May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and in honor of that fact, the playlists this month will all be dedicated to it. Our first one, titled “Bring Me Peace,” is a list of songs from staffers of TheRoot.com that are used to bring a peaceful mental state.
Suggested Reading
“Bring Me Peace” (5/8/2020)
Panama Jackson
Maxwell “Ascension (Don’t Ever Wonder)”
Dixie Chicks “Landslide”
Hem “Half Acre”
Chante Cann featuring Snarky Puppy “Da da’n Da”
Gretchen Parlato “Holding Back the Years”
Stephen Crockett
Jadakiss “We Gonna Make It”
John Gibson “God Will Find Ya”
J. Cole “Love Yourz”
Danielle Belton
Fleetwood Mac “Dreams”
Jason Mraz “Life Is Wonderful”
Jay Connor
The Winans “Paradise”
Ashley Velez
Jamila Woods “Holy”
Des’ree “You Gotta Be”
Sounds of Blackness “Optimistic”
Stacy Barthe “Hey You There”
Tonja Stidhum
Joni Mitchell “Both Sides Now”
Chloe x Halle “If God Spoke”
James Vincent McMorrow “Red Dust”
Genetta Adams
Solange “F.U.B.U.”
The Internet “Under Control”
Lizzo “Scuse Me”
Maiysha Kai
Lenny Kravitz “It Ain’t Over ’Til It’s Over”
Rags to Rufus feat. Chaka Khan “Walkin’ in the Sun”
Prince and The Revolution “Mountains”
The Commodores “Easy”
Michael Harriot
Jay-Z featuring Scarface, Beanie Sigel “This Can’t Be Life”
Gnarls Barkley “Crazy”
Lupe Fiasco “He Say, She Say”
J’Na Jefferson
Anna Nalick “Breathe (2AM)“
H.E.R. featuring Daniel Caeser “Best Part”
Frank Ocean “Pink + White”
Previous Playlists: 4/17/2020, 4/24/2020, 5/1/2020
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