Hey what's up, it's Jhené Aiko here at Amoeba Music and this is What's in My Bag.
Ooh this is a good one.
'Glitter,' the 'Glitter' soundtrack.
There are songs on here you just belt out in the car.
Even if you can't hit all those notes you're just singing very, very loud
That's how I know if we can really be good friends.
If you have seen 'Glitter' and have heard the soundtrack, and you love it just as much as me.
I'm going to take these ones out at the same time, because they go hand in hand.
It's 'Continuum' and 'Battle Studies' from John Mayer.
'Continuum' is probably the first album where I fell in love with John Mayer.
And I went to go see him, but it wasn't for the 'Continuum' tour, it was for the 'Battle Studies' tour.
And I actually hadn't had 'Battle Studies' yet
but seeing him perform those songs live made me really want 'Battle Studies.'
He's a true musician, true artist
and he talks in between his songs and it's very personal, y'know.
Something really interesting happens
when something that you love listening to gets very big
and a lot of other people share it.
A lot of people want to just kind of check out at that point
And the fact that you guys are still hanging on and still feel as vital and organic
with this stuff as I do, I can't...
that's the success story to me, not anything I've done but
you are my success story, thank you very much.
Ok, I got some vinyl.
Eminem 'The Marshall Mathers LP.' I think this is one of the best albums ever.
What got me with this is the lyrics.
Just reading along while he was rapping, and just seeing how
he put words together was just genius to me.
'Stan' is one of the greatest songs of all time.
WZRD.
I'm a big Kid Cudi fan and a Dot Da Genius fan
I feel like, with this album, you couldn't really pinpoint what genre it was
and I feel like that's something that I strive for in my own music.
During the time of this album
my brother was sick and I was dealing with that
and so I just needed music to really just like
really get all the way into and sort of just, y'know, escape to.
And this was that album for me.
When you listen to it, does it take you back to that time?
Yeah, for sure, it definitely does.
It takes me... even though it was a sad time
it reminds me of just getting through what I was going through
So, it was positive also.
'South Park - Bigger, Longer & Uncut.'
This is one of my brother's favorite shows and movies
and the first time I came to Amoeba was actually with him.
And we were just finding all these little treasures.
This is special, although it just looks like it's a South Park movie, it's special.
And last but not least
2Pac, 'All Eyez on Me.'
2Pac is one of the greatest of all time.
For me, he just represents
standing for something through your music.
This album has a lot of my favorites on it
'Ambitionz az a Ridah'
'How Do You Want It,' '2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted'
'Life Goes On,' 'Only God Can Judge Me,' 'California Love,' 'I Ain't Mad at Cha'
It's like classic 2Pac, so I had to.
I probably won't open this one up.
It's going to be in my shrine of 2Pac things.