If you like good rap and hip hop (and I mean, like, actually good), or if you just like good music in general, I highly recommend artists from Rhymesayers Entertainment. As it turns out, many tracks of these socially and self-aware artists relate to themes, questions and issues from the class.
In this track, "551", modern rapper, writer and philosopher Dessa (of the Doomtree collective) contemplates the ways we try to bring ourselves calm and quiet. Two themes emerge in this track: love and drugs.
How would Socrates respond to a song like this? Would he think that the kind of peace that people gain from romantic relationships or martinis is valuable?
To help think of reasons why one should perhaps not depend on a romantic relationship to bring serenity, check out this track from Grieves, another artist on the Rhymesayers label. In this track, called, "Scar Gardens", the narrator warns a romantic partner, 'I am not your paradise'.
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