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HBO’s Insecure has been a lot—a platform for Issa Rae to turn the game up to the next level, one of the funniest (and most drama-filled) shows on television, and, when all else failed, it was an amazing space for beautiful music. Issa Rae’s been a music head—Raedio was born during her work on Insecure—and it’s been dope to hear those impressive needle drops, both time-specific and otherwise, especially when you consider that a number of emerging talents have had their music premiere on the series.
Season 5 is no different; in every episode, the music is just as good as the actual scenes! Last year, Rae told the Watch Less Podcast that she’s always about the music, and for the first four seasons, we made sure to bring you every song played on the series, and with Season 5 marking the end of this particular era, we wanted to make sure you got all of the heat from this final season as well!
We’ll be collecting the music from the series, week by week, so you can be up on the heat Issa and company inject into each episode. Here is all of the music played during Season 5 of Insecure.
Reunited, Okay?! (Season 5, Episode 1)
Choker - “Master P
(Jet Fuzz, 2019)
Kamaiyah ft. Jackboy - “Still I Rise”
(GRND.WRK / EMPIRE, 2020)
AG Club - “Hot Pink”
(COR/TAN Records / TheNamelessCollective, 2021)
Too $hort - “Blow the Whistle”
(Jive, 2006)
GS Boyz - “Stanky Legg”
(Jive, 2008)
The-Dream ft. Young Jeezy - “I Luv Your Girl”
(Def Jam, 2008)
Ego Ella May - “Give a Little”
(The Orchard Music, 2020)
Nnena - “Fun”
(Raedio, 2021)
Growth, Okay?! (Season 5, Episode 2)
Tainy & Miguel - “Sunbathe”
(NEON16 / Y Entertainment / Roc Nation, 2020)
TOKiMONSTA ft. Drew Love & Dumbfoundead - “Get Me Some”
(Young Art Records, 2020)
Kari Faux ft. Ymtk & Amal Marie - “Freeze”
(Raedio, 2021)
Big Boss Vette - “Make Em Mad”
(Ramonda Hamilton, 2021)
Larry June - “You Gotta”
(The Freeminded Records, 2021)
Dom Kennedy - “Moving Fast”
(The OPM Company, 2020)
India Shawn ft. Anderson .Paak - “MOVIN' ON”
(Epic / LACA, 2020)
bLAck pARty - “Lay”
(Wolf+Rothstein / RCA, 2019)
Fana Hues - “Icarus”
(Bright Antenna Records, 2020)
Pressure, Okay?! (Season 5, Episode 3)
Phony Ppl ft. Joey Bada$$ - “On My Shit”
(300 Entertainment, 2020)
Chuck Sutton - “All or Nothin”
(n/a, 2021)
Iyamah - “Home”
(n/a, 2020)
Joyce Wrice - "Blurred Lines"
(Joyce Wrice Music, 2018)
Faulty, Okay?! (Season 5, Episode 4)
Renni Rucci - “Show Me Something”
(Wolf Pack Global Music, 2020)
Matt Martians - “Can’t Believe It”
(5th Echelon Jet Repair Co., 2021)
Saweetie - “Get It Girl”
(Raedio, 2021)
Mike Jones - “Back Then”
(Warner Records, 2005)
Serena Isioma - “Sensitive”
(Fashionably Early LLC, 2020)
KAMAUU ft. Adeline - “MANGO”
(Atlantic, 2020)
Surviving, Okay?! (Season 5, Episode 5)
Spencer. - "U Around?"
(4AD, 2021)
monte booker - "Interstellar"
(monte booker | Cinq Recordings, 2019)
LOONY - "raw"
(n/a, 2021)
Tay Money - "PBJ"
(n/a, 2021)
anaiis - "Vanishing"
(COLORSxSTUDIOS, 2021)
Mark Ronson ft. Diana Gordon - "Why Hide"
(Sony, 2019)
Dai Burger ft. TT The Artist - "Whew Chile (Real HouseWives)"
(First One Up, 2020)
