The Office: Live from the Cubes
Feeling nostalgic? Each week XXL's staffers bring you a throwback playlist to help you get through the week. See what we're bumping around the office...
"Pac and Scarface made a classic with this joint. Love to put it on every now and again for a mood setter." - Vanessa Saten, Editor-in-Chief
"Don't make fun of me for liking the Like Father, Like Son album. That was my shit." - VS
"After seeing the news, I quickly cued up this joint. Surprisingly I haven't heard it in like 10 years and still remember every line. "Lorena Bobbitt come here/want a souvenir" -Jesse Gissen, Digital News Editor
"After ringing in the dirty 30 yesterday, I'm still bumping that infamous theme music." - JG
"I'm glad these two are making music together again. Here's to hoping the new material rivals the classic stuff." - Carl Chery, Digital Content Director
"This joint was so hot we still bumped it in Queens." - CC
"One of the most underappreciated concept tracks ever. Nas spits fire while telling a story about lies, lust, deceit, and a double murder." - Nicole LoPresti, News Editor
"In general, listening to Things Fall Apart is a nice, mellow way to ease in to a new week. But, "You Got Me", with Badu's supple vocals, is a favorite." - NL
"After hearing the (dope) remake of this by Fabolous, Vado and Lloyd Banks on the Fab mixtape, I had to take it back to the original" -Adam Fleischer, Music Editor
"A little Soul Food to start off the week never hurt." - AF
"Just listened to Soul Food (their album) this weekend and "Fighting" had the best message of anything I heard in a long time. I fell in love with Cee Lo once again." - Amber McKynzie, Associate Editor
"I used to listen to that joint all the time in middle and I thought it was the dopest thing in the world. Came across it this weekend and been singing it ever since." -AM
"Cats come to the club - "Try to show you they a thug, instead of showing some love." Fif said it perfectly." - Mark Lelinwalla, Senior Editor
"From rappin on the corner of blocks we going platinum." This record still goes hard." -ML
"I think about this song every time I see knuckleheads on the train or on the block. It's evident that a lack of fundamentals results in uncivilized behavior in the youth." - Khalid Salaam, Senior Editor
"This song is basically the same as working out at the gym. What free weights does for my arms, this song does for my brain." - KS