Monday, 2 February 2026

Born To Audiomack: Best of Bavgate

~~ Best of Bavgate ~~
1. Keep It Gangsta ft. LJ (2005)
2. Like Me (2005)
3. The Gate (2005)
4. Touched (2005)
5. Committed ft. Juvenile & Skip (2005)
6. Stay Strapp ft. Turf Talk (2006)
7. Play Bavgate ft. Pooh Sauce (2006)
8. I'm About That Actin ft. Messy Marv (2006)
9. Black Rags (2006)
10. Tyme 2 Shine (2006)
11. Mob Shit ft. Squeeze (2007)
12. T'z Up ft. Mac Mall & Geezy (2007)




Bloggers say they got Bay love, but it never was, they ain't got no Yee like The Breakfast Club. Bavgate started out as one part of the duo Steady Mobb'n in 1991, went solo in the early 2000s and eventually found his final form in 2005 as Thizz Nation's sorta-equivalent of Kokane. Take a soak in Bav's music with this playlist of my favourite songs of his from the Thizz era. Motherf**kers mad because the 'net is jockin' and motherf**kers mad because my posts is knockin'. Keep It Gangsta is a minor classic which should have been a major choon - a two steppin' tune for polar bears and squares alike.

11 comments:

Yohan said...

Who else but this blog would post a best of Bavgate playlist in 2026? Where's the coverage of obscure Bay rap artists by Bay bloggers / journalists?

Not up on Bavgate like that so appreciated.

Kelvin Mack10zie said...

Pains me that there's no proper Bay Rap blog by someone who actually lives in the Bay 😶

joezuph said...

Thank you for doing the lord's work. As someone who failed to keep a proper Bay Rap blog alive, I humbly ask that you add Park the Scrapers to this mix: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osA9Z_TEwLQ

Kelvin Mack10zie said...

Not heard that one before. Nice.

R.I.P Perfection Is Perfected.

Smell Rell said...

The same Steady Mobb'n who were on No Limit?

Kelvin Mack10zie said...

Aye.

Fred said...

A propos Bay Area rap blogspots, RIP ahundredgrandonmywrist(yeahlifesucks)

Solid playlist, always pleasant to see rappers doing well in their later-eras.

Kelvin Mack10zie said...

Bavgate was a true late bloomer.

Ben said...

Seems like the appropriate place looks like Husalah came out of hiding new song tommorow. As always I’m sure he’ll pretend there’s an album coming than go back into hibernation.

Kelvin Mack10zie said...

There's been a few leaked recent songs on that Stash World YouTube channel. Unfortunately none of the songs have been particularly good.

Ben said...

This one has a video so maybe a new albums coming.