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The 6 Best Hip-Hop Songs About Being Washed, Ranked
Theme music for the 30-and-up crowd
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6. “Stay Up! (Viagra),” 88-Keys featuring Kanye West
The hardest track of the producer’s otherwise flaccid solo career speaks directly to men “of a certain age.”
5. “Foldin’ Clothes,” J. Cole
Among other things, J. Cole is rapping about the virtues of Raisin Bran, almond milk, and doing laundry. This song is literally washed.
4. “Sittin Alone,” Little Brother
We’ve all been there before: Standing in a crowded nightclub, damn near drenched from the drunken twentysomethings carelessly waving and splashing their drinks on you, while music by an XXL Freshman you’ve never heard of is blaring from the speakers. Phonte and Big Pooh offer an alternative: How about stay yo’ ass home instead.
3. “Daughters,” Nas
That “wait behind the door with a sawed-off” line hits different for every overprotective dad raising a teen daughter. (This doesn’t even seem…
