AmNews Roving Camera: What would be your theme song?
Question: “If you had a theme song, what would it be?”
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Miss E. – Bed-Stuy
Tina Maire, “Lover Girl”
It just has that beat. I love it. It keeps you going. Anytime I’m listening to music [and] it slows you down, I don’t like it. I like it upbeat.
Ugba – Fort Green, 34
Biggie, “Everyday Struggle”
I’m feeling that right now. Lately, things have been kind of off, but this moment was great, and I think that song kind of speaks to that.
[As we were talking, a woman, who didn’t want to be photographed, approached us and told us a story of how she used to be a booster in Brooklyn when Biggie was first becoming popular. She claims to have been the one who introduced him to the infamous COOGI sweaters he would later popularize. She had noticed that Ugba and I were chatting about Biggie in front of the mural while he was wearing a Biggie shirt—it felt like a genuine Brooklyn moment that we both appreciated.]
Spencer – Crown Heights, 62
The Impressions, “Spinning Around” [originally by the Main Ingredient]
I love oldies. It’s a man’s world but it wouldn’t be nothing without a woman. All the music nowadays is bad for the youth. We need love. Oldies inspire that.
Ali – Bushwick, 28
Mick Jenkins, “Ghost”
I just feel like this song is where I be at. I relate 100%. He’s talking ’bout elevated topics and self-safety on some fly s**t; I’m about all that.
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