Weekly Track Roundup 9/4/23: Trump Mugshot
The mugshot was the prompt.
[Header graphic: Max Levin ‘25]
Lana Del Rey - “A&W”
I just know he’s going through his bad girl era. Trump unironically listens to Lana and you can’t prove me wrong, although I also can’t prove myself right. So we’ll just have to agree to disagree.
-[unknown]
Tee Grizzley - “First Day Out”
can’t wait for donald’s first day out EP
-Emmett Favreau
RXKNephew - “Swing My Do”
This song popped in my head when I saw the photo. I wish it didn’t have over a minute of silence at the end though -_-
-Lily Lazar
SOPHIE - “Faceshopping”
I've seen too many yassified versions of the mugshot...so this song is all I can think about. The voices grow louder and louder.
-Nolan Lewis
Snow Strippers - “It’s Goin Bad”
Well. It def doesn't look it's goin good for him. (for everyone else though..? different story)
-Elijah Davis
YNW Melly - “Murder On My Mind”
Just before Trump's mugshot was released, we received the mugshot and trial of YNW Melly. It's hard not to see parallels between these two. Both contain celebrities who not only have incredible evidence that they did the crimes they've been convicted for, but they have also both admitted to doing this in one way or another (with plausible deniability.) Both also have attorneys who are known for their defense of hip hop stars — Melly's lawyer, Raven Liberty, came to prominence through her defense of Kodak Black, and Trump's current attorney, Steven Sadow, has defended Rick Ross, T.I., and Gunna. First degree double murder and racketeering are both felonies, but YNW Melly could easily be facing a life sentence in Florida while Trump may only serve five to twenty years in Georgia. As a native Georgian, I can only hope the private prison system doesn't tear down any more native Atlanta forests just to create Trump a private prison.
-Alexandra Taylor
Duster - “Me and the Birds”
it’s so joever…….
-Nathan Hausspiegel
They Might Be Giants - “Your Racist Friend”
what a fucking tool
-Max Levin
Youngboy Never Broke Again - “FREEDDAWG”
Do I really have to explain? Trump is definitely a Youngboy listener, look at that face. That unbridled and untamed anger from years of masculine repression. He's ready to punch a wall right at this moment. I bet Youngboy was playing in his head when he posed and he whispered to himself "Erm, Okay Donald. What would Youngboy do?" Honestly a mantra I might have to live up to one day. I have my moments where I would like to give a kid a swirly or something. I should maybe get arrested too. Wait, nevermind I'm not rich or white... "Free choppa boy"
-Cecilia Dondorful-Amos
