Obama's Summer Playlist and Reading List 2024

Every year, former President of the United States Barack Obama released his summer playlist and his summer reading list, and I will be sharing them with you today!

SUMMER PLAYLIST:

Shaboozey - A Bar Song (Tipsy)

Charli xcx - 365

Billie Eilish - CHIHIRO

Tems - Love Me JeJe

Artemas - i like the way you kiss me

Tommy Richman - MILLION DOLLAR BABY

Hope Tala - I Can't Even Cry

Blackstreet/Dr. Dre/Queen Pen - No Diggity

ENVY - Charge It

Carminho - Q Quarto - Soundtrack Version

Calimossa - What's In The Tea?

Hubert Sumlin/Keith Richards - I Love The Life I Live, I Live The Life I Love

PJ Morton/JoJo - Say So

Cleo Sol - Why Don't You

The Miracles - You Really Got A Hold On Me

H.E.R. - Process

2Pac/K-Ci/JoJo - How Do U Want It

Sting - If You Love Somebody Set Them Free

Lucinda Williams - Unsuffer Me

Jill Scott - Golden

The Rolling Stones - (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction

Saweetie - My Best

Charles Mingus - Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting

Norah Jones - Come Away With Me

Common - The People

Etta James - Don't Cry Baby

Chris Jedi/Gaby Music/Dei V/Anuel AA/Ozuna

Rema - YAYO

Bonny Light Horseman/Eric D. Johnson/Josh Kaufman/Anaïs Mitchell - Old Dutch

WILLOW - symptom of life

Moneybagg Yo/Morgan Wallen - WHISKEY WHISKEY

Myles Smith - Stargazing

GloRilla/Megan Thee Stallion - Wanna Be

Tyla/Gunna/Skillibeng - Jump

Bad Bunny/Feid - PERRO NEGRO

Paul Russell - Lil Boo Thang

Digable Planets - Rebirth Of Slick (Cool Like Dat)

Bob Marley & The Wailers - Them Belly Full (But We Hungry)

Nick Drake - One Of These Things First

Bob Dylan - Silvio

Pharaoh Sanders - Love Is Everywhere

The Supremes - Where Did Our Love Go

Beyoncé - TEXAS HOLD 'EM

Samara Joy/Pasquale Grasso - Someone To Watch Over Me

READING LIST:

“James” by Percival Everett

“There’s Always This Year: On Basketball And Ascension” by Hanif Abdurragib

“Everyone Who Is Gone Here: The United States, Central America, And The Making Of A Crisis” by Jonathan Blitzer

“Reading Genesis” by Marilynne Robinson

“Headshot” by Rita Bullwinkel

“The God Of The Woods” by Liz Moore

“Beautiful Days” by Zach Williams

“Martyr!” by Kaveh Akbar

“Memory Piece” by Lisa Ko

“The Ministry Of Time” by Kaliane Bradley

“When The Clock Broke: Con Men, Conspiracists, And How America Cracked Up In The Early 1990s” by John Ganz

“Of Boys And Men: Why The Modern Male Is Struggling, Why It Matters, And What To Do About It” by Richard Reeves

“The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook” by Hampton Sides

“Help Wanted” by Adelle Waldman

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