Big Moods is a new playlist series to soundtrack the best, worst, and weirdest parts of life. For the first installment, we collected the most posi jams to level-up to — from Chief Keef and Soulja Boy to Shania Twain and Blu Cantrell — in no particular order.
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Mike Jones, “Back Then”
They used to love to diss me,
Now they rush to hug and kiss me
Taylor Swift, “Mean”
Someday I'll be living in a big old city
And all you're ever gonna be is mean
(…And a liar, and pathetic, and alone in life, and mean)
Kelly Clarkson, “Since U Been Gone”
You had your chance, you blew it
Out of sight, out of mind
Shut your mouth, I just can't take it
Again, and again, and again, and again
Trina, “Da Baddest Bitch”
I make him eat it while my period on
A little nasty ho, red-bone, but a classy ho
Gucci Mane, “First Day Out”
Gucci back bitch, yeah I'm back bitch
Did you miss me? Or miss my raps bitch?
Usher, “You Don't Have To Call”
Gonna boogie tonight
'Cause I'm honestly too young of a guy
To stay home
Waitin' for love
So tonight
I'm gonna do what a single man does
And that's party!
Shania Twain, “Man I Feel Like A Woman”
Let's go girls!
Lana Del Rey, “Radio”
Now my life is sweet like cinnamon
Like a fucking dream I'm living in
Baby love me cause I'm playing on the radio
How do you like me now?
Mary J. Blige, “Just Fine”
Feels so good, when you're doing all the things that you want to do
Get the best out of life, treat yourself to something new
It's a really good thing to say
That I won't change my life, my life's just fine
Rich Boy, “Throw Some D's”
Just bought a Cadillac (throw some D's on that bitch!)"
Chief Keef, “Gotta Glo Up One Day”
Bitch, you gotta glo one day
Bitch, you gotta glo one day
Bitch, you gotta glo one day
Bitch, you gotta glo one day
Bitch, you gotta glo one day
Bitch, you gotta glo one day
Bitch, you gotta glo one day
Bitch, you gotta glo one day
Cardi B, “Money Bag“
And my bitches with me pretty, too, they look like bridesmaids
Bobby Shmurda, “Hot Nigga”
Running through these checks till I pass out
Your shawty gave me neck till I pass out
I swear to God, all I do is cash out
India.Arie, “Video”
I'm not the average girl from your video
And I ain't built like a supermodel
But I learned to love myself unconditionally
Because I am a queen
Dej Loaf, “Try Me”
Let a nigga try me, try me
I’ma get his whole motherfuckin’ family
Soulja Boy, “First Day of School”
Hat gon' match my shoe
Shirt gon' match my belt
Man I be so fly, I can't help myself
Freshest in the class, freshest in the school
And I bet I dress every day like it's your first day of school
Miranda Lambert, “Kerosene”
Forget your high society, I'm soakin' it in kerosene
Light 'em up and watch them burn, teach them what they need to learn, ha!
Lil’ Kim, “Big Momma Thang”
I got land in Switzerland, even got sand in the Marylands
Playboi Carti f. Lil Uzi Vert, “Shoota”
Swervin' and the Lambo doors go up, not on the bus now
Used to want a G-Shock, now I'm walking with a bust down
Eve, “Who's That Girl”
Little boys hang me on their wall, I grow 'em chest hair
Why you listenin to other shit? You got the best here
Trill Youngins, “I Look Fly”
I look fly, don't I? (x1000)
50 Cent, “Hate It Or Love It”
Go 'head, envy me
Sylvester, “You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)”
You make me feel mighty real
You make me feel mighty real
Ariana Grande, “No Tears Left To Cry”
Right now, I'm in a state of mind
I wanna be in, like, all the time
Ain't got no tears left to cry
So I'm pickin' it up, pickin' it up (oh yeah)
I'm lovin', I'm livin', I'm pickin' it up
Kelis, “Bossy”
You know, it's a hard pill to swallow
When they tell you you strange
You ain't hot
Then in the blink of an eye
They got on what you got
That means I'm a boss!
Sum 41, “Fatlip”
As a kid, I was a skid and no one knew me by name
Trashed my own house party 'cause nobody came
I know I'm not the one you thought you knew back in high school
Kanye West, “Can't Tell Me Nothing”
Excuse me, was you saying something?
Nuh-uh, you can't tell me nothing
Whitney Houston, “It's Not Right, But It's Okay (Thunderpuss Remix)”
It's not right but it's OK
I'm gonna make it anyway
Pack your bags up and leave
And don't you dare come running back to me
Mariah Carey, “Shake It Off”
I grabbed all my diamonds and clothes
Just ask your momma, she knows
You're gonna miss me, baby
Britney Spears, “Stronger”
Stronger than yesterday
Now it's nothing but my way
My loneliness ain't killing me no more
Kirk Franklin And God's People, “Stomp”
The Lord brought me through this far
Trying to be cute when I praise him raise him high
Janet Jackson, “Control”
I'm in control, and I love it, hahaha… that's right
Lil Mama, “Lip Gloss”
They say my lip gloss is cool
My lip gloss be poppin'
I'm standin' at my locker
And all the boys keep stopping
Migos, “Can’t Go Out Sad”
I want all my dogs to win it
Remember my dog was sentenced
No, no, I ain’t gon’ take it back to the beginning
Just get in the Benz and sit in
Avril Lavigne, “Sk8er Boi”
Sorry, girl, but you missed out
Well, tough luck, that boy's mine now
We are more than just good friends
This is how the story ends
Brandy f. Mase, “Top Of The World”
I went from Helly Hanson to mini-mansions
The girls in Aruba doing belly-dancings
Mims, “This Is Why I'm Hot”
I'm hot 'cause I'm fly (fly)
You ain't 'cause you're not (Mims)
PTAF, “Boss Ass Bitch“
I'm a boss ass bitch, bitch, bitch, bitch, bitch, bitch, bitch
Beyoncé, “Grown Woman”
I'm a grown woman, I can do whatever I want
Rihanna, “Sex With Me”
Sex with me — so amazing
Blu Cantrell, “Hit 'Em Up Style (Oops!)”
While he was braggin'
I was coming down the hill and just draggin'
All his pictures and his clothes in the bag and
Sold everything else till there was just nothin' left
Missy Elliott, “Work It”
Go downtown and eat it like a vulture
See my hips and my tips, don't ya?
See my ass and my lips, don't ya?
Diana Ross, “I'm Coming Out”
The time has come for me
To break out of the shell
I have to shout
That I'm coming out
Future, “Swap It Out”
I swapped out my true religions
Put on my robin jeans
I swapped out dat clean sprite
Mixed it with codeine
I swapped out it old school
Pulled up in dat new thing
I swapped out a portal beacon
And now I'm talking Japanese
I swapped out my hood fame
Now I got global status
Swapped out that ratchet hoe
Cause my bitch the baddest
Swapped out the recipe
Make my pockets fatter
Swapped out dem vv ones
Now I got better carats
Rich Gang, “Lifestyle”
I'm in my bag, oh ain't I?!?!??!?!?!?!?!?!
Speaker Knockerz, “Flexin & Finessin”
Flexin’, flexin’
I be flexin’, flexin’ and finessin’
Flexin’, flexin’
I be flexin’, flexin’ and finessin’
Flexin’ and finessin’, I be flexin’ and finessin’
Flexin’ and finessin’, I be flexin’ and finessin’
Flexin’ and finessin’, I be flexin’ and finessin’
Flexin’ and finessin’, I be flexin’ and finessin’
King Louie, “Val Venis”
I'm the man, little did they know
Paramore, “Hard Times”
(Hard times) Gonna make you wonder why you even try
(Hard times) Gonna take you down and laugh when you cry
(These lives) And I still don't know how I even survive
Bankroll Fresh, “ESPN”
I ain't never had shit
I'm ballin' on these niggas
I ain't never had shit
I'm ballin', Lord forgive him (forgive me)
I ain't never had shit
I'm ballin', on these hoes (wheww)
I ain't never had shit
I'm ballin', God knows (amen)