Juneteenth

Your 2024 Emancipation-Day Playlist

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Here is a Juneteenth playlist for adults featuring 50 powerful songs that celebrate civil rights, political liberation, and the cultural liberation of Africans and African Americans. This playlist includes classic hits and contemporary songs, making it perfect for commemorating Juneteenth.  Some tracks do contain explicit lyrics, and are identified with **.

Happy Emancipation Day!

  1. Angie Stone – “My People”
  2. Luciano – “United States of Africa”
  3. Lauryn Hill – “Forgive Them Father”
  4. War – “Slippin’ Into Darkness”
  5. Beyoncé – “Black Parade”
  6. Chronixx – “Here Comes Trouble”
  7. Michael Jackson – “They Don’t Care About Us”
  8. Caiphus Semenya – “Mamase”
  9. Bob Marley – “Iron Lion Zion”
  10. Hugh Masekela – “Grazing In The Grass”
  11. Fela Kuti – “Water No Get Enemy”
  12. CyHi – “Nu Africa”**
  13. Stevie Wonder – “Living for the City”
  14. Jill Scott – “It’s Love”
  15. Kendrick Lamar – “Alright”**
  16. KRS-One – “Black Cop”
  17. A Tribe Called Quest – “We the People”**
  18. Gil Scott-Heron – “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised”
  19. Marvin Gaye – “What’s Going On”
  20. Sam Cooke – “Chain Gang”
  21. Nina Simone – “Mississippi Goddam”**
  22. Public Enemy – “Fight the Power”**
  23. Aretha Franklin – “Rock Steady”
  24. Curtis Mayfield – “Move On Up”
  25. Bob Marley – “Exodus”
  26. Erykah Badu – “On & On”**
  27. James Brown – “Say it Loud – I’m Black and I’m Proud”
  28. Nas – “If I Ruled the World”**
  29. OutKast – “Liberation”**
  30. John Legend – “If You’re Out There”
  31. Childish Gambino – “This Is America”
  32. Tupac Shakur – “Changes”**
  33. Common – “The Light”
  34. Nas – “I Can”**
  35. Jerome Jennings – “Ice Cream Dreams”
  36. Janelle Monáe – “Tightrope”
  37. D’Angelo – “Spanish Joint”
  38. Alicia Keys – “She Don’t Really Care”
  39. Billie Holiday – “God Bless The Child”
  40. Jaheim – “Fabulous”
  41. Mos Def – “Umi Says”**
  42. Lizzo – “Special”**
  43. Chronixx – “Black is Beautiful”
  44. Beyonce – “Find Your Way Back”
  45. Rapsody – “Power” (feat. Kendrick Lamar)**
  46. Jadakiss – “Why”**
  47. Raheem DeVaughn – “My Soul Ain’t For Sale”
  48. Keb Mo – “More Than One Way Home”
  49. Esperanza Spalding – “Black Gold”
  50. Sly and the Family Stone – “Everyday People”