Banker Anthems

50 cent - Poor lil rich nigga

"I let my watch talk for me My whip talk for me My gat talk for me, Blaw what up homie "...

..."I'm in the benz on monday The B M on Tuesday Range on Wednesday Thursday i'm in tha Hooptie Porsche on friday I do things my way Viper or vette I tear up the high way"

Damn it feels good to be a (bank)sta...

Young scrappy banker music: Tech N9ne: Absolute Power ("Absolute power is having Julia Roberts and Halle Berry at the same time.") YoungBloodZ: I'mma Shine

Old-school angsty banking music: Project Pitchfork: Timekiller Sisters of Mercy: Dominion (I have actually heard a VP singing this one -- an old anthem of young rising [anti?]establishment -- in his office on a weekend.)

And in a really sick but kinda hilarious way: Blue Monday. By Orgy, not by New Order. "How does it feel..." ... to drop 55 pages of comments on my desk and then fly to the Maldives for the weekend? How should I feel? How am I supposed to feel now, motherfucker? Huh?

Lil Troy - Wanna be a Baller

"Wanna be a...baller, shot-caller"

Genesis - In Too Deep Mozart - Moonlight Sonata

Both are rather appropriate, in my opinion.

is it appropriate to play these songs on moderate volume as you work or will other people in the office become disgruntled as some of these selections seem to be on the crass side?

to become an MD

I am gonna blare music from my office, just so the group knows we are here to rock.

Alexey, I'd love to work in that kind of environment LOL.

More:

DJ Shadow ft. Mos Def- Six Days Remix (Tokyo Drift Soundtrack)

The Irony Award: Annie Lennox - I've Got A Life

And, even though I personally HATE fall out boy, the lyrics are relevant: This Ain't a Scene, It's An Arms Race.

C u when you get there by Coolio (Associate to Analyst):

"I aint tryin to preach, i beleive i can preach but yo mind aint prepared, i'll c u when you get there..."

"Time Bomb" by Buckcherry. Definitive.

"It's coming for you It's coming for me Life ain't nothing but bitches and money Nothing to lose Nothing for free Can't stop now I got bitches and money"

Lil' Scrappy - Money in the Bank

Jay-Z - Money, Cash, Hoes

I can just imagine all you ivy league white nerds singing along with 50 cent and Juelz Santana on your way to work... LOL

Just like that guy in Office Space

Who you know fresher than Hov'? Riddle me that The rest of y'all know where I'm lyrically at Can't none of y'all mirror me back Yeah hearin me rap is like hearin G. Rap in his prime I'm, young H.O., rap's Grateful Dead Back to take over the globe, now break bread I'm in, Boeing jets, Global Express Out the country but the blueberry (blackberry) still connect On the low but the yacht got a triple deck But when you Young, what the fuck you expect? Yep, yep Grand openin, grand closin God your man Hov' cracked the can open again Who you gon' find doper than him with no pen just draw off inspiration Soon you gon' see you can't replace him with cheap imitations for DESE GENERATIONS

Oh, look at me and my fancy car and my bank account Oh, how I wish I could take it all down to my grave, God knows, I'd save and save Man, take a look again, take a look again All the things I have collected Well, in the end it all will pile up so tall to one big nothing One big nothing at all

"All Night Long" Lionel or "All Night Long" the Mary Jane Girls

Both great to play when it's 4:00 AM and I'm still grinding

I love the song from Office Space, "Damn it feels good to be a gangster"

Actually just a few lines of it when he says,

"Now I'm in the U.S. makin' dealz"

Picture me rollin in my 500 Benz I got no love for these niggaz, there's no need to be friends They got me under surveillance, that's what somebody be tellin Know there's dope bein sold, but +I+ ain't the one sellin! Don't want to be another number I got a fuckin gang of weed to keep from goin under

Ludacris "Coming 2 America": for the ultimate BSDs google the beginning, starts something like "the royal p_nis is served your highness.

Jay-Z "99 Problems": for the fake BSD "You know the type loud as a motor bike But wouldn't bust a grape in a fruit fight"

Some gangstas come up with so much shit I just can't stop laughing.

99 problems but a pitch ain't one

Yeah it's quarter to 4, in my pockets raw in the mirror on my monitor's the M_ F_ boss

it's got a shout out to wall street AND models and bottles

No Lie, You know this! BALINNNNNN!!!!

(Although "99 Problems and a Pitch ain't 1" is a close second)

Wagner - beginning of Act III of Die Walküre.

Ride of the Valkyries

D-D-D DA DAAA!!!!!

R Kelly - Go Getta (although I haven't experienced the Ibanker lifestyle yet)

R Kelly is a child lover. Doesn't fly high in banking circles.

7AM - 2PM - A Tribe Called Quest - Stressed Out.

2PM - 5PM - Chris Doughtry - It's Not Over (replace the word love with work)

5PM - 11PM - Crime Mobb - Knuck If You Buck (At this point in the day, I'm very volatile.)

11PM - Later - Snoop Dogg - Let's Get Blown. (Right before we leave out the office...lol)

After perusing my new Ipod's playlist...

Anyone who is in IB should replay Dave Matthews' "Proudest Monkey"....

its pretty relevant...lol

Turn My Swag On

Yellow by Coldplay

It's by Beethoven not Mozart

VERY relevant:

Ah, ah, the more successful, the more stressful The more and more I transform to Gordon Gekko In the race to a billion, got my face to the ceiling Got my knees on the floor, please Lord forgive him Has he lost his religion, is the greed gonna get him? He’s having heaven on earth, will his wings still fit him? I got the Forbes on my living room floor And I’m so dope to the core, f***er I want more Time’s most influential was impressive Especially since I wasn’t in the artist’s section Had me with the builders and the titans Had me right with Rubert Murdoch Billionaire boys and some dudes you never heard of Word up on Madison Ave is I’m a cash cow Word down on Wall St. homie you get the cash out IPO Hov no need for reverse merger The boy money talks no need to converse further

The kind of things I used to listen to when walking out of work (while being in risk management):

Rage Against the Machine (stuff like "know your enemy")

and my all-time favourite for that moments after struggling with Front Office or Management:

Motorhead, "Just 'cos you've got the power (doesn't mean you've got the right")

You might be a financial wizard, With a sack of loot, All I see is a slimy lizard, With an expensive suit, Go on and run your corporation, Go and kiss some ass, You might buy half of the nation, But you can't buy class

You bastards think it's funny, Lyin' and thieving all your life, Think all there is is money, Got your future strapped up tight, Just 'Cos You Got The Power, That don't mean you got the right

You can take my fingers babe, You can take my eyes, You can take my past and future, It won't make you wise, You can have me thrown in jail, You can steal my booze, You can even read my mail, Step on my blue suede shoes,

You bastards must be clever, Got it mapped out in black and whit, But don't forget you'll never, Get a dog to walk upright, Just 'Cos You Got The Power, That don't mean you got the right

Go on out make another deal, Feed your big fat face, Go on out and cop a feel, Get on somebody's case, You surely would be satisfied, If you could have it all, But time ain't on your side, You're going to the wall

You think that life's all dollars, Greed and lust and spite, But I wasn't born to follow, Like to get my sleep at night, Just 'Cos You Got The Power, That don't mean you got the right

Absolute ultimate banking classic for me!

Money in a ziploc bag by Joker the bailbondsman

50 Cent - I Get Money

... I get money, money is got (I I get it) I get money, money is got (I I get it) I get money, money is got (Yeah) Money I got, money is got (I run New York!) I get money, money is got (I I get it) I get money, money is got (I I get it) I get money, money is got (Yeah yeah) Money I got, money is got (I run New York!) ...

It's models on the left, models on the right In the V.I.P popping bottles all night Nigga I'm fuckin' something! (You know I'm fuckin' something!) Nigga we fuckin' something! Yeah ain't you fuckin' something?

Snook feat. Lil Boosie - Models

Pretty obscure, heard it on XM by chance one day. Could have sworn AJ wrote it... maybe he became a ghostwriter after he got fired.

50 is weak shit

Killa Cam "Suck it or not"

I get head in the strangest places 2 at the same time, call it +Changing Faces+ I tell a bitch "we ain't trading places" Now stand back and catch my amazing graces (hehehah) Taste it, savour it Vanilla Ice Cream, she say "ooh, my favorite" Do you know who you playin' wit? Wayne Chillin' like a scarecrow, looking for some brain Drivin' in the range or flying on a plane Her head is crazy so she's insane She know the game Get in and get right Every bitch in the industry wanna rock my mic I'm hot like light I'm tough like Ike I don't fuck with dog hoes cause them hoes might bite Yeah, and if she follows In the back of my mind, I'm hoping she swallows

I am jamming CREAM right now then lil s then some jaz z.... had some biggie this morning..

whats sad is I am in loafers

I am no 50 fanboy by any means Dipset, but being objective about this, 50 >>>>>>>>>> Killa Cam, by any measure.

Might as well add a couple more.

Representing the House music: The Adjuster - Sweden Starkillers - Scream

And the Trance: Andy Moor - Halcyon (can't wait to see him live again) Ava Mea - In the End

And some other randoms: Pendulum - Hold Your Color Justice - Phantom II

I'm a drummer & guitarist myself, but since you guys are talkin rap here, I think two rising stars should be noted:

1) Drake 2) Charles Hamilton

Other than rap/hip hop, what do you guys/girls listen to? I gotta give it up for: Radiohead, David Holmes (the guy who does the music for the Ocean's movies), Incubus, Umphrey's McGee, and Wilco.

Hip to be Square

I don't know, IBnutz; their early work was a little too new wave for my tastes