The Skit List.

I love a good skit. Conceptual skits that add to the flavour of what the artist is trying to deliver in the totality of an album. Even if that is just catching a few lolz from voicemail recordings ("Just A Rascal", Dizzee Rascal). Nevertheless, skits have multiple functions. Some are transition pieces, like the fictional fraternity Broke Phi Broke in "Skit #4" (Kanye West). Others are integral to the album's whole, like Tyler The Creator's "Goblin", and The Streets' "Get Out Of My House".

Folks consider Eminem the G.O.A.T. on the skit front, but these are up there, all with funny undertones. You'll catch Kanye (again), but this time enlisting the help of Chris Rock in "Blame Game". You know the one...yeezy taught you well :D. 

I dare you not to crack up at Azealia Banks dismantling girls that like to act brand new ("Van Vogue"), or perhaps Juicy J's ridiculous outro on The Weeknd's "Same Old Song". Enjoy, listeners. First is Robyn's first track on her eponymous album, equipped with assertions to make anyone feel gassed.

The Valentines List.

Tis the season to dote on your significant other. The partner and I have decided to postpone our plans, but for the rest of you who are planning on sealing tonight with some very strong stroking, click play.

Speech DeBelle's sweet-toned rap in "I'm With It" has been on my Top 25 Rinsed Tracks for sometime now. Considering she's massively underrated and coupled this track with a powerful video, I'm going to leave this right here. Wretch 32's "Anniversary" is one of few tracks incorporating love on my personal playlist that will get multiple pull-ups indefinitely. Soft batty-whine on your beau to that!

There's the obligatory Amy Winehouse song, and Clean Bandit's "Rather Be" that is likely to stretch out until summer, because it's that bad. The good kind. "Hey" by the Pixies is a track I came across in a soundtrack for a film whose title I won't mention for PG purposes. There are relatively little lyrics, but Lord knows it's a tune.

The playlist concludes with the well-known "Opposites Attract" where Kendrick Lamar asks many rhetorical questions, and an addition from R.Kelly's Chocolate Factory, which, if you know anything about slow jams, is compulsory.

Sounds like: Butterflies, but in your ear
Skanks like: The gentlest batty whine
For: The lovers

The Monochrome List.

Sometimes in life, you've gotta get sinkhole deep profound and manifest your melodrama, nahmean? Let me help you:

This playlist features sombre piano notes accompanied with sad slur champ Ghostpoet, and some unsettling glitch loops common to Crystal Castles' sound. SZA's "Teen Spirit" and Ruff Sqwad's "Misty Cold" breezy additions are mandatory for winter's sake, as is Sam Smith's intensity on Nirvana. As a pick me up, you can always rely on DMX to make you involuntarily skank to some diabolical raps, in addition to Mike Skinner's intro in "Empty Cans" which is faultless. Thank you for The Streets.


I was introduced to The Feeling somewhere in between Sixth Form and wondering what happened to Sophie Ellis-Bextor. Long story short, her husband (Richard Jones) is the bassist, and these guys created a ballad on Rosé wine. White Zin for the win.

Sounds like: A transition from self-pity to TOTAL LIFE DOMINATION

Skanks like: A sluggish two-step - head bob

For: The night