During our recent road trip to San Francisco we rode a screwed up rollercoaster of emotion and turbulence inside our big white van. We learned it takes both patience and anxiety and excitement and some weird hip hop and pop songs to maintain the correct temperament inside the cozy confines of a van full of amped (sometimes hungover) dudes going surfing with long stretches of driving in between.

This playlist is bound to soothe, excite, piss off and confuse at times, but if played correctly, it will also put you on the path to the most magical of journeys: the road trip.

Be sure to watch This is Us: North when we release it this Thursday, January 21st starring Yago Dora, Dillon Perillo, Andrew Doheny and Brendon Gibbens.