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