Been a while since I did one of these (I say that a lot, don’t I?) but a very unlucky weekend reminded me that I should. To say the rain in New York City has been a pain in my ass would be an understatement, so it’s a perfect occasion for me to do a Sunday Sounds of a few of my favorite tracks in my musical library which have to do with this extremely inconvenient form of precipitation.
Gilbere Forte & Adele – Set Fire To The Rain (remix)
Adele…’nuffsaid. I was happy someone laid a verse on this.
Don’t you dare judge me. This video fascinates me because before watching it, I assumed it was going to be something way different. Who saw this coming? I mean really. I get the concept…the “rain”, the drought on the farm, OK. Sure. But some of it still doesn’t make sense. What’s up with the girl lying on that pile of dirt with the mutant-sized spider on top of her? What’s up with the fake birds? And most perplexing of all, why am I not seeing more ass in this video? I give them props for branching out and not giving me what I expected. Seriously. I’ve seen enough ass when this song is played in strip clubs. The farmers and scarecrows and shit just make this song that much more entertaining.
Slaughterhouse feat Novel – Raindrops
This really is a great rainy day track. It’s been featured in a previous Sunday Sounds, but it’s just so fitting.
A Tribe Called Quest – Go Ahead In The Rain
Off their debut album People’s Instinctive Travels And The Paths Of Rhythm. I was two years old when this came out. Scary, huh?
Raekwon feat. Ghostface Killah & Blue Raspberry
My favorite rainy day song which actually pertains to rain ever. Yo, real talk, I sit back and count ways on how to get rich on rainy days too, son. From the samples, to the verse, to Blue Raspberry’s appropriately melancholy singing, this. is. my. shit.
Hang on to those umbrellas folks, and cross your fingers that you have better luck with the rainy weather than I have.
