
By: Asa Gibson
My Pandemic Playlist
Apple Music
(Rap)
Go Crazy - Chris Brown & Young Thug
Laugh Now Cry Later - Drake ft. Lil Durk
Talk to Me - Drakeo the Ruler ft. Drake
Drankin N Smokin - Future & Lil Uzi Vert
DO BETTER - Gunna
ONE WATCH - Gunna ft. Young Thug
Dead Presidents II - Jay-Z
Stay Down - Lil Durk, 6LACK, Young Thug
Fox 5 - Lil Keed ft. Gunna
She Know - Lil Keed ft. Lil Baby
Hibachi - Lil Keed ft. Young Thug
Wanna See You - Lil Keed ft. Young Thug
Get Fly - OhGeesy ft. DaBaby
Paranoia - Pop Smoke ft. Young Thug & Gunna
Perc Popper - Shoreline Mafia
Crash Dummy - Shoreline Mafia
Quarantine Clean - Turbo, Gunna & Young Thug
Worth It - Young Thug
Rich N**** Shit - 21 Savage & Metro Boomin ft. Young Thug
4 Da Gang - 42 Dugg & Roddy Ricch
Back in Blood - Pooh Sheisty ft. Lil Durk
Cameras - Jay Critch ft. Nick Mira & jetsonmade
Purple - Nas
Fuckthepopulation - $uicideboy$
My Flaws Burn Through My Skin Like Demonic Flames From Hell - $uicideboy$
CLYDE - $uicideboy$
(Country)
Learning - Kane Brown
Cop Car - Keith Urban
Blue Tacoma - Russell Dickerson
Yada Yada Yada - Brandon Lay
Saturday Nights - Khalid & Kane Brown
Famous - Adam Doleac
Neon Fools - Adan Doleac
Cover Me Up - Morgan Wallen
The Way I Talk - Morgan Wallen
This Bar - Morgan Wallen
7 Summers - Morgan Wallen
Somebody’s Problem - Morgan Wallen
Still Goin’ Down - Morgan Wallen
Livin’ The Dream - Morgan Wallen
Sand In My Boots - Morgan Wallen
Neon Eyes - Morgan Wallen
SoundCloud
Makaveli - Young Thug
Life of Sins - Young Thug
Safe - Young Thug
Everybody - Young Thug
Don’t Know - Young Thug
All Over - Young Thug
Hey I - Young Thug
She Notice - Young Thug
Raw - Young Thug
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I had an emotional rollercoaster while compiling this playlist. As I scrolled through my library, playing some of the songs as I selected the rest of them, I was flooded with memories of my infamous freshman year of college. I’d say that the rap section of Apple Music definitely was either used for classwork or for the extensive hours spent playing video games because there was not much else to do for leisure that I liked. As the school year droned on, my almost constant demand for music led me to dig deeper into the work of my favorite artist, Young Thug. The list of SoundCloud songs are some of my favorite songs to this day, and are a constant reminder to me of my freshman year. I can recall every day as I would go to and from soccer practice at 6:45 in the morning with my AirPods in my ears, and seemed to never get enough of the newly discovered Young Thug content. As for the country part of the compilation, it is responsible for another side of my conscience. Instead of reminding me of the grind and everyday activities of school and soccer, it reflects the memories that I have in the early stages of my relationship with my girlfriend. I can recall from these songs the countless amounts of hours I’d be at her dorm, and I am reminded of walking from the new Sixth College to Marshall College, through the cold, wind, rain, or all three to make my way to her to spend time with her. Music has always been a big part of my life, and it guided me through some of the toughest and best times during my freshman year of attending UCSD. Looking back on it, and compiling this playlist, my outlook on how that year went for me seems better than what I may have thought it was while I endured the time period. The three album covers or song art that I included belong to the songs that produced some of the most nostalgia for me, taking me back to my time during lockdown at UCSD. “Cameras” by Jay Critch is a song that flashes my mind back into my dorm, working on my data science work, struggling to learn virtually in my first experience with coding. “Hey I” by Young Thug is the epitome of the feeling that the SoundCloud compilation gave me that year. My favorite artist playing in my ears, giving me motivation to get to and from practice and class everyday, it drove me to keep fighting during challenging times. “7 Summers” by Morgan Whallen was the song that me and my girlfriend had played on repeat. As a result, the song takes me back to quality times with her and experiencing having a girlfriend for the first time.