#TheShowMustBePaused: The Playlist

Apple Music

On Tuesday, June 2, 2020, Apple Music observed "Blackout Tuesday” to support #TheShowMustBePaused and plan actions to support Black artists, Black creators, and Black communities. For 24 hours straight, Apple Music’s Beats 1 radio stream played nothing but the best Black music over the generations—songs from Marvin Gaye, 2Pac, Nina Simone, Kendrick Lamar, and others who exemplify the Black American experience and struggle. This playlist captures it all.
Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
I Have A Dream
Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
I Have A Dream - Single
Beyoncé
BLACK PARADE
Beyoncé
BLACK PARADE - Single
Salaam Remi
Say It Loud (Everybody Black Re-Flip) [feat. CeeLo Green]
Salaam Remi
Black On Purpose
Jermaine Dupri, Ne-Yo, Johntá Austin, Common, Gary Clark Jr., Eric Bellinger, Rotimi, Detroit Youth Choir, PJ Morton, & Smokie Norful
Change
Jermaine Dupri , Ne-Yo , Johntá Austin , Common , Gary Clark Jr. , Eric Bellinger , Rotimi , Detroit Youth Choir , PJ Morton , & Smokie Norful
Change - Single
Terrace Martin & Alex Isley
People Get Ready (feat. Robert Glasper)
Terrace Martin & Alex Isley
I Can’t Breathe / Music For the Movement - EP
Keedron Bryant & Symba
I Know I Been Changed (feat. Gary Clark Jr.) [Music From The Motion Picture "American Skin"]
Keedron Bryant & Symba
I Know I Been Changed (feat. Gary Clark Jr.) [Music From The Motion Picture "American Skin"] - Single
Stevie Wonder
Can't Put It In The Hands Of Fate (feat. Rapsody, Cordae, Chika & Busta Rhymes)
Stevie Wonder
Can't Put It In The Hands Of Fate (feat. Rapsody, Cordae, Chika & Busta Rhymes) - Single
Bobby Sessions
Made A Way (Remix) [feat. Lecrae]
Bobby Sessions
Made A Way (Remix) [feat. Lecrae] - Single
Anderson .Paak
Lockdown (Remix) [feat. JID, Noname & Jay Rock]
Anderson .Paak
Lockdown (Remix Bundle) - EP
Big Boi & Sleepy Brown
We the Ones (feat. Killer Mike & Big Rube) [Organized Noize Remix]
Big Boi & Sleepy Brown
We the Ones (feat. Killer Mike & Big Rube) [Organized Noize Remix] - Single
Akon
System Ain’t For Us (feat. OG Boo Dirty)
Akon
Ain’t No Peace
TJ Boyce
Ghetto America
TJ Boyce
Ghetto America - Single
Steaksawse
Klikkk Klakkk (feat. Pyu & Champ)
Steaksawse
Klikkk Klakkk (feat. Pyu & Champ) - Single
Locksmith
Black Holocaust
Locksmith
Black Holocaust - Single
Tobe Nwigwe
I Need You To (Breonna Taylor)
Tobe Nwigwe
The Pandemic Project
KAS
Black
KAS
Long Story Short - EP
Black Thought
Thought vs Everybody
Black Thought
Streams of Thought, Vol. 3: Cane and Abel
Dre Island
Justice (feat. Wyclef Jean)
Dre Island
Now I Rise (Deluxe Edition)
Terrell Hines
Balance
Terrell Hines
Balance - Single
Thurz
Free Speech
Thurz
Free Speech - Single
E-40
Black Is Beautiful (feat. Big K.R.I.T.)
E-40
The Curb Commentator Channel 2 - EP
Fashawn
B.I.A. (Born in AmeriKKKa)
Fashawn
B.I.A. (Born in AmeriKKKa) - Single
Salaam Remi & Black On Purpose
Is It Because I'm Black (feat. Black Thought, Syleena Johnson, CeeLo Green, Anthony Hamilton & Stephen Marley)
Salaam Remi & Black On Purpose
Is It Because I'm Black - Single
BeBe Winans
Black Lives Matter
BeBe Winans
Black Lives Matter - Single
Lil Baby
The Bigger Picture
Lil Baby
The Bigger Picture - Single
Wale
JUNE 5th / QueenZnGodZ
Wale
The Imperfect Storm - EP
Public Enemy
State of the Union (STFU)
Public Enemy
State of the Union (STFU) - Single
Kemba
6 Million Ways
Kemba
6 Million Ways - Single
Wale
Sue Me (feat. Kelly Price)
Wale
Wow... That's Crazy
Lil Donald
Black Is Beautiful
Lil Donald
Black Is Beautiful - Single
Lauryn Hill
Everything Is Everything
Lauryn Hill
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
Sault
Out the Lies
Sault
Untitled (Black Is)
Marvin Gaye
What's Going On
Marvin Gaye
What's Going On
H.E.R.
I Can't Breathe
H.E.R.
I Can't Breathe - Single
Keedron Bryant
I JUST WANNA LIVE
Keedron Bryant
I JUST WANNA LIVE
The Wailers
Get Up, Stand Up
The Wailers
Burnin'
Childish Gambino
This Is America
Childish Gambino
This Is America - Single
Joey Bada$$
LAND OF THE FREE
Joey Bada$$
ALL-AMERIKKKAN BADA$$
Big Daddy Kane
Enough! (feat. Chuck D & Loren Oden)
Big Daddy Kane
Enough! (feat. Chuck D & Loren Oden) - Single
Buddy
Black 2
Buddy
Black 2 - Single
Janelle Monáe
Django Jane
Janelle Monáe
Dirty Computer
Mos Def
Mr. N***a (feat. Q-Tip)
Mos Def
Black On Both Sides
Kendrick Lamar
i
Kendrick Lamar
To Pimp a Butterfly
Jim Jones & Harry Fraud
The People (feat. Conway the Machine & Marc Scibilia) [Remix]
Jim Jones & Harry Fraud
The People (feat. Conway the Machine & Marc Scibilia) [Remix] - Single
JAY-Z & Kanye West
Made in America (feat. Frank Ocean)
JAY-Z & Kanye West
Watch the Throne (Deluxe)
A Tribe Called Quest
We the People....
A Tribe Called Quest
We Got It from Here... Thank You 4 Your Service
N.W.A.
F**k tha Police
N.W.A.
Straight Outta Compton
Rapsody
Black & Ugly (feat. BJ the Chicago Kid)
Rapsody
Laila’s Wisdom
Nina Simone
To Be Young, Gifted and Black (Single Version)
Nina Simone
Black Gold (Live) [Remastered]
Chronixx
Black Is Beautiful
Chronixx
Chronology
Mos Def
UMI Says
Mos Def
Black On Both Sides
Amber Mark
My People
Amber Mark
My People - Single
Ebenezer
Melanin
Ebenezer
Melanin - Single
Solange
F.U.B.U. (feat. The-Dream & BJ the Chicago Kid)
Solange
A Seat at the Table
Arrested Development
Revolution
Arrested Development
Greatest Hits
Pastor Troy, CyHi, & David Banner
Burn (feat. Noochie, Ras Kass & Torae)
Pastor Troy , CyHi , & David Banner
Burn (feat. Noochie, Ras Kass & Torae) - Single
Little Brother
Black Magic (Make It Better)
Little Brother
May the Lord Watch
KRS-One
Black Cop
KRS-One
Return of the Boom Bap
Beyoncé, SAINt JHN, Wizkid, & Blue Ivy Carter
BROWN SKIN GIRL
Beyoncé , SAINt JHN , Wizkid , & Blue Ivy Carter
The Lion King: The Gift
Styles P
I'm Black
Styles P
The Ghost In the Machine
Talib Kweli
Get By
Talib Kweli
Quality
James Brown
Say It Loud - I'm Black and I'm Proud, Pts.1 & 2
James Brown
Say It Loud - I'm Black and I'm Proud
Common & John Legend
Glory (From the Motion Picture "Selma")
Common & John Legend
Glory (From the Motion Picture "Selma") - Single
2Pac
Changes (feat. Talent)
2Pac
Greatest Hits
Beyoncé
Freedom (feat. Kendrick Lamar)
Beyoncé
Lemonade
Nasty C & T.I.
They Don't
Nasty C & T.I.
They Don't - Single
Melinda Doolittle
Lift Every Voice And Sing
Melinda Doolittle
Lift Every Voice: The Historic Songs of James Weldon Johnson
MonoNeon
Breathing While Black
MonoNeon
Breathing While Black - Single
Dave
Black
Dave
PSYCHODRAMA
Dead Prez
Police State
Dead Prez
Let's Get Free
Thurz
Black Star
Thurz
Black Star - Single
JAY-Z
The Story of O.J.
JAY-Z
4:44
Billie Holiday
Strange Fruit
Billie Holiday
Billie Holiday
A Tribe Called Quest
Steve Biko (Stir It Up)
A Tribe Called Quest
Midnight Marauders
Curtis Mayfield
Power to the People
Curtis Mayfield
Sweet Exorcist
Public Enemy
Fight the Power
Public Enemy
Fear of a Black Planet
D Smoke & SiR
Let Go
D Smoke & SiR
Let Go - Single
Terry Ellis
Angry Black Woman
Terry Ellis
Angry Black Woman - Single
India.Arie
Strength, Courage and Wisdom
India.Arie
Acoustic Soul
ScHoolboy Q, 2 Chainz, Saudi, & Kendrick Lamar
X
ScHoolboy Q , 2 Chainz , Saudi , & Kendrick Lamar
Black Panther: The Album
Pusha T
Sunshine (feat. Jill Scott)
Pusha T
King Push – Darkest Before Dawn: The Prelude
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
The Message
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
The Message
Vince Staples
Hands Up
Vince Staples
Hell Can Wait - EP
Kendrick Lamar
Alright
Kendrick Lamar
To Pimp a Butterfly
Jac Ross
It's OK To Be Black
Jac Ross
It's OK To Be Black - Single
Bob Marley & The Wailers
Africa Unite
Bob Marley & The Wailers
Natural Mystic: The Legend Lives On
J. Cole
Neighbors
J. Cole
4 Your Eyez Only
VIC MENSA
16 Shots
VIC MENSA
There's Alot Going On
KRS-One
Sound of da Police
KRS-One
Return of the Boom Bap
Rapsody
The Man
Rapsody
Beauty and the Beast - EP
Maino
I Can't Breathe
Maino
Die a Legend
Pharoahe Monch
Same Sh!t, Different Toilet (feat. Styles P)
Pharoahe Monch
Same Sh!t, Different Toilet (feat. Styles P) - Single
X-Clan
Fire & Earth (100% Natural)
X-Clan
Xodus - The New Testament
Noname
Blaxploitation
Noname
Room 25
Polo G
Wishing For A Hero (feat. BJ the Chicago Kid)
Polo G
THE GOAT
THE CARTERS
BLACK EFFECT
THE CARTERS
EVERYTHING IS LOVE
Erykah Badu
The Grind (feat. Dead Prez)
Erykah Badu
Worldwide Underground
Dave East
Don't Shoot
Dave East
Kairi Chanel
D'Angelo & The Vanguard
The Charade
D'Angelo & The Vanguard
Black Messiah
JAG
Kapernick Effect
JAG
Kapernick Effect - Single
100 Songs, 6 Hours, 34 Minutes

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