Broken glasses, slicing open your palm. Computers beeping at you, demanding another kiddie meal. The cubicle, 9am, Monday morning. And, of course, the boss. He who controls your life for 40 hours a week. Work has a tendency to suck. But if there’s one thing to take away from this playlist, it’s that there are worse things in the world than having a really lame job…

Murs-God’s Work
on The End of the Beginning (2003)
Mr. Lif- Live From The Plantation
on I Phantom (2003)
Aesop Rock- 9-5ers Anthem
on Labor Days (2001)
De La Soul- Millie Pulled a Pistol on Santa
on De La Soul Is Dead (1991)
Cage- Too Heavy For Cherubs
on Hell’s Winter (2005)
Cunninlynguists- Mic Like a Memory
on Will Rap For Food (2005)

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