30A Dance Break

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on January 16, 2011 at 1:00 PM, updated March 02, 2011 at 12:25 PM

Twentysomethings everywhere can tell you—spontaneous dance parties happen. When they do, what do you dance to? For Carla Jean and me, the answer was simple. 1. Open laptop and iTunes. 2. Select all music in the hip-hop, rap and dance genres. 3. Get picky. 4. Start dancing!

Our playlist ended up being fairly short, as we had to go watch live people perform music on stage. But here is what we danced to:

1. “SexyBack” –Justin Timberlake (…)

2. “F*** You” –Cee Lo Green (there's a reason it's nominated for a Grammy)

3. “Love and Happiness” –Al Green (classic)

4. “Crazy” –Gnarlz Barkley (more Cee Lo, only plus D.J. Dangermouse. Twice the awesome.)

5. “Hey Ya” –OutKast (self-explanatory)

6. “Yeah” –Usher (“One of the best examples of poetic lyricism in modern hip-hop”)

7. “Mercy” –Duffy (dancin’ out the door)

And the road trip home will certainly call for another playlist. Check back for that one tomorrow!