Monday, January 17, 2011

Playlists for the cause: protest and peace

In honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr and all who continue the struggle.


For the Cause

1. What's Going On, Marvin Gaye
2. Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology, Marvin Gaye
3. A Change Is Gonna Come, Neville Brothers
4. Sister Rosa, Neville Brothers
5. Will The Circle Be Unbroken, Neville Brothers
6. Skylark, Cassandra Wilson
7. The World Is A Ghetto, War
8. Peace Sign, War
9. Say It Loud (I'm Black And I'm Proud), James Brown
10. God Bless the Child, Jill Scott
11. Blackbird, Dionne Farris
12. Summertime. Nina Simone
13. I Shall Be Released, Nina Simone
14. Family Affair, Sly & The Family Stone
15. Living For The City, Stevie Wonder
16. Happy Birthday, Hotter Than July 
17. Why? (The King Of Love Is Dead), Nina Simone

To find this playlist on iTunes via Ping, go here.



Protest and Peace

1. For What It's Worth, Buffalo Springfield 

2. He Got Game, Public Enemy
3. Fight the Power, Public Enemy 
4. The Message, Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five 
5. Many Rivers to Cross, Jimmy Cliff 
6. Rivers of Babylon, The Melodians 
7. Raining Revolution, Arrested Development 
8. Give A Man A Fish, Arrested Development 
9. People Everyday, Arrested Development 
10. To Zion, Lauryn Hill 
11. Get Up Stand Up, Bob Marley &The Wailers 
12. Redemption Song, Bob Marley & The Wailers



To find this playlist on iTunes via Ping, go here.






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