Born To Audiomack: 2024 Faves Not From 2024

~~ Martorialist 2024 Faves Not From 2024 ~~

1. Hard Rock Soul Movement - Double Def Fresh (1986)
2. Professor X - Professor X (Saga) (1988)
3. LL Cool J - Illegal Search (Pre-Trial Hearing mix) (1990)
4. Jay Tee ft. Mac Dre - Do The Crew (CDQ version) (1990/2018)
5. Kurious - Fill 'Er Up (1991/2008)
6. G. Dep - Dollar Bill (1998)
7. AZ - Rap Fanatic (2001 or 2002)
8. Big Moe ft. Mike Wilson - Leave Drank Alone (2003)
9. Saigon - Favorite Thingz (extended version) (2006)
10. DaBanggaz314 - Run Up Get Dun Up (2009)
11. Homeboy Sandman - Talking (Bleep) (2016)
12. 38 Dezzie ft. Mouse On Tha Track - On My Shit (2021)
13. Mic Terror - OJ Simpson (2021)
14. Pookie F'n Rude ft. Hash Hearted - Put That On Everythang (2023)
15. Mello Buckzz - Move (2023)


15 songs from the rich tapestry of Rap history which have been up in my ears like malleus bones in 2024. Most of them are new-to-me discoveries, but a couple of them are old favourites which have snuck back into regular rotation. Shout out to Step Wun for recently hippin' me to that AZ song.

Nef The Not Fairoh

"If you ain't from the Yay then I'm over n*ggas heads
Bitches askin' Siri 'bout some shit that Chang said"

Nef The Pharaoh - Essence
(From Essence single; 2024)


I ain't from the Yay so I'll tell you what's over my head: why Nef's Essence loosie from a few months back is better than anything on his Vallejo Playa album which dropped this past friday. When Nef says "I'll do a song and won't ever send the session, I don't want your engineer f**kin' up my essence" I feel like he's mocking me because he's never dropped that song with Mannie Fresh he teased on Instagram back in 2016. The snippet has long since been deleted, but that shit sounded exactly how a Mannie Nef song should sound. Call that shit Simon Cowell because it's never coming out.