Be a father to Tha Camp

Young Bleed - Dat' Water
(From Dare' Iza' God album; 2022)


Best Bleed song in a Louisiana minute, love his sleepy uncle drawl on the hook. Young Bleed flipping Hamilton Bohannon's Singing A Song For My Mother into a Pentecostal preacherman baptism Rouge anthem is such a no brainer idea that I can't believe it hasn't happened until now. Shout out the apostles, God forgives Baton Rouge rappers with rogue apostrophes.

Hamilton Bohannon - Singing A Song For My Mother
(From Stop & Go album; 1973)

irene pfeifer · Hamilton Bohannon - Singing A Song For My Mother

Name me a better mum song than Hamilton Bohannon's masterpiece. I'll wait.

Acid(ophilus) Rap

"I ran into your bitch and she looked mesmerised
I look into your eyes and you looked petrified
Dumbfounded! Ambushed! Bamboozled!
Is how these n*ggas feel when they find out I ain't losin'"

Stunnaman02 - Gut Check
(From Still Winnin' album; 2020)


Get ya probiotic game up if ya stomach's spidey-senses ain't tingling right. An older song by the Big Steppin' guys Stunnaman02 & QuakeBeatz that's as good as Big Steppin' IMHO. Primal scream piano-slap, and when I say primal scream I thankfully ain't talkin' about Bobby Gillespie, boiiiiiii.

Bonus beats: free them guys on the inside, Stunnaman02 & his saxophonist m8 were them guys outside performing Gut Check live on the block during quarantine 2020. Ban ALL buskers except saxophonists no IMHO necessary.


Bonus bonus beats: Stunnaman02 & Lil' Kayla's recent N.OrCal Bounce back-and-forth is my shit too. Kayla says they dont rap they just speak facts, but I'm unconvinced by Stunnaman02's claim that a booty has ever tasted like Skittles. Peanut M&M's maybe...

Stunnaman02 ft. Lil' Kayla - Roll Wit' It
(From Stunnaman02 & Drew Banga's IT'S BIG album; 2022)

Stunnaman02 · Stunnaman02 & Drew Banga (feat. Lil Kayla) - Roll Wit It

In conclusion: Big Steppin', Gut Check, and Roll Wit' It are the sort of music I wish D-Lo were making nowadays.

You down with Brits sayin' o-p-p? Yeah, you don't know me!

J Hus - Must Be
(From the internet; 2019)


Smoooooth operator, lad. Post-porridge J Hus back to life like Soul II Soul with bare winebar vybz for Caron & Jazzie and Sharon & Tracey alike. On one hand, the triumphant return of J Hus & Jae5 is a much welcome 2019 plot twist. On the other hand, there's nowt as sad as British blokes with stars & stripes in their eyes making songs about opps. If this Island must insist on doing Rap music then plz honour Roger's Profanisaurus and use our own slang, you blurts.