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Name: Lily Grant (DJ Lil G)<\/strong><\/p>\nPosition: Local Block & Breakfast for Beatlovers DJ, Content Staff<\/strong><\/p>\n Year: Junior<\/strong><\/p>\n Rager Recommendation: “Tell Me” – RL Grime & What So Not<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cTell Me\u201d by RL Grime was the song I blared through the speakers of my red PT Cruiser with the windows down in mid-August three years ago as I rolled through North Lawrence for the very first time, bound for my freshman dorm on move-in day. I thought I was pretty cool then, and I had just discovered the world of EDM. \u201cTell Me\u201d was the first electronic song I loved and thoroughly overplayed (and still do). The initial drop is surprising, and each one after that is unique, yet they all work together. A few months later, RL Grime came to Lawrence and played a show at The Granada, and that was the first time I truly got HYPED AF. I still remember the moment during that show when RL Grime played \u201cTell Me,\u201d and I, for lack of a better phrase, lost my sh*t. These days, when I\u2019m trying to get hype, all I have to do is play that song, and it instantly takes me back to that moment at the Granasty.<\/span><\/p>\n Listen here: <\/strong>https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/track\/60E5behybi3XUzcme2uojn<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Position: Content Staff<\/strong><\/p>\n Year: Junior<\/strong><\/p>\n Rager Recommendation: “Take Me There” – Adore Delano<\/strong><\/p>\n If you want an upbeat, feel-good song, with maybe a touch of androgyny, look no further. Drag queen Adore Delano, who competed on RuPaul\u2019s Drag Race season 6 and American Idol season 7 (as Danny Noriega), sings this song, perfect for a nice, chill party or just getting yourself pumped to crush your midterms, just remember, \u201cwe\u2019re the kids who would bring the world to life.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Listen here:<\/strong>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=w2-Swhla258<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Position: Breakfast For Beatlovers (9am-12pm Tuesdays)<\/strong><\/p>\n Year: Freshman <\/strong><\/p>\n Rager Recommendation: \u201cSide B (Dope Song)\u201d by Danny Brown <\/strong><\/p>\n I first came across this song at KJHK when someone requested it during one of my first shows, and holy crap, From the moment the luscious horns that open the song stop, Brown and his trademark yelp-laced rapping become a building force until the eventual beat drop that will have even the squares at the club moshing. Only Brown, with his unique style of high pitched yelling and rapping could pull off such a potent, party-ready combination. This song is perfect for getting hyped to go out, watch the big game or just to get the anger out after a bad day. I almost wanted to choose the entire album \u201cOld\u201d as it has a similar atmosphere to \u201cSide B (Dope Song)\u201d, but I feel no song on the album better blurs the line between hype and rage than this one. <\/span><\/p>\n Listen here: <\/strong>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?annotation_id=annotation_3331735641&feature=iv&src_vid=7cxC4UeZbHk&v=VZHks316GBw<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Position: Arts & Culture Producer<\/strong><\/p>\n Year: Junior<\/strong><\/p>\n Rager Recommendation: December, 1963 (Oh What A Night) -Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons<\/strong><\/p>\n Italian-American mastermind Frankie Valli and his group The Four Seasons lay out a funky, \u201860s vibe. If you\u2019re anything like me, you don\u2019t get hyped up by just any average song. It takes the most upbeat, rhythmic and carefully syncopated beats to really get me going. 5 seconds into listening to \u201cDecember, 1963,\u201d I turn into the best version of myself. Oh what a night, indeed.<\/span><\/p>\n Listen here: <\/strong>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=liyiT_DGREA<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Position: Station Manager and host of Plow the Fields (Saturdays 8-10PM)<\/b><\/p>\n Year: Senior<\/b><\/p>\n Rager Recommendation: \u201cDance This Mess Around\u201d by The B-52\u2019s<\/b><\/p>\n What is rage? Why does one feel the need to rage? What motivates people to get hyped? Is raging even a cool thing to do? When thinking of this prompt, I went to the first band I could think of when it comes to getting HYPED: The B-52\u2019s. They know it all when it comes to get HYPED. I scoured through all of their classic, harder songs (\u201cRock Lobster\u201d and \u201cPrivate Idaho\u201d) and through their huge, party encouraging pop-hits (\u201cLove Shack\u201d and \u201cChannel Z\u201d) to find my favorite B-52 song of all time, \u201cDance This Mess Around.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n \u201cDance This Mess Around\u201d is a harrowing story sung by Cindy Wilson. Cindy sings as someone who is still sore over the break of losing her romantic other. Cindy is on the verge of thinking that she lacks self-worth. At the end of the first she states, \u201cWhy don\u2019t you dance with me? I\u2019m not no limburger!!\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n Cindy\u2019s character is not just some stinking block of cheese! She is fun, she knows how to have a good time, and she is going to do exactly that! She is going to do what everybody else does at parties…dance this mess around. She is a mess. She recognizes this. A great way to escape the mess you create is by temporarily forgetting what binds you and just RAGE. This is the common narrative painted in the college environment. Procrastinating? Need a job? Just get drunk with friends and worry about it later. Everybody needs to blow off steam.<\/span><\/p>\n However, near the end of the song, the same question is asked over and over again: \u201cSay, don’t that make you feel a whole lot better?\u201d The gut punch is that you don\u2019t get a clear answer. All the dancing, raging and escaping eventually just ends you back to the same spot. Sure, you might have a new revelation on life, you might feel refreshed or you could possibly feel bored. But you still have to deal with the mess that existed prior to the escape. And that is life in a B-52 song.<\/span><\/p>\n The B-52\u2019s are well-associated with hard, repetitive melodies that are incredibly catchy and hypnotic. But when you combine these aspects with the story being told here, you end with the feeling that raging can\u2019t really do a lot, especially if you find yourself creating a habit of it. If you repeat this escape far too often, that mess is just going to get messier. And it will be on you to clean it all up.<\/span><\/p>\n Listen here: <\/strong>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dRuRKirloQ8 Position: Content Director<\/strong><\/p>\n Year: Senior<\/strong><\/p>\n Rager Recommendation: \u201cWings on My Penis\u201d – Die Antwoord<\/strong><\/p>\n Nothing quite exemplifies rage as much as a six year old screaming about an unfulfilled wish of having wings on his penis.<\/p>\n Listen here: <\/strong>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=37pafbBL3qQ<\/a><\/p>\n Position: Live Music Committee\/ Jazz In The Morning DJ (Thursdays 6AM-9AM)<\/strong><\/p>\n Year: Freshman<\/strong><\/p>\n Rager Recommendation: \u201cMe and Your Mama\u201d by Childish Gambino<\/strong><\/p>\n Despite the fact that many had harsh words for Donald Glover\u2019s album for not being traditional \u201crap\u201d, this soulful musical odyssey still gets my juices flowing every time I click play. I will never forget where I was the first time I heard this song. Sitting in my car with friends, we waited\u00a0through two minutes of mellow build-up. Then, the 2:01 mark of the song hit\u00a0bringing a powerful guitar riff along with it, something I had never experienced on a Gambino track. As Glover\u2019s voice came screaming through the speakers, I swear I had a transcendental experience, riding a\u00a0wave with the ghosts of Prince and James Brown. That same feeling arises every time I play this song and go on a musical journey of rise and fall. This song really has a hold on me, and it isn\u2019t just puppy love. <\/span><\/p>\n Listen here: <\/strong>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_hZCsgcKa-g<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Position: Music Staff and Rotation DJ (Fridays 10-midnight)<\/strong><\/p>\n Year: Senior<\/strong><\/p>\n Rager Recommendation: \u201cOdd Toddlers\u201d by Tyler the Creator ft. Casey Veggies<\/strong><\/p>\n My love for this song goes back to sophomore year of college when I had a roommate who was a huge Tyler fan. Since then I\u2019ve always felt a rush of electricity surge through my body every time the beat starts and you get a taste of Tyler\u2019s low-toned voice. The song features a sample from Cortex\u2019s 1971 tune, \u201cHuit Octobre\u201d, which had been originally used by MF Doom on \u201cOne Beer\u201d and also sampled by Wiz Khalifa on \u201cVisions\u201d. Although I\u2019m a fan of all these songs, I personally enjoy Tyler\u2019s use of the sample on \u201cOdd Toddlers\u201d the most. The flow in both Tyler and Casey\u2019s verses is on point and it’s hard for me not to recite the lyrics as I listen. Additionally, Tyler has a general ruthlessness to his musical persona which I think it’s another part of why this song gets me so hyped. \u201cOdd Toddlers\u201d is a great example of Tyler the Creator\u2019s skills as a producer\/lyricist, and is sure to get your blood pumping. <\/span><\/p>\n Listen here: <\/strong>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=oB_C9OMxyEg<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Position: Music Staff and Rotation DJ (Wednesday 3-6 a.m.)<\/strong><\/p>\n Year: Junior<\/strong><\/p>\n Rager Recommendation: \u201cMiami Ultras\u201d by Yung Lean<\/strong><\/p>\n There is a simple proverb I have been trying to convince every single hip-hop head of for the last three years or so: Yung Lean is more original and interesting than your favorite rapper. Part of me just want him to be taken seriously, and boosting him is the only way for me to do that sometimes, but another part of me actually believes that statement I just wrote. <\/span><\/p>\n Let me just recall a few of his most legendary lyrics, part of what has cemented him as a pillar of hip-hop in 2017: \u201cI don\u2019t give a motherf***, watchin\u2019 Star Wars smokin\u2019 pot\u201d (most notable in \u201cMiami Ultras\u201d); \u201cmolecules expand, molecules exist, I\u2019m a molecule but I stand in the mist\u201d; \u201cI\u2019mma peel banana skids while listening to R. Kelly\u2019s greatest hit\u201d; \u201cpeeing on old people\u2019s houses is an inflict,\u201d before he goes on, in the same song, to use his own name as the staple of the hook. And these are only the ones that I thought were appropriate enough for KJHK.org. Seek Yung Lean lyrics, and you will find poetry \u2014 he\u2019s William Shakespeare in the flesh.<\/span><\/p>\n Now that I\u2019ve validated Yung Lean and compared him not only to your favorite artist, but widely accepted as the greatest poet and playwright of all-time, let me tell you about \u201cMiami Ultras,\u201d the pinnacle of Jonatan Leandoer Hastad\u2019s career and my favorite hype song. What\u2019s most impressive, maybe, about this banger, is that it\u2019s about Lean\u2019s multiple personalities, an addiction to drugs and painkillers, and being hospitalized after he couldn\u2019t keep his life in check. But don\u2019t panic about the serious nature of the song. It\u2019s easily the best, most mature beat Lean has ever encountered, with a punk flare accentuated by Lean\u2019s angsty vocals. The song is aggressive, undoubtedly, but not so much so that the beat and Lean\u2019s personality don\u2019t shine through, carrying anyone who encounters it into an entranced, hype state with an artist that is unlike anything else the world has heard.<\/span><\/p>\n Listen here: <\/strong>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=cN0IuqgC3N8<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Position: Music Staff and Rotation DJ (Sundays 6am-9am)<\/strong><\/p>\n Year: Junior<\/strong><\/p>\n Rager Recommendation: \u201cWtf Right Now\u201d by Tyler, the Creator<\/strong><\/p>\n I realized I was Kanye\u2019s son in grade school when I first heard \u201cThe College Dropout.\u201d In high school, I realized I was also Tyler\u2019s son, so it was to nobody\u2019s surprise that I was overrun with excitement when I heard that Tyler made a song to the instrumental of \u201cFreestyle 4″, my favorite song off of Kanye\u2019s \u201cThe Life Of Pablo\u201d. It was everything I figured it would be and more. The eerie beat combined with Tyler\u2019s energy is impeccable. A$AP Rocky (who is one of the coolest rappers in music) adds to the lively track by being an exceptional hype man. The buildup is as catchy as they get while it simultaneously has you itching for the drop of the beat. Rocky and Tyler\u2019s yelling right before the drop will have you at the edge of your seat every time. AND WHEN THAT BEAT DROPS, I LOSE MY MIND EVERY TIME. The hook. Oh my. The hook just adds to the flavor and makes it that much sweeter; it\u2019s one of those hooks that you, as well as all of your friends, shout out the words to when you listen to it together. Tyler\u2019s verses really complete the track, adding an element that tends to be forgotten or ignored in many hype songs: great rapping. His witty wordplay and rhymes about his success remind us of how Tyler got to where he is now: by being better than everyone else, and being himself while doing it.<\/span><\/p>\n Listen Here: <\/strong>https:\/\/youtu.be\/oCd6SQ67k-Y<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Position: Music Director<\/strong><\/p>\n Year: Senior<\/strong><\/p>\n Rager Recommendation: \u201cSpeed\u201d by Atari Teenage Riot<\/strong><\/p>\n I assume this was the only song Angelina Jolie listened to while she was filming Hackers.<\/span><\/p>\n
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Name: Lanie Roberts<\/strong><\/p>\n
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Name: Kyle Wernimont (DJ Special K)<\/strong><\/p>\n
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Name: Meredith Emshoff<\/strong><\/p>\n
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Name: Mason Kilpatrick<\/b><\/p>\n
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Name: Cody Boston (DJ Boston)<\/strong><\/p>\n
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Name: Sean Jesse<\/strong><\/p>\n
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Name: MacConnell Wilson<\/strong><\/p>\n
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Name: Christian Hardy<\/strong><\/p>\n
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Name: Victor Sotomayor<\/strong><\/p>\n
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Name: Caroline Roe<\/strong><\/p>\n
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Name: Kalekidan Yeshiwas<\/strong><\/p>\n