Christina's pick: "Baby Blue" - Action Bronson, ft. Chance the Rapper.

This Trump nightmare has made me appreciate New York so much lately. It's diversity, noises, and unparalleled sense of humor. This one is by Action Bronson, who is a roughly 300 pound ginger-haired rapper from Flushing, who raps and reps Queen$ all the time. He is also a former chef, and has a show on Vice called "Fuck, That's Delicious" where he literally runs around the world smoking weed, rapping, and eating (he pops by Kebab King in Jackson Hts. whaaat whaat!) Anyway, I love him, and love Chance's freestyle in this one.

Loren's Pick: "Walk Away", Ben Harper

Whenever my man is gone, my child wakes up early and crawls into bed to "listen to beautiful music". What this really means is he scrolls my music on my phone, randomly picking a musician and determines if he likes it or not. We also try to identify the instruments and the rhythms. Pre-dawn, with only the street shadows and my cellphone casting light he choose Ben Harper. This was fitting as just yesterday I had listened to one of my fav podcasts by Anna Sale: Death Sex and Money. She was asking for people to send in their break-up song. Ben has gotten me through some rough times. I literally found myself one night alone with my djembe, this song and some epic tears. But that was years ago and my most recent memory linked to Harper was the amazing show with him and Charlie Musselwhite at Irving Plaza for a surprise bday present. (And got to give a shout to Christina here- my piece seems trite in comparison. Solid choice. Thanks for the intro!) Here's a fun live version of Walk Away filmed at the World Festival of Sacred Music: