Jhene Aiko’s Voting Anthem, Anderson Paak, YungBlud and More Best Songs of the Week
Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorMuch as we love having music as an escape, like last week’s stellar socially relevant song from Maren Morris, we’re starting this Fri 5 with a song that couldn’t be more important: Jhene Aiko’s “Vote,” from last and this weekend’s voting-themed episode of “Black-ish.” Like the show, the song’s lyrics deal with real-life issues affecting people’s ability to find time to vote in a country where — we’ll say it — THE REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT AND PARTY are making it as difficult as possible for the average person, and particularly minorities.“I just wanna focus on my vote/ I ain’t got no time, I gotta work,” she sings.