Numbers On The Board

What's today's mathematics, God... literally. Me and the boiz have already tackled favourite Rap songs beginning with the letters of the alphabet, so how's about we talk favourite Rap songs which begin with numbers? It's rules, guidelines and codes we obey: the song must begin with a number and if you mention a Drake song I will track you down and set Jack Russell terriers on your testicles. Off the top like Adee Phelan, here's 21 favourites. If you havin' blog problems I feel bad for you, son. I got 99 problems, but a list ain't 1.

Davy DMX - One For The Treble (Fresh) (1984)
MF DOOM - One Beer (2004)
Mac Dre - 2 Hard 4 The F**kin' Radio (1989)
2Pac ft. Snoop Dogg - 2 Of Amerikaz Most Wanted (1996)
Slim Thug ft. T.I. & Bun B - 3 Kings (2004)
GZA ft. Ghostface, Killah Priest & RZA - 4th Chamber (1995)
Whodini - Five Minutes Of Funk (1984)
Ice-T - 6 in The Mornin' (1986)
Geto Boys - 6 Feet Deep (1993)
Public Enemy - 911 Is A Joke (1990)
Digable Planets - 9th Wonder (Blackitolism) (1994)
Notorious B.I.G - Ten Crack Commandments (1997)
Laroo T.H.H. & The Jacka - 20 Bricks (2008)
50 Cent ft. Nate Dogg - 21 Questions (2003)
T.I. - 24's (2003)
Ma$e ft. The Lox, Black Rob & DMX - 24 Hours To Live (1998)
Souls Of Mischief - 93 'Til Infinity (1993)
Spice 1 - 187 Proof (1993)
N.W.A - 100 Miles And Runnin' (1990)
Chief Keef - 3Hunna (2012)
Juvenile - 400 Degreez (1998)

Wipeout!

Surf7 - Goose Coat
(From Goose Coat single; 2026)

Man, this song is such a grower. Philadelphia Drill that mixes the ignorance with the elegance. Tinkle, tinkle, little piano. Possibly titled Goose Coat because it sounds like Christmas snowfall? The remix with Meek Mill isn't necessarily bad, but is so unnecessary.

My Alphabets

I saw Instagram's alphabet musical challenge and a light bulb appeared above my dome. Man, I said to myself "once again it's on!" Thus, here's ur boi's favourite Rap songs for every letter of the alphabet. It's more of headache if you do it one song per artist, so of course I did it thatta way. Bloggin' ain't nothin' but a thing to me, because I'm a double O.G P-O-S-T. Do you know your alphabets, Martaveli? B-L-O-G.

Young Bleed - A Fool (1997)
De La Soul - Breakadawn (1993)
Andre Nickatina - Conversation With A Devil (2003)
MF DOOM ft. Pebbles - Doomsday (1999)
Eazy-E - Eazy-er Said Than Dunn (1988)
Mac Dre - Feelin" Myself (2004)
LL Cool J - Go Cut Creator Go (1987)
Ice-T - High Rollers (1988)
Mic Terror - If God Was Mic (2008) or Special Ed - I Got It Made (1989)
Newcleus - Jam On Revenge (The Wikki Wikki Song) (1983)
T.I. - Kingofdasouth (2003) or Biggie - Kick In The Door (1997)
Spoonie Gee - Love Rap (1980) or Eric B. & Rakim - Lyrics Of Fury (1988)
Z-Ro - Mo City Don (Freestyle) (2005)
Public Enemy - Night Of The Living Baseheads (1988)
Ice Cube - Once Upon A Time In The Projects (1990)
Run-D.M.C. - Peter Piper (1986)
DJ Quik - Quik Is The Name (1991)
Beastie Boys - Rhymin' & Stealin' (1986)
Brand Nubian - Step To The Rear (1990)
Too $hort - The Ghetto (1990) or Slick Rick - The Moment I Feared (1988)
Juvenile - U Understand (clean version) (1999)
Biz Markie - Vapors (LP version) (1988)
Max B - Where Do I Go? (2009)
Dr. Dre ft. Hittmann, Kurupt, Nate Dogg & Six-Two - Xxplosive (1999)
EPMD - You Gots To Chill (1988)
Lil' Boosie ft. Mouse & Yung Joc - Zoom (2006)

Up South Trip

"Like veterans I'm forever servin'
I'm forever swervin', You got weed, I got the better version
I'm forever splurgin', stuff my blunts up like a taxidermist"

Yung Till - 209 Baby
(From 209 Baby single; 2026)

File this one under 'random regional finds.' The lad is from South Carolina, but the song sounds like what Louisiana Swag-Rap might sound like if such a sound ever existed. Call it Travis In That Water.

Late pass!

"Yeah, I had to crush the scene at the beach in Daytona
Call me Pimpy Le Peu, you know the aroma"

Ball Jones ft. Ice Smiles - Krushin' (remix)
(From Welcome To Little Rock compilation; 2004)

I love the DVD Couture Instagram page because it puts me onto random regional choonz I've never heard in my life and might never have heard otherwise. When I say Krushin' (remix) is bangin' in Little Rock I ain't talkin' about that episode of America Undercover, boiiiiiii. This song is naggingly simple and knawed its way into my current rotation with its regional period charm. Wish I'd heard it back in 2004.

Speakin' of 2004, there's been a lotta talk recently about Gym-bore Jones pioneering the rock star look in Rap. Nah, lads. Yous lot wasn't outside when this Canibus photoshoot hit da streetz like an asteroid in '04. As the late, great Gary Warnett once said, 'Bis came with that Bollywood '97 swag.

Canibus collates outfits in a room with 1000 candles lit, meditating on whether that's a shirt or a jacket.

Generic list post: July 2026

Obligatory wrap-up post of those songs I've played most during the month when my favourite lost TV show from my teenage years Betty's Bunch was finally uploaded to YouTube in full. Whatchu know about a 90s Antipodean teen drama show featuring Maggie "The Freak from Prisoner" Kirkpatrick and Paul "Santa Claws from Round The Twist" Chubb?

Ice Cube - Once Upon A Time In The Projects (AI video) (1990/2026)
Z-Ro - Mo City Don (Freestyle) (video) (2005/2026)
Mic Terror - Viagra Triangle (2024)
Mic Terror ft. Easy O'Hare - Rent Money (2026)
BabyChiefDoIt - Ghetto Love Story (2026)
Digital Underground - Blue View (199?/2026)
Trunk Boiz & Seiji Oda ft. Fijiana - Sky Scraper (2026)
Kurupt & DJ Battlecat - Me N The Boyz (2026)
Kurious - Stay Like That (I Am) (2026)
Madonna - L.E.S Girl (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 One That Got Away (1957)
King Creole (1958)
Heat (1995) *

TV shows I watched and liked:
Betty's Bunch (all 13 episodes) (1990) *
Ann Droid (series 1) (2026)
Mastermind (new episodes) (2026)
Only Connect (new episodes) (2026)
Belgium vs. Senegal (2026)
Argentina vs. Cape Verde (2026)
England vs. Mexico (2026)
Argentina vs. Egypt (2026)
France vs. Spain (2026)
France vs. England (2026)
Salute The Sample (new episodes) (2026)

You 53 and you still rappin?

Kurupt & DJ Battlecat - Me N The Boyz
(From Me N The Boyz single; 2026)

This is the west coast Gangsta-Rap equivalent of Redman doing a track over a James Brown sample innit? Yeah, it's obvious and lazy, but who cares because it jams. Why does Snoop get an official credit here when he's not on the song or in the video?

Late pass!

"Ain't no talkin' in my area
My n****s keep quiet like librarians
That pork and that beef is for barbarians
You see me, I'm more of a pescatarian
Beef with me will have you floatin' in an aquarium"

Mic Terror - Viagra Triangle
(From Viagra Triangle single; 2024)

Mic Terror & his m8s dropped so many loosies throughout 2024 that I managed to miss this one. It's another gem which mixes the ignorance with the elegance on some Chicago "drive slow, homie"-core. If I were gonna collate an album out of Mic's 2024 loosies, I'd use Juicenan Freestyle as the first track and Viagra Triangle here as the final track. Maybe that should be my next playlist? For now tho, here's a list of my top 10 favourite non-2026 Rap songs I've discovered this year.

Run-D.M.C - Jam-Master Jammin' (Rick Rubin remix) (1985)
Biggie Smalls - Biggie Got The Hype Shit (1991)
Me & My Cousin - My Day (1996)
Ma$e ft. Puffy - I'm No Killa (O.G version) (1998)
Rev Run - I Used To Think I Was Run (2005)
Bavgate ft. LJ - Keep It Gangsta (2005)
J-Diggs - Diggs Dance (2005)
Mic Terror - Viagra Triangle (2024)
The Egyptian Lover - Vocoder Jam (2025)
Sir Michael Rocks - Talkin' Legit (2025)