Modern examples of positivity

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Trying to get a list of recent tunes (pop and not-pop) which do sincere, overtly positive messages.

Best example I can think of is Nas' "I can", beyond that there's a mental block. But there must be more!

Suggestions please.

― Jacob (Jacob), Thursday, 8 January 2004 01:54 (twenty-two years ago)

Destiny's Child-"Happy Face"

― Colin Beckett (Colin Beckett), Thursday, 8 January 2004 01:58 (twenty-two years ago)

Ghostface f/ Raekwon and Slick Rick - The Sun

― Marcoss, Thursday, 8 January 2004 02:04 (twenty-two years ago)

listen to some conscious dancehall/reggae...

― cybele (cybele), Thursday, 8 January 2004 03:22 (twenty-two years ago)

Boredoms - "Super Shine"

― Mark (MarkR), Thursday, 8 January 2004 03:23 (twenty-two years ago)

Cybele, can you give me some specific song titles, please? For example, I would agree that you can characterise Sizzla as a 'positive' artist, but would be hard pressed to name any individual songs of his as being unmitigatedly uplifting and positive in tone...

― Jacob (Jacob), Thursday, 8 January 2004 03:31 (twenty-two years ago)

The entire Polyphonic Spree album.

― toad, Thursday, 8 January 2004 05:17 (twenty-two years ago)

The whole of Bjork's Vespertine album.

― The Lex (The Lex), Thursday, 8 January 2004 13:03 (twenty-two years ago)

Patti Smith - People Have the Power

― Sean (Sean), Thursday, 8 January 2004 13:10 (twenty-two years ago)

Dizzee Rascal 'Do It'

― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 8 January 2004 13:10 (twenty-two years ago)

25 Ultra-Positive Sizzla tunes:
"No other like Jah"
"Good Ways"
"Bless Up"
"Do Good Every time"
"Babylon Homework"
"Dem a Try a Ting"
"Words of Divine"
"Guide over us"
"The Vibes"
"Do Some Good"
"Simplicity"
"She's Like the Roses"
"Thank-you mama"
"Give thanks for your life"
"Holy Mount Zion"
"Did you ever"
"King Inna Di Jungle"
"Live the life you love"
"Lovely Morning"
"Can't Cool Can't Quench"
"Right Day"
"Freedom Cry"
"Make them Secure"
"Black Treaure"

― cybele (cybele), Thursday, 8 January 2004 14:46 (twenty-two years ago)

Black Eyed Peas - "Where is the Love?"

― scott m (mcd), Thursday, 8 January 2004 14:53 (twenty-two years ago)

i dispute the BEP one - if it was 'Here Is The Love' then that would make sense, i suppose it is a song of hope in a way but it's kind of just a big moan about the world ins't it?

― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 8 January 2004 14:56 (twenty-two years ago)

christina - 'can't hold us down'

― pete b. (pete b.), Thursday, 8 January 2004 15:58 (twenty-two years ago)

Talib Kweli, "Get By"

― Huckleberry Mann (Horace Mann), Thursday, 8 January 2004 15:58 (twenty-two years ago)

uh, everything by jurassic5.

― jason m (jason m), Thursday, 8 January 2004 16:03 (twenty-two years ago)

ha ha "March of Death" by Zack de la Rocha/DJ Shadow

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Thursday, 8 January 2004 16:05 (twenty-two years ago)

The Streets - Stay Positive? Bit depressing, though, but the message is there.

― roxymuzak, Thursday, 8 January 2004 16:15 (twenty-two years ago)

I guess Dead Prez maybe, if you think secondhand Public Enemy theatrics and half-baked conspiracy theory mumbo jumbo = positive (which it usually does in rap).

I think IZZO by Jay-Z is positive.

― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Thursday, 8 January 2004 16:16 (twenty-two years ago)

Optimistic by Radiohead
HAWHAWHAW

― roxymuzak, Thursday, 8 January 2004 16:18 (twenty-two years ago)

A couple fairly big hits from a few years back:

Alanis Morissette: Thank U
Savage Garden: Affirmation

― ara, Thursday, 8 January 2004 17:07 (twenty-two years ago)

Flaming Lips - "Do You Realise?"

― Ben Dot (1977), Friday, 9 January 2004 00:52 (twenty-two years ago)

Bonnie Prince Billy "After I Made Love To You"

― Ian Johnson (orion), Friday, 9 January 2004 00:56 (twenty-two years ago)

Andrew WK owns this thread!

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Friday, 9 January 2004 00:58 (twenty-two years ago)

GOODNESS - Anthem, S/t, These Days

Carrie Akre = Rock Goddess!

― lone nut, Friday, 9 January 2004 03:37 (twenty-two years ago)

Spencer OTM

― gygax! (gygax!), Friday, 9 January 2004 03:41 (twenty-two years ago)

"Ghetto Walkin" by Kardinal Offishall

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Friday, 9 January 2004 03:53 (twenty-two years ago)

(by the time Kardi comes out w/another album it'll be prehistoric)

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Friday, 9 January 2004 04:03 (twenty-two years ago)

you've come a long way by bobby conn

― russ, Friday, 9 January 2004 06:21 (twenty-two years ago)

"Party Hard" by Andrew W.K. One of the greatest pop songs ever written.

"Alive" by P.O.D. This band is ridiculously underrated to me. The only mainstream Christian band that gets it right -- and isn't annoying.

― Chris O., Friday, 9 January 2004 07:22 (twenty-two years ago)

"They are angels who see angels all around them."
From "Will the Real Danny Radnor Please Stand?" on American Analog Set's _The Golden Band_ (1999).

"Be the Rain" by Neil Young on _Greendale_ (2003).

― otto, Sunday, 11 January 2004 01:07 (twenty-two years ago)

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