Counter Stories: Formative songs, summer jams
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What songs are engrained in your consciousness?
What's your favorite summer jam?
Summer always has a soundtrack, and Counter Stories crew members are looking to the past, present and future as they assemble theirs.
Find some shade, a comfy chair, and a cold drink, and enjoy this musical ode to summer, courtesy of Counter Stories.
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Here's our official summer playlist:
"Today was a Good Day" - Ice Cube
"Soulful Strut" - Young/Holt Unlimited
"Slippin' into Darkness" - War
"Voyage to Atlantis" - Isley Brothers