Rolling Stone Does Playlists

The latest issue of Rolling Stone highlights 50 legends of music, past and present, and has them do variations on a theme: the top ten list. MGMT gives their top 10 psychedelia songs, Yoko does John, Drake does Hendrix, Keith Richards does roots and reggae. All in all, it's awesome.

Since I'm 1) feeling a little lazy and 2) really want to share this, I'm highlighting two lists from two huge record heads -- Mark Ronson and ?uestlove.

Mark Ronson on Stevie Wonder:

Mark Ronson has been DJing for dozens of years while also bringing the soul to the studio as a producer for Ghostface, Amy Whinehouse, Lily Allen, Wale, and many more.

1. "Big Brother"
2. "All I Do"
3. "I Was Made To Love Her"
4. "Superwoman"
5. "As"
        This song just builds and jams on itself. Ronson says it incites soul dance-offs and lovefests. Stevie's voice commands the track while his fingers blow your mind.
6 "I Don't Know Why"
7. "Happier Than the Morning Sun"
8. "That Girl"
9. "I Believe"
10. "Living for the City" 
          This song just got so much emotion going into it. Every time I hear it I get a little chill. Not to mention it has one of the darker and funkiest keyboard intros in the history of music.


?uestlove on Prince:

?uestlove of The Roots fame is a music junkie with a record collection befitting of his giant frame and persona. Dude's also a killer DJ.


1. "Baby I'm a Star (Live from Landover, MD)
2. "Movie Star"
3. "Irresistable Bitch"/"Tricky"/"Cloreen Bacon Skin"
4. "Little Red Corvette"
5. "Lady Cab Driver"
      This is a funky little number that according to ?uestlove turned him onto Prince back in the day. Maybe it was the angry sex/orgasm vocals that play for a good minute smack in the middle of the song, or maybe its the dope disco jam that follows for another 4 minutes. Both had me going.
6. "The Bird" (Rehearsal Demo)
7. "The Ballad of Dorothy Parker"
8. "The Sex of It"
9. "How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore"
      Aside from the title sounding like a text a middle school girl would send to her crush, this song is sophisticated sexy. Prince channels early soul and gospel while getting to the basics of acoustic bass, piano, and drums done to minimalist syncopated perfection.
10. "Erotic City"


Check the source for all the playlists at Rolling Stone