Obama's 2016 Summer Playlist: Nighttime

Barack Obama

President Obama is once again sharing his summer picks -- an eclectic mix of hand-selected tracks on two lists that take listeners from day to night. The vacation playlists feature legendary songs from Prince and Aretha Franklin, some more recent tracks from hip hop artists like Common and Chance the Rapper and the musical styles of Manu Chao and Caetano Veloso.

  • If I Have My Way
    Chrisette Michele
  • Espera
    Esperanza Spalding
  • Tell It Like It Is
    Aaron Neville
  • Alright
    Ledisi
  • Trapped By A Thing Called Love
    Denise LaSalle
  • Lady
    D'Angelo
  • So Very Hard to Go
    Tower of Power
  • Midnight Sun
    Carmen McCrae
  • Cucurrucucú ​Paloma
    Caetano Veloso
  • Green Aphrodisiac
    Corinne Bailey Rae
  • I'll Be There for You / You're All I Need
    Mary J. Blige / Method Man
  • Lover Man
    Billie Holiday
  • Criminal
    Fiona Apple
  • Acid Rain
    Chance the Rapper
  • My Funny Valentine
    Miles Davis
  • Do You Feel Me
    Anthony Hamilton
  • I Get Lonely
    Janet Jackson
  • Lean In
    Lizz Wright
  • All Day Music
    War
  • Say Yes
    Floetry

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