Coldest Winter: 25 Songs To Soundtrack Your Snow Day

Winter storm season has finally arrived in a violent fashion, dumping 25 to 35 centimeters of snow in some areas of Ontario overnight. As brutal commutes, school closures, and shovelling-related back injuries run rampant, it could be hard to make it through the week—even if you’re wearing double socks and long johns.

Complex Canada is here to help, with a playlist of cold cuts that should make you feel a little less alone if you’re out there braving the frigid wintry winds. If you’re lucky enough to be indoors, let this be the soundtrack to your smug satisfaction, as you sit bundled in a Gucci Snuggie, wearing duvet slippers and sipping hot cocoa*.

*Side note: if you’re drinking hot chocolate, and you’re not making OT Genasis puns on Twitter, you’re slipping.

We’ve got tracks from some of Canada’s premiere exports, appearances by emcees from the dirty south (who have a much different understanding of the words “snow” and “ice”), and absolutely no Ice Cube or Ice-T because that would just be too easy.

Here are 25 songs to soundtrack your snow day. Burrrr!

Coldest lyric: “Yeah, this is dedicated to Canada, man. The whole up north. A lot of people don't realize how cold it gets during the winter.”

Coldest lyric: “It’s so cold in the D. How the fuck do we s‘posed to keep peace?”

Coldest lyric: “This bandit, we planned it and propagand-ed it for Canada. This soul on ice and it's so raw.”

Coldest lyric: “Informer, you no say ‘daddy, me Snow, me I'll go blame.’ A licky boom-boom down.” Or something like that.

Coldest lyric: “Damn, I'm cold. Man, I'm throwed. I say ‘damn, I'm cold, hot damn, I'm cold.’”

Coldest lyric: “The hour's four, I told you before. Prepare for mic fights and plus the cold war.”

Coldest lyric: “Take the ice cube, sit it right below my navel. And watch what I do, that's my favourite angle.”

Coldest lyric: “Hollering 'bout some hoes, I'll mothafuckin' embarrass you. Way too cold, I promise you'll need some Theraflu.”

If you listen closely, you can hear a sample of boots crunching on actual snow in this beat. If anyone’s an authority when it comes to cold music, it’s probably someone who comes from the literal land of ice.

Coldest lyric: “Time to hit the club, throw on my ice. Anyone get wronged, put 'em on ice.  10 bottles of the Ace, sittin' on ice. Actavis with Jolly Ranchers, pour it over ice.”

Coldest lyric: “On the nights that it's really cold, I know that money gonna hold me.”

Coldest lyric: “But my ear, damn, my ear a frozen yam. Ice water on the band with the somersault slam.”

Coldest lyric: “When it’s cold outside, and the rain turn to ice.”

Props to A$AP Ferg for having the first rap song to sample the theme from Frozen. Adele Dazeem would be proud.

Coldest lyric: “Jeezy The Snowman, I make it winter time. I heard the streets hungry, so it’s dinner time.”