Generic list post: September 2026

Obligatory wrap-up post of those songs I've played most during the month when Bubba Sparxxx became Brotha Sparxxx. Bubba ain't choose to tan, tannin' chose him, so he hit the track black like Soul Man.

Buckshot LeFonque ft. Uptown - Breakfast @ Denny's (1994)
J.U.I.C.E - Rip It (1996/2023)
J.U.I.C.E - The Hustle (Big City Hustle Prelude) (1998/2023)
Everlast - Next Man (1998)
Everlast - Ends (1998)
Young Dro - They Don't Really Know About Dro (video) (2006/2026)
Jayy V Vondon - Don In My City (2023)
Ezale - One Job (2026)
Trunk Boiz & Seiji Oda - Never (video) (2026)
Duke Deuce - I Told Yuh (2026)
Mic Terror ft. Gzus Piece - All In Yo Face (2026)
Aesop Rock & Blockhead - Trouble Trouble (2026)
BunnaB ft. YKNiece & Black Queen - K.O. (2026)
Nine & Dex - Shake It (2026)

Bonus bloggin: 1nce again I'm gonna use my monthly wrap-up post to keep track of the best movies and TV shows I've been watching. * indicates rewatches dunnit.

Movies I watched and liked:
The Blue Lamp (1950)
Harold and Maude (1971) *
License To Drive (1988) *

TV shows I watched and liked:
No Activity (series 1 and 2) (2015 and 2016) *
Colin From Accounts (series 3) (2026)
Mastermind (new episodes) (2026)
Only Connect (new episodes) (2026)
Arsenal vs. Chelsea (2026)
Napoli vs. Arsenal (2026)
Sunderland vs. Arsenal (2026)
Salute The Sample (new episodes) (2026)

Late pass: hat tip to DJ Z-Trip!

Buckshot LeFonque ft. Uptown - Breakfast @ Denny's (Uptown Version)
(From Buckshot LeFonque album bonus track; 1994)

Sum shit I never knew until this new episode of Salute The Sample: there's a bonus track remix of Buckshot LeFonque's Jazz-Rap anthem Breakfast @ Denny's featuring Uptown of Dope On Plastic minor-fame on vocals. All these years I never even knew there was any kind of vocal mix. And I'll be damned if it isn't better than the single mix and shouldn't be considered the definitive version.

Random-Rap - 1, Regular-Rap - 0.

J.U.I.C.E Wrld Part 2

J.U.I.C.E - The Hustle (Big City Hustle Prelude)
(From unreleased; 1998/The Man expanded reissue; 2023)

J.U.I.C.E. · The Hustle (Big City Hustle Prelude) (Demo Version)

Another tasty unreleased J.U.I.C.E cut from the late 90s which didn't come out back then for some unfathomable reason. This song is the polar opposite of Rip It because it's a storytelling track with J.U. Kasa as Illinois' vividest author. Matter of fact, the way J.U.I.C.E spins his yarn on here is compatible to Roots Of Evil era Kool G. Rap.

Rappin' Duke

Duke Deuce - I Told Yuh
(From America Is Ours album; 2026)

Feathers Up is so my shit, I'd slept on I Told Yuh. With his new-found indigenous Injun swag, Duke has become Project Pat junior and the 79rs Gang cousin at the SAME DAMN TIME! Real Conscious-Rap fight music to knock someone unconscious to

09 til Infinity (New York edition)

Jayy V Vondon - Don In My City
(From NYC mixtape; 2023/Don In My City single; 2026)

I came across this song on Instagram earlier this week and thought it was pretty cool. But my epiphany with it came yesterday when Johnny The Boxxx compared it to a 2009 Jim Jones anthem. EUREKA! The video even features a sidekick homie who looks kinda like Sen City. A baronial New York banger which deserves a club like The Tunnel. Don't get it twisted tho: the remix will be an absolute shit sandwich of the usual boring N.Y rappers-turnt-podcasters + Remy Ma.

**EDIT** I just peeped this song on Soundcloud and it was #actually released 3 years and originally titled NYC. Sod it, tho - it's still a 2026 single to me ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

20 years, mang!

Young Dro - They Don't Really Know Bout Dro
(From Best Thang Smokin' album; 2006/YouTube; 2026)

A 20th anniversary video for one of the most anthemic album cut on Young Dro's first LP innit. I'm a fan of rappers shootin' belated music videos for a variety of reasons, the main one being that they give new leases of life to old favourites which have long since fallen out of your regular rotation. If bloggin' is a motorcycle, you in my sidecar with these dozen 2006 anthemic album cuts which also deserve 20th anniversary videos.

E-40 - Yay Area (2006)
AZ - Animal (2006)
The Jacka - Murder Somebody (2006)
Husalah - Sleep With Da Fishes (Boom Clack) (2006)
Bo$$ Hog Barbarians - You Got Mail (2006)
Mobb Deep ft. 50 Cent - Pearly Gates (2006)
Bailey - F**k Yo Couch (2006)
Birdman & Lil' Wayne - Over Here Hustlin' (2006)
T.I. - I'm Talkin' To You (2006)
Mr. Lif ft. Murs - Murs Iz My Manager (2006)
Field Mob - At The Park (2006)
Messy Marv - B (2006)

Top Katz

Nine & Dex - Shake It
(From Shake It single; 2026)

The new PJ & Duncan return with a song to make Sid James proud. Carry on droppin' more bars than Granville falling off Arkwright's stepladder while holding a box of Snickers. Speakin' of British Rappers, pour out a little O.G recipe Four Loko for Sway. Much like Gemini's Me N Da Girlz, Sway's Baby Father was one of those rare mid-ish 2000s tunes which found a cheeky sweet spot between Grime and U.K Rap. That "where's the next stop Westwood's house?" line hits different in 2026.

Sway - Baby Father
(From Products single; 2006)

Sway Dasafo · Baby Father

J.U.I.C.E Wrld

J.U.I.C.E - Rip It
(From unreleased; 1996 or 1997/The Man EP expanded reissue; 2023)

Whenever there's a release of shelved tracks by a 90s indie rapper, there's always one song on there which has you thinking "why on Earth did they not release this as a 12" single???" Rip It is funky enough to be a 45 King production and J.U.I.C.E could have been' rippin' stages at Rock Steady Anniversary Jam and Skribble Jam alike with this track in the late 90s. More importantly, Rip It could have been a big choon in the racks at the Mr Bongo record shop. You disagree? Put your thoughts in park like jurassic.