Juiced-Up Rap Anthems to Cure Your End-of-Summer Depression
Plus dance music for the massive festival in your head and a jazzy love letter to motherly perseverance
Five Songs is a weekly series for paid Hearing Things subscribers in which we each choose a new song we like and write about why we can’t stop listening to it.
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This time we’ve got an effervescent statement of purpose from underground rap hero El Cousteau, a versatile bass banger courtesy of Joy Orbison, a motherly tribute from Madonna collaborator Matthew Jamal, a burst of hip-hop joy from Chicago’s Kaicrewsade, and a daydreamy throwback from Melody’s Echo Chamber and El Michels Affair. There’s also a Must Hear—i.e., a track we really, really love—among the five picks. Thanks for listening!
