Hey guys so I make music and when writing albums, i always have a concept of the project or an idea of it. Among other things, what I like to do is to make a playlist of songs that evoke the feeling of the project in mind. I have a bunch of concepts in different stages of production and one of them is a timeless, anthemic, classic album for a universal audience. What songs would make your playlist for this type of album? Here's mine:

1. American Oxygen - Rihanna
2. All My Friends - Tinashe
3. Kiss It Better - Rihanna
4. Adorn - Miguel
5. Hotline Bling - Drake
6. Chasing Time - Azealia Banks
7. XO - Beyoncé
8. Coffee - Miguel
9. King - Tamae Braxton
10. Love On The Brain - Rihanna
11. Purple Rain - Prince
12. Paper Planes - M.I.A.

Side note: just now realized that all the songs on this playlist are by POC

Everyone will skip the first song

I do this a lot too. While I know you won't listen to it, here's one of the few I have in mind. I'm using this in particular because the sound, lyrics and theme are consistent:

1. "Feel Again"
2. "Best Day of My Life"
3. "Shots"
4. "I Want You Anyway"
5. "Earth Stood Still"
6. "Beautiful Life"
7. "On Top of the World"
8. "Luck"
9. "Something I Need"
10. "It's Time"
11. "I Won't Give Up"
12. "I Lived"

If you have Spotify or Apple Music, create a playlist. They're good as a whole body of work.

Mess of a list in the op