It’s day 3 of NSOP, which means it’s also day 3 of Carman shindigs, EC get-together’s, and Mel’s-o-Clock, oh my! Beat the fatigue from a day of programming overload and kick your night off with our annual (very official) NSOP pregame playlist.

• All Night – Chance the Rapper, Knox Fortune: For all the vapid small talk and “What’s your name? Where are you from? What are you majoring in?”’s you’ll endure through tonight.
• Gold Digger – Kanye West: It’s Sweetgreen’s mediocre salads picking all of our pockets this year.
• Suge – DaBaby: A summer hit to translate into fall.
• Fake ID – Riton, Kah-Lo: Added to this playlist in the spirit of the group order the kids on your floor definitely organized via GroupMe before they even stepped foot onto campus.
• Paper Planes – M.I.A.: A song to get ~political~.
• Hypnotize – The Notorious B.I.G.: The broad lawns outside John Jay? The tall, windowed facade of Butler Library? That statue of Alma on Low against a watercolor sunset? Hypnotic.
• Famous – Kanye West: Spotting Deantini on campus.
• Right to It (with Ashe) – Louis The Child: Like every OL ready to jump in with another god-forsaken icebreaker, this gets right to it.
• Ric Flair Drip – Offset, Metro Boomin: With some bass to get all your sweaty, packed new first-year friends bumping.
• Price on My Head – NAV, The Weeknd: Accurate description of all the first-years during NSOP in Carman trying to steer clear of their RAs.
• Toxic – Britney Spears: A track about the dangers of alcohol for all the RC@C student volunteers and advocates of “responsible fun” out there.
• Jumpin’, Jumpin’ – Destiny’s Child: This’ll you in the moooood for Mel’s (probably the most fun it’ll be on a Wednesday night, literally ever).

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