Know Y? It was 40 years ago this year that I first fell in love with Rap music in 1985 via Big Rap Singles™ like Run-D.M.C's King Of Rock, Doug E. Fresh & MC Ricky D's The Show and Whistle's (Nothing Serious) Just Buggin'. All 3 songs were U.K top 40 chart hits which made their way into the orbit of lil' old me at the tender age of 9 and 10 years old. No lie, there were zero Big Rap Singles™ of that quality this year, and 2025 might be the worst year for Big Rap Singles™ in the genre's history. Imagine being a 9 or 10 year old kid in 2025 and your first exposure to Rap music is some Godawful recent Big Rap Singles™ by Drake, Travis Scott and Gunna. My condolences to the poor lil' bastard.
Obviously there were great Rap singles in 2025, it's just that they didn't blossom into Big Rap Singles™ because the industry is useless, the DJs are clueless and the audience are hopeless... especially in the U.K nowadays lol. I'm not talkin' about Fugazi's catalogue when I say this is a margin walker era for Rap connoisseurs. It beez that way sometimes, papi. The only time I heard new American Rap songs I like played outside in 2025 was when I put a handful of choonz on the pub playlist.
I'm huntin', we out chea on a choon chase, and everything on my blog will be my database. So, here's a list of my favourite 2025 Rap songs, the vast majority of which are singles. No hierarchy of preference because rating and ranking songs is for the birds. There's a handful of 2024 songs here which I'm considering 2025 songs for a variety of respective reasons. I talk sense condensed into the form of a post, full of no dudz from my dome to the top my toes.
Juvenile ft. Mannie Fresh - Party
Ezale - Hang Wit Them or Can U Blame Me
Lil' M.U. - Top Of Cars
Murs - Silverlake Rec League
Papo2oo4 & Subjxct 5 - Chopper City Pap
Young Bleed ft. Cold187um - Welcome 2 Da Trap
MelloBuckzz ft. Monaleo - Move Pt 2
Monaleo - We On Dat
Seiji Oda ft. Iamsu - HUU!
OnlyHeaven - Text
LARussell ft. Wiz Khalifa - I Might Be
Wiz Khalifa & DJ Fresh - What's Hannin' (On The Radar performance)
BunnaB - Mad Again
YG ft. Buddy & The Gang - 2004
Slick Rick ft. Giggs - Stress
De La Soul - Don't Push Me
Mobb Deep - Against The World
Pookie F'n Rude ft. E-40 - Da N***a (video mix)
Myaap ft. Vae Vanilla & 3200 Tre - Feeling Dis
Jim Jones - Jomo
JD ft. J Money, Sean Paul, BunnaB & Bankroll NI - Magic City Money
X-Raided - Queen of Hearts
Luh Tyler - Florida Boy
Kurious - When The Coffee Kicks In
TREE & Parallel Thought - Hang Out
504icygrl - Work
Aesop Rock - Send Help
WNC Whop Bezzy & 70th Street Carlos - GZ & Souljas
Duke Deuce - Run Up A Check
Bruiser Wolf & Harry Fraud - Boss Up
Sturdyyoungin - Respectfully
Lord Sko ft. Grand Puba - Girbaud Talk
Supahbadd - I Am
Aone ft. The Jacka & Buss Da Husalah - Mobb Right Now
41 - Lisp
Young Devi D - First Day Out
Nine & Dex - Power Ranger
Pete & Bas - Whirlybird
SL ft. Knucks & Sainte - Summertime
Ceebo - Jook
Jordy ft. Ceebo - Rainy Day
Real Lies - Let The Lips Fall Where They May
PinkPantheress - Illegal
Jenevieve - Head Over Heels
Olivia Dean - Man I Need
The Guy - Blaze Or Die
Turnstile - Birds
Related: the 2025 late pass awards.
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