Barack Obama Drops Mixtape

So what a day it’s been, eh? First our Twitter feeds were clogged up with music fans and journos alike trying to spot Kanye West on Shoreditch High Street and then we got a bit of a flurry of snow (the ‘New Kanye’, you could say) and now, before the day is even over, Barack Obama has only bloody gone and dropped a mixtape!

Yes, the U.S President has complied a 28-track Spotify playlist in preparation for his upcoming election campaign.

Already a proclaimed fan of Jay-Z and Lil Wayne (although he does think Kanye is a ‘jackass’), it seems that BO also digs the likes of Wilco and Arcade Fire (pictured right) too.

You can listen to the playlist via Spotify by using this very link, and read the full tracklisting below.

01 No Doubt – “Different People”
02 Earth Wind & Fire Experience feat. Al McKay Allstars – “Got To Get You Into My Life – (Live)”
03 Booker T. & The MG’s – “Green Onions – Single/LP Version”
04 Wilco – “I Got You”
05 The Impressions – “Keep On Pushing – Single Version”
06 Jennifer Hudson – “Love You I Do”
07 AgesandAges – “No Nostalgia”
08 Ledisi – “Raise Up”
09 Sugarland – “Stand Up”
10 Darius Rucker – “This”
11 Arcade Fire – “We Used to Wait”
12 Florence And The Machine – “You’ve Got The Love”
13 James Taylor – “Your Smiling Face”
14 REO Speedwagon – “Roll With The Changes”
15 Raphael Saadiq – “Keep Marchin’”
16 Noah And The Whale – “Tonight’s The Kind Of Night”
17 Zac Brown Band – “Keep Me In Mind”
18 Aretha Franklin – “The Weight”
19 U2 – “Even Better Than The Real Thing”
20 Dierks Bentley – “Home”
21 Sugarland – “Everyday America”
22 Darius Rucker – “Learn To Live”
23 Al Green – “Let’s Stay Together”
24 Electric Light Orchestra – “Mr. Blue Sky”
25 Montgomery Gentry – “My Town”
26 Ricky Martin – “The Best Thing About Me Is You Feat. Joss Stone”
27 Ray LaMontagne – “You Are The Best Thing”
28 Bruce Springsteen – “We Take Care Of Our Own”