During the baseball season, I'm cutting back a bit.

Nice for What- Drake

Nice For What, a song by Drake on Spotify

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Aubrey sampled Lauryn Hill's Ex-Factor and had a video starring several of my favourite people including Tracee Ellis Ross, Issa Rae, Letitia Wright and Tiffany Haddish- people who wrote and starred in some of my favourite shows, books and movies of the past year and a half.

It's like he said, "What does Joanna want to see and hear? Oh, this."

Pineapple Skies- Miguel

Pineapple Skies, a song by Miguel on Spotify

War & Leisure - Available Everywhere Dec 1 2017 iTunes - http://smarturl.it/WarAndLeisure/itunes?iqID=yt Apple Music - http://smarturl.it/WarAndLeisure/applemusic?iqID=yt Spotify - http://smarturl.it/WarAndLeisure/spotify?iqID=yt Amazon - http://smarturl.it/WarAndLeisure/az?iqID=yt Google Play - http://smarturl.it/WarAndLeisure/googleplay?iqID=yt Follow Miguel: https://www.facebook.com/miguelmusic/ https://twitter.com/Miguel https://www.instagram.com/miguel/ Watch Vevo X Miguel, live performances from his new album, War and Leisure now https://goo.gl/MuATnh

Marcus Stroman's buddy, rapper Mike Stud, posted a playlist on Spotify either chosen or inspired by Stro. It contains entirely too much Chris Brown for my taste, but it made me remember this gorgeous Miguel song.

So I forgive it a little.

Are the trees high enough, baby?
Lead us so high your feet we won't touch the ground
Would you look up, baby?
It's pineapple purple skies
Promise everything gon' be alright
Ooh ooh, I promise everything gon' be alright
What's wrong, everything gon' be alright

Best Life- Cardi B. feat. Chance the Rapper

Best Life (feat. Chance The Rapper), a song by Cardi B, Chance The Rapper on Spotify

Cardi B - Best Life feat. Chance The Rapper from Cardi B's Debut Album Invasion of Privacy available now! Stream/Download: https://CardiB.lnk.to/IOPAY Exclusive Bardi Gang merchandise available here: http://smarturl.it/BardiGangMerchYT Follow Cardi B http://Facebook.com/IAmCardiB http://Instagram.com/IAmCardiB http://Twitter.com/IAmCardiB http://Soundcloud.com/IAmCardiB

This woman is a force of nature. Her album is spicy and it made me laugh more than once, mostly when she raps about how she calls out her own name during sex.

Bless her. And bless Chance the Rapper.

Must've Been- Chromeo feat. DRAM

Must've Been (feat. DRAM), a song by Chromeo, DRAM on Spotify

Chromeo - Must've Been (feat. DRAM) - Available Now! Listen Here: https://Chromeo.lnk.to/MBAY Follow Chromeo https://facebook.com/chromeo https://instagram.com/chromeo https://twitter.com/Chromeo https://soundcloud.com/chromeo https://Chromeo.lnk.to/FunklordzRadio Follow DRAM https://www.facebook.com/bigbabydram https://www.instagram.com/bigbabydram https://twitter.com/bigbabydram https://soundcloud.com/bigbabydram

DRAM is a singer/rapper from Virginia, and his near constant companion (and often featured in his promotional stuff) is his golden-doodle Idnit.

D.R.A.M. is happy to have his little buddy Idnit on the road with him, and reveals how Idnit ended up on his album cover.

Chromeo is from Montreal. This is the fifth song off their Head over Heels album.

I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues- Alessia Cara

I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues, a song by Alessia Cara on Spotify

Follow Alessia Cara: Facebook: https://facebook.com/alessiacara/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/alessiacara Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alessiasmusic/ Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/alessiacara

There's a new album of Elton John covers. This song is a song from my childhood and Alessia Cara's smooth, silky r&b voice fits nicely into the melancholy nature of the song.

And while I'm away
Dust out the demons inside
And it won't be long before you and me run
To the place in our hearts where we hide

Indica Badu-

Indica Badu, a song by Logic, Wiz Khalifa on Spotify

From Nas to Rapsody, Logic to TI. Hip hop has a story to tell. Now is the time. Rapture, an 8-part documentary series, only on Netflix March 30th. The official Rapture playlist is exclusively on Spotify.

Listen to the official audio of "Indica Badu" by Logic ft. Wiz Khalifa.

Logic is featured in the first episode of the Netflix series Rapture, which just came out this week.

The second episode featuring Nas and Dave East is actually my favourite, but the whole thing is quality.

Alice Merton- Lash Out

Lash Out, a song by Alice Merton on Spotify

Her song "No Roots" got into my head last summer and wouldn't leave. This is sparkly dance-pop.

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