All the Songs Heard in Season 4 – Billboard
In this week’s penultimate episode of Atlanta, Paper Boi arrives at his safe farm — which turns out to be anything but safe.
Back in Episode 6, “Crank Dat Killer,” Soulja Boy encouraged Paper Boi to go to a “safe farm” to prevent himself from becoming the next victim of a serial murderer who appeared to be targeting people who made videos of themselves doing the “Crank Dat (Soulja Boy)” dance. After Paper Boi escaped a mall shooting not long after their conversation — an incident that turned out to be completely unrelated to the Crank Dat Killer — this week’s episode picks up with him at the farm.
Titled “Andrew Wyeth. Alfred’s World,” Episode 9 finds Paper Boi’s safe getaway going left when he’s caught under a tractor and later attacked by a feral pig who has taken a liking to his crops. His time at his safe farm isn’t entirely a mess, however. Songs like Mystikal’s “The Braids” soundtrack Paper Boi’s successful shooting session in the woods, while Dungeon Family’s “Rollin” underscores the victorious moment when he finally gets his tractor to start. As usual, the episode is scored mainly by hip-hop songs, though there are a few notable exceptions this time around, including Wayne Smith’s “Under Me Sleng Teng,” The Chicks’ “Texas Man” and Ray Charles’ “Don’t Let the Sun Catch You Cryin’”), all of which serve to soundtrack Paper Boi’s series of highs and lows.
As Atlanta has evolved, music synchs have played a big role in the overall scene-setting of the show. Throughout the seasons, music supervisors Jen Malone and Fam Udeorji have chosen a variety of songs by old and new artists from various genres including OutKast, D4L, Gunna, Troye Sivan, Dua Lipa, Kodak Black, Jennifer Lopez and many more.
Atlanta airs on FX Thursday nights at 10 p.m. and is available to watch on Hulu the following day. Check out all of the songs used in season four so far below.
Episode Nine, “Andrew Wyeth. Alfred’s World”
Mystikal, “The Braids”
Geto Boys, “Mind Playing Tricks On Me”
Ty Dolla $ign feat. Quavo, “Freak”
Wayne Smith, “Under Me Sleng Teng”
Dungeon Family (feat. André 3000, Cee-Lo Green & Society of Soul), “Rollin’”
The Chicks, “Texas Man”
Ray Charles, “Don’t Let the Sun Catch You Cryin’”
Episode Eight, “The Goof Who Sat By The Door”
Tom Jones, “Treat Her Right”
Sesame Street, “I Don’t Want To Live On The Moon”
Tevin Campbell, “Can We Talk”
Tevin Campbell & Rosie Gaines, “I 2 I (Eye to Eye)”
Episode Seven, “Snipe Hunt”
Sade, “Your Love is King”
Sade, “Love is Stronger Than Pride”
Episode Six, “Crank Dat Killer”
Soulja Boy, “Crank That (Soulja Boy)”
Young Thug, “Tick Tock”
Aykay, “That’s A Fact”
Perry Porter, “Bag”
Soulja Boy, “Whip It”
K-Ci & JoJo, “All My Life”
Episode Five, “Work Ethic!”
Anita Baker, “Sweet Love”
Janelle Monae, “I Like That”
Little Simz feat. Obongjayar, “Point and Kill”
Coco & Clair Clair, “Wishy Washy”
Episode Four, “Light Skinned-ed”
Dorothy Norwood, “Somebody Prayed For Me”
Chicago Mass Choir, “God Is My Everything”
Yolanda Adams, “The Battle is the Lord’s”
8Ball & MJG, “Top of the World”
The Ebony’s, “I’ll Try”
The Chi Lites, “I Want to Pay You Back (For Loving Me)”
Fivio Foreign & Polo G, “Bop It”
Gil Scott-Heron, “Save the Children”
Episode Three, “Born to Die”
Megan thee Stallion, “Money Good”
Al Green, “How Can You Mend a Broken Heart”
Kodak Black, “Let Me Know”
Episode Two, “The Homeliest Horse”
Ciara, “Ooh Baby”
Japanese Breakfast, “Kokomo, IN”
Young Stoner Life, T-Shyne, Lil Keed feat. Big Sean, “Warrior”
PinkPantheress, “Attracted To You”
Rick James, “Cold Blooded”
Episode One, “The Most Atlanta”
Chief Keef, “B—h Where”
Deborah Cox, “Nobody’s Supposed to Be Here“
Pell, “Tew Much”
Sly & The Family Stone, “Runnin’ Away”
