If my mom were writing this, it would be much shorter: sleep eight hours a night, study hard, be pre-med, go to church every Sunday. She’s reading this right now so I’m going to say that I did all of that (she’s in for a rude awakening when she finds out she’ll be attending the ethnic studies commencement and not neuroscience). And more or less, it worked; here I am in the waning days of my life at Brown.
But as I prepare for Commencement, I’m realizing that all the advice I’ve ever received about “how to graduate” has been about how to get to the point where you’re shaking hands, moving the tassel, and holding the degree. Here are seven things I’ve been thinking about on how to transition into everything it means to not be a student.*
*Disclaimer: I’m not sure these steps are 100% correct. I’m not even sure they’re 10% correct. I’ve never graduated from college (yet).
1) Be incredibly ambitious. Be incredibly active. And be humble.
Back when he still had hair, Steve Jobs once said, “Everything around you that you call life was made up by people that were no smarter than you.”
ScHoolboy Q and TiRon – Love Me Not
Meek Mill ft. Big Sean - Burnyou
2 Chainz ft. Drake - No Lie
A$AP Rocky - Goldie New data for the “I Can’t Decide Which Is Better: A$AP’s Videos Or Tracks” debate.
Lolay Brown ft. Dunson - Show Me
Kanye West - Lost In The World Warning: Kanye West will never make an epilepsy inducing-free music video again.
Beastie Boys - No Sleep Till Brooklyn
While I couldn’t bring myself to add it to this week’s playlist, the video of Hot Problemsdefinitely deserves some air time. We’re due for some Rebecca Black Fridayesque hilarity, and this video does the trick.
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Before your hipster friends say they knew all about The Walkmen before they were listed for this year’s Spring Weekend lineup, throw this new track in their face. The track was released earlier today.
The Walkmen, hailing from D.C. are expected to release their new album Heaven on June 4th.
Hip hop heads (and everyone on Facebook) are currently raving about Kanye’s two new tracks from last week: Theraflu and Mercy. But MMB definitely doesn’t want any shade thrown on Kendrick Lamar’s The Recipe, featuring Dr. Dre – a clear winner for this week’s best hip hop track.
At Brown, most of us are barely even into our twenties, and those who are are (mostly) on our way out the door. So instead, roughly one-fourth of the undergraduate population is really thinking about what it means to be a second semester senior. And this is why it’s awesome.
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I know I talk crap on being a second semester senior, but I’m only half kidding. In actuality, there’s no class year I’d rather be. (Besides a first-year, because they don’t do anything except eat chicken fingers and pretend they’re actually good at responding to emails.) [Read more →]
April is smart to start off with April Fool’s Day — a hoax, really, before you soon realize that it’s raining outside, taxes are due, and midterms are coming up. And damn, there are only seven more weeks of school.
Hip
Jay Rock - Checkmate
The Four Owls - Original
Nicki Minaj ft. Nas, Drake, and Young Jeezy - Champion New album to drop in two weeks
Buddy ft. Kendrick Lamar - Staircases
Schoolboy Q - Brainstorm
Joey Bada$$ and Capital Steez - Survival Tactics Certified fresh. I love this. Good find, Dizzy!
For the beach or the library, depending on where you are this week but be on the lookout for a Spring Weekend playlist soon!
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This Week’s Playlist Spring Break ======================
Game ft. Kendrick Lamar - The City One of the best displays of braggadocio I’ve seen in a while from Game, but let’s be serious, Kendrick steals the show with the flow.
Danny Brown - Grown Up
Big K.R.I.T. - I Got This
Odd Future - Oldie
Azealia Banks - Fuck Up The Fun
Swizz Beatz ft. A$AP Rocky - Street Knock
E-40 Ft. Kendrick Lamar, Droop-E - Catch a Fade[Read more →]
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While I couldn’t bring myself to add it to this week’s playlist, the video of 
Before your hipster friends say they knew all about 
You don’t need a playlist to make today better. If you do, you most likely haven’t a) looked outside your window or b) realized that it’s Spring Week!
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