1. Dirty Water- Lecrae
“Now we extreme, buying fancy things like gold chains. Just pretty shackles, we still enslaved. Put em round your neck, cuz we still hangin.” This song contains extremely thought provoking and intriguing verses. This represents my appreciation for different perspectives. I love hearing the opinions/thoughts of others that I would otherwise have been unable to form on my own.

2. Words I Never Said- Lupe Fiasco
“Jihad is not holy war, where’s that in the worship? Murdering is not Islam, and you are not observant And you are not a Muslim” This song successfully delivers my sentiments regarding our government and my stance on wars.

3. Blame It On Me- Chrisette Michelle
This love song is sung so dramatically but the verses are hilarious to me. It represents my preference for comedic songs over trite, mushy one.

4.  Super Rich Kids- Frank Ocean
I can’t relate to this song at all, but that’s what I like about it. This represents my interest in different perspectives.

5. Cry Me Out- Pixie Lott
People find her endearing lisp to be annoying, but I find it charming and unique. I believe peoples flaws are also their charms.

6. Best Friend- Amy Winehouse
Amy Winehouse is my favorite artist. It broke my soul when I found out that she passed away.

7. My Boo-Usher
This song epitomizes my favorite genre: R&B

8.  Gravity- John Mayer
This song reminds me of a crazy, young man I had encountered in the summer. He followed me from the bus. I ran away so he ran after me. I ran down the escalator to the train and so did he. I hid in the corner of the train car and he was running into each one looking for me but luckily didn’t spot me. I had this song on repeat while i was on the train, trying to recuperate from the traumatizing situation.

9. Ship and The Globe- Kae Sun
This song is peaceful, funky, and upbeat. People tell me I’m funky and upbeat, but not peaceful.

10. Believe Me- Lil Wayne
I was extremely livid one day and happened to hear this song. I fell in love with how succinctly Drake enunciated profane words. This engendered a very bad habit of being unable to control the vulgar language that comes out of my mouth when I’m angry.

Hi. My name is Jonathan Foong. I love music. That is why I chose to display one of my playlists to you. I like trendy music mostly, but honestly anything that sounds great is a song that I would listen to anytime. My favorite artists are Bruno Mars, Maroon 5, and Ne-Yo. I have all of their albums and I enjoy their style and taste in music a lot. I think this playlists identifies me as a very calm and static person. A couple of songs like “Wiggle” and “Animals” have more of an upbeat melody and some elements of dance, but it depends on the mood that I’m in. Anyway, I rarely feel like going crazy to a song but when there’s a great beat and rhythm that’s irresistible to not move to then I’ll feel the shakes in my body. For the most part, love songs and slow songs with strong heartfelt lyrics are what I prefer to listen to because it evokes a lot of empathy, something I actually enjoy doing. I feel some sort of unique connection or at least the satisfaction that my ears experience replaces a part of despair in me.