I Have My Way - Chrisette Michele
2. Espera - Esperanza Spalding
3. Tell It Like It Is - Aaron Neville
4. Alright - Ledisi
5. Trapped By A Thing Called Love - Denise LaSalle
6. Lady - D'Angelo
7. So Very Hard to Go - Tower of Power
8. Midnight Sun - Carmen McCrae
9. Cucurrucucú ​Paloma - Caetano Veloso
10. Green Aphrodisiac - Corinne Bailey Rae
11. I'll Be There for You / You're All I Need - Mary J. Blige / Method Man
12. Lover Man - Billie Holiday
13. Criminal - Fiona Apple
14. Acid Rain - Chance the Rapper
15. My Funny Valentine - Miles Davis
16. Do You Feel Me - Anthony Hamilton
17. I Get Lonely - Janet Jackson
18. Lean In - Lizz Wright
19. All Day Music - War
20. Say Yes - Floetry