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Coffee Break: Musical Wealth

by Jill Riley and Nilufer Arsala

August 22, 2025

A clerk poses with US dollar banknotes at a money changer in Jakarta on May 2, 2024.
A clerk poses with US dollar banknotes at a money changer in Jakarta on May 2, 2024.Adek Berry/AFP via Getty Images

New music tends to drop on Fridays, and one album that we’ve been looking forward to is the latest record from Kathleen Edwards. Her new release was co-produced by Jason Isbell and Gena Johnson and is titled Billionaire.

While the album is hot off the press, themes of money or wealth are nothing new in music. You can even be wealthy in different ways. Let’s put together a playlist full of excess.

So for today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs related to money or wealth would you like to hear?


Respond with your song ideas in the comments below.

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Songs Played
The O'Jays - For the Love of Money
Lyle Lovett- M-O-N-E-Y
Wu-Tang Clan- C.R.E.A.M. (Cash Rules Everything Around Me)
Tony Toni Tone- If I Had No Loot
Sheila E.- The Glamorous Life
Dramarama- Anything, Anything I'll Give You
Queen- You're My Best Friend

Coffee Break: Musical Wealth