Songs To Do Your Homework To

The best playlist to listen to while you're studying.

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After the initial high you get from pulling up to your new house and catching up with all your housemates, you settle down with a beer on your porch and fantasize about how you and your boys are about to take over this school year. Now that you are considered upperclassmen, you have acquired that “older man” mystique that makes groups of giggling freshman girls whisper while you walk by. You feel like a motherfucking king.

But once that first day of class comes around, you quickly see your fantasy crumble as you read the pages of your first thick ass syllabus. Assignment one, assignment two, quiz, test, essay… the nightmare continues. You go to the student center to print out the rest of your class schedule and then it dawns on you. You have a grueling semester ahead.

Now that school is in full swing, the only thing worse than actually having to go to class is having a shit ton of homework to do once you get home. Good thing we have the perfect playlist for you to bang out those assignments. So stop crying over the thought of possibly missing the kegger Thursday night. Grab your headphones, shut the door and press play. This is the playlist that will put your social life back on the map. Homework never seemed so easy.

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The Convicts "Fuck School" (1991)

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Akinyele "Exercise" (1993)

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Kavnisky "Suburbia" (2013)

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Blow off some steam and take a joy ride around campus with the top down while you rock a pair of Ray Ban wayfarers. Be that guy.

Russian Circles "Carpe" (2006)

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This song was created for straight A student head bangerz.

Pelican "Ephemeral" (2009)

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I bet you don't know what ephemeral means. That's why you are still in school.

Average White Band "Schoolboy Crush" (1975)

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Take notes on how to nab your schoolboy crush. Oh wait, this lesson is a bit outdated. [See 50 Cent, "Baby By Me" for the updated version]

Goodie MOB "Sesame Street" (1995)

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Hard knock life lessons from the street...Sesame Street.

Eric B. & Rakim "Teach the Children" (1992)

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This song has more valuable knowlege than your Intro to Gen Psych class. And that's real.

Leaders of the New School "Case of the PTA" (1991)

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The Wascals "Class Clown" (1994)

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Shout out to the guys who threw spit balls, flirted with the teacher, and made fart noises in the back of the classroom. We salute you.

De La Soul f/ Biz Markie "Lovely How I Let My Mind Float" (1993)

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Van Halen, "Hot for Teacher" (1984)

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A teacher in a brand new dress can change a young man's life.

Alice Cooper, "School's Out" (1972)

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Every kid's anthem come May or June.

Motley Crue, "Smokin' In The Boy's Room" (1985)

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Don't front. You know the only dudes who were badass enough to smoke in the high school bathroom made you nervous when they gave you eye contact.

K-Solo "Spellbound" (1990)

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Ice-T's "Lethal Weapon" (1989)

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The most lethal weapon is the mind. Tell 'em Ice.

RJD2 "Ghostwriter" (2002)

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Put this on repeat while you tackle some Calculus and you'll be straight.

O.C. "Time's Up" (1994)

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It's 5 minutes until your class starts. Time's Up. Time for plan B: Forge a doctor's note.

Ras Kass "Nature of the Threat" (1996)

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History 101. ...And 102. ...And 103. (Man, this song just never ends!) 

Steely Dan "My Old School" (1973)

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This is that song you and your dad can enjoy when he visits you at school and goes on about his glory days.

Gravediggaz "Today's Mathematics" (2002)

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Marley Marl "Droppin' Science" (1988)

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Jeru the Damaja "Wrath of the Math" (1996)

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"But when the mental cannot be moved, there is no longer good or bad. There just is." Sure. [Kanye shrug.]

Raekwon "Knowledge God" (1995)

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Knowledge reigns supreme.

Sam Cooke "Don't Know Much About History" (1960)

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Elvis Costello "Everyday I Write the Book" (1983)

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This is for that 50 year old guy in your history class.

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