Featuring artists like:
• Larry June • Mac Miller • Snoop Dogg • Digable Planets • Tuxedo • Camp Lo • Outkast • Chris Crack
About this Playlist
Not all of us can be cool. Based on the universal 80/20 rule, only 20% of us are cool. So if you have 4 friends, only one of you is cool. But don’t fret, this is why you’re here. You wish to unlock the secret to cool. I just may have the key.
This playlist introduces you to those who control cool with their attitude, confidence, and style. They say what they want on their own time, in their own way. You can’t rush cool. From Lester Young, the jazz saxophonist who actually invented the slang term “cool” to the funk definition of cool in George Clinton. From the Southern interpreters Outkast to the newest crop of cool, Larry June and Seafood Sam.
This is an all encompassing playlist, one which won’t end until you understand what cool sounds like. If you can’t beat ‘em, and you certainly cannot join them, at least you can feel them. The 20%. Enter the exclusive world of cool.
Ben Young lives a life of polarity. He has split his life between the coasts: half his life on the West (California) and half on the East (Georgia and Virginia). He has pursued careers in the art world (film school graduate) and the corporate world (executive with Fortune 500 companies). And he is Biracial, the personification of being two things at once.
Ben’s musical influences were formed by music loving parents, raised in a world of John Coltrane and John Lennon, James Taylor and James Ingram, Huey Lewis and the News and Prince and the Revolution. Saxophones, electric guitars, synthesizers, and breakbeats filled the air Ben breathed from birth. And being born one year after the birth of Hip Hop, Ben has been joined at the hip with the genre his entire life.
English features, global crossovers, and songs in every language in between. Music from all around the world. Featuring artists like: Dua Lipa, Aya Nakamura, Akon, Camila Cabello, Coldplay, Romeo Santos, Kali Uchis, & BTS
A dark, high-energy mix of pop and rock with a late-night haunted house party vibe. Featuring artists like: Lady Gaga, Britney Spears, Rihanna, Charli xcx, Lana Del Rey, MARINA, Florence + The Machine, & Fall Out Boy.
A spooky, moody collection of post-punk, alt-rock, and gothic favorites that sound like they were made for the scariest scene in a horror movie. Featuring artists like Talking Heads, Echo & the Bunnymen, Tears For Fears, The Cure, Catherine Wheel, Green Day, Florence + The Machine, Ghost.
Another year of spooky, offbeat, and alternative tracks to give your Halloween a more indie kind of soundtrack. Featuring artists like: Julia Wolf, The Marías, hey, nothing, Tame Impala, Florence + The Machine, Twenty One Pilots, Wet Leg, & boygenius
