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)

21 Years Later

Z-Ro - Mo City Don (Freestyle) (video)
(From Let The Truth Be Told album; 2005/YouTube; 2026)

It's never too late for a proper video to one of the greatest songs in Texas Rap history. A song with no actual chorus which is #actually one long chorus innit. Just press stop or rewind at the 4:30 mark because no discerning Rap connoisseur needs to be reminded of what comes next. True story: when I first copped the Let The Truth Be Told I was so stuck on this song I didn't even listen to the rest of the album until days later. And so here's a generic list post of 30 first songs on albums which were so good they had me in a headlock for days.

Henry Mancini - The Pink Panther Theme (1963)
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Foxy Lady (1967)
Isaac Hayes - Walk On By (1968)
Curtis Mayfield - (Don't worry) If There's A Hell Below.. (1970)
Baby Huey & The Babysitters - Listen To Me (1971)
Lalo Schifrin - Theme From Enter The Dragon (1973)
Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak (1976)
The Damned - Neat Neat Neat (1977)
Ramones - I Just Wanna Have Something To Do (1978)
Madness - One Step Beyond (1979)
Michael Jackson - Don't Stop Til You Get Enough (1979)
Motörhead - Ace Of Spades (1980)
Prince - Let's Go Crazy (1984)
Run-D.M.C - Peter Piper (1986)
Beastie Boys - Rhymin' & Stealin (1986)
Eric B. & Rakim - Follow The Leader (1988)
Danzig - Twist Of Cain (1988)
N.W.A - Straight Outta Compton (1989)
Kool G. Rap & DJ Polo - Road To The Riches (1989)
Digital Underground - The Humpty Dance (1989)
Freddie Foxxx - The Master (1989)
Faith No More - From Out Of Nowhere (1989)
LL Cool J - Mama Said Knock You Out (1990)
Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit (1991)
Soundgarden - Rusty Cage (1991)
The Diplomats - Un Kasa (2003)
Andre Nickatina - Conversation With A Devil (2003)
Mac Dre - Feelin' Myself (2004)
Z-Ro - Mo City Don (Freestyle) (2005)
Young Bleed - Stamp On It (2011)

You can play this game with me if you want, but there's one rule: all first songs on albums which are preceeded by a skit or an intro are officially excluded.

Generic list post: June 2026

Obligatory wrap-up post of those songs I've played most during the month the 2026 World Cup gave us a Scott Hall turns up on WCW Nitro moment when Gary Lineker popped up on ITV's football panel. You people.. you know who I am... but you don't know why I'm here!

Biggie Smalls - Biggie Got The Hype Shit (1991)
Husalah - On The Streets Pt 2 (200?/2026)
Trunk Boiz & Seiji Oda - Go Dumb! (video) (2026)
Trunk Boiz & Seiji Oda - Never (2026)
P-Lo - Run It Back (2026)
Mic Terror - Lyrical Shit (2026)
Mic Terror - A Year Ago (2026)
Lelo - Get Geeked (2026)
Ephamus ft. Project Pat - Secret Indictment (2026)
Lord Sko & Statik Selektah - Wish Upon A Star (2026)
Pete & Bas - Cross Country (2026)
Ricky Nelson - It's Late (1959)
Tove Lo - I'm Your Girl Right (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:
Two Way Stretch (1960)
Nuts In May (1976)
Carlito's Way (1993) *

TV shows I watched and liked:
Dear England (episodes 3 and 4) (2026)
Moviedrome: Welcome To The Cult (documentary) (2026)
Spain vs. Cape Verde (2026)
Argentina vs. Algeria (2026)
England vs. Croatia (second half) (2026)
Scotland vs. Brazil (2026)
Ecuador vs. Germany (2026)
Norway vs. France (2026)
Brazil vs. Japan (2026)

Generic list post: 2026 jams so far

We're 6 months deep into 2026, so here's 26 songs which have had my dancing shoes in a figure-four leglock. Some are from 2025, but that's okay because calender years aren't sacrosanct and you're supposed to have your wicked way with them (no Das Racist.) Football, bloody hell! Music, also bloody hell!

Newcleus - Disco Kryptonite
Trunk Boiz & Seiji Oda - Go Dumb!
Duke Deuce - Feathers Up
The IT - Mr. Gone (Fingers Edit)
Mr. Fingers - Replicate
Ezale - Make Her Gig
Trim - BOAT
T.I. - Let Em Know
OnlyHeaven - No Lie
Tove Lo - I'm Your Girl Right?
Bruus & Mic Terror - Nothin' Can Stop
Bri3 - Whatever
The Assembly - Mob Throb
Homeboy Sandman & Luke Warmth - Heet
Mexikodro - Mail
Mýa ft. Too $hort - Just A Little Bit
Casual - Hard Drive Music
BunnaB - Mind Right
Young Bari ft. BossLife Big Spence - That's A Playa
Pete & Bas - Cross Country
Nine & Dex - White Boy Wasted
70th Street Carlos - Get Out The Way
BigXthaPlug, Ro$ama, Yung Hood, Murdagang PB - 6WA
Husalah - On The Streets Pt 2
Lord Sko & Statik Selektah - Wish Upon A Star
Donae'O - Big Up The Gooners Around The World

A Bork of Human Language

Tove Lo - I'm Your Girl Right?
(From I'm Your Girl Right? single; 2026)

Finally a 2026 Pop single which tickles my fancy, courtesy of old Martorialist favourite Tove Lo. Bury me with the Lo on because I've been partial to Tove's music since Habits (Stay High), with Disco Tits being her choon ne plus ultra. In fact, she's only of the only modern pop singers who is believable as a dirtbag because she has a certain sleaziness which is unique to Bork birds from northern Europe. A couple of unexpected but welcome little touches on this song: either by accident or by design, she sounds like she's singing in an Essex accent during the pre-chorus and chorus; and that Rave piano on the pre-chorus is so effective it could have rang bells at Quadrant Park in 1991. This shit would be my favourite non-Rap song of 2026 thus far if it weren't for Mr Gone (Fingers Edit) by The IT.

Generic list post: May 2026

Obligatory wrap-up post of those songs I've played most during the month when David Raya ensured he won't win this season's Ballon d'OR. Oh well, it's a tinpot title anyway. How can it possibly be a prestigious award when Michael f**King Owen won it once?

Run-D.M.C - Jam-Master Jammin' (Rick Rubin remix) (1985)
Rev Run I Used To Think I Was Run (2005)
Sir Michael Rocks - Talkin' Legit (2025)
Trim - BOAT (Audio Exhbit performance) (2026)
Seiji Oda & Trunk Boiz - Go Dumb! (2026)
The Assembly - Mob Throb (2026)
Bruus ft. Mic Terror & Gzus Piece - All I Do (2026)
Bri3 - Whatever (2026)
70th Street Carlos - Get Out The Way (2026)
Duke Deuce - Feathers Up (2026)
Mexikodro - Mail (2026)
Mýa ft. Too $hort - Just A Little Bit (2026)
Donae'O - Big Up The Gooners Around The World (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:
Meantime (1983) *
Krush Groove (1985) *

TV shows I watched and liked:
Dear England (episodes 1 and 2) (2026)
Arsenal vs. Fulham (2026)
Arsenal vs. Athletico Madrid (2026)
Arsenal vs. West Ham (2026)
Celtic vs. Rangers (2026)
Arsenal vs. Burnley (2026)
Celtic vs. Hearts (2026)
Bournemouth vs. Manchester City (2026)
Crystal Palace vs. Arsenal (2026)
Luke Littler vs. Gerwen Price (2026)
Luke Littler vs. Luke Humphries (2026)
Match Of The Day 1 and 2 (new episodes) (2026)

Generic list post: April 2026

Obligatory wrap-up post of those songs I've played most during the month when that annoying pseud Mark Fisher wasn't here to see his annoying rapist hero Rustle Brand's implosion.

Me & My Cousin - My Day (1996)
Egyptian Lover - Vocoder Jam (2025)
6WA - Who Dunnit (2026)
Homeboy Sandman & Luke Warmth - Heet (2026)
BunnaB - Best Bitch (2026)
Sexyy Red - All Da Hoes (2026)
Nine & Dex - White Boy Wasted (2026)
The IT - Mr. Gone (Fingers Edit) (2026)
Mr. Fingers - Replicate (2026)
Ace - How Long (1974)

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 Most Dangerous Game (1932)
Odd Man Out (1946) *
The Siege of Sidney Street (1960)
An American Werewolf In London (1981) *
License To Drive (1988) *

TV shows I watched and liked:
Doctor Who - The Daleks' Master Plan (5 episodes) (1965/1966)
The Capture (series 3 new episodes) (2026)
Mastermind (semi finals + grand final) (2026)
Real Madrid vs. Bayern Munich (2026)
Bayern Munich vs. Real Madrid (2026)
Mainz vs. Bayern Munich (2026)
PSG vs. Bayern Munich (2026)
Athletico Madrid vs Arsenal (2026)

Other notables: listen to my Martorialist classics not on DSPs and revamped Eatem's Greatest Pressure playlists.

Nas was a gun, Larry Heard is like buses

Mr. Fingers - Replicate
(From Leev Ur Mynd album; 2026)

First 2026 gave us new Larry Heard in the form of The IT. Now 2026 gives us more new Larry Heard in the form of Mr. Fingers. Replicate is the track I'm currently gravitating towards on the new Fingers LP because it sounds like the score for a sci-fi movie. Not just any old sci-fi movie tho - this shit sounds like it was precision designed to soundtrack Predator. Every time I press play on this track my third eye catches crazy visionz of Arnie in the jungle creepin' on ah come up as he's hunted by a vulva-faced alien.

What is up with that album title tho? Leev Ur Mynd is the House musik album title equivalent of Public Enemy's New Whirl Odor. Fair play to Public Enemy tho because I didn't think they'd ever come up with an even worse album title than Muse Sick-n-Hour Message.

Our House

The IT - Mr Gone (Fingers Edit)
(From Larry Heard's Vault Sessions 3 EP; 2026)


Chicago House musik alert. Specifically, unreleased Larry Heard alert. Or rather, unreleased Larry Heard and Harry Dennis alert. 41 years after Larry & Harry first released Donnie together in 1985 they return with this gem under their original moniker. When Larry works his fingers while Harry flaps his lips, elite Chicago House invariably happens. This is musik for hard dance floors which sounds like it came from above the clouds. While you stannin' for EDHDM, we taxi for take-off. Keep your lugs peeled for an unexpected Ric Flair homage.

What about our relationship?

The Plugz - Reel Ten
(From Repo Man soundtrack album; 1984)

From heartbreaking to heartwarming or wot? I was at a cremation a couple of weeks ago and got to thinking what songs I'd want played at my own funeral. Reel Ten by The Plugz has gotta be the ultimate valedictory track and it seems great minds think alike. It's a total no brainer because Reel Ten was literally precision-designed to soundtrack a cosmic ride at the end of Repo Man. A piece of music which could only ever be recorded for that specific Alex Cox movie: hauntingly beautiful Chicano Surf-Punk Morricone-core to "peace-out" to.


Never forget the Repo Man incidental music by The Plugz which wasn't on the soundtrack album tho. The petition to get it released starts here!

Generic list post: December 2025

Obligatory wrap-up post of those songs I've played most during the month when I dropped my favourite generic list posts of the annum: the best Rap songs of 2025 and the late pass awards. See yous on the other side.

Newcleus - Disco Kryptonite (2025)
Max B - Lap Dance (2025)
Nas & DJ Premier - It's Time (2025)
LARussell ft. Snow Tha Product - Am I Blurry? (2025)
Trunk Boiz ft. Seiji Oda, Ajaya Jones & Lil' Ricefield - I Can Tell (2025)
BunnaB - Free Him (2025)
TM88 ft. Sosojuicy & Strap Da Fool - I Want That (2025)
Young Devi D - First Day Out (2025)
Jordy ft. Ceebo - Rainy Day (2025)
Bernard Herrmann - The Giant Crab (1961)
The Renegades - Thirteen Women (movie version) (1966)

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:
Scrooge: A Christmas Carol (1951)
Mysterious Island (1961)
Point Blank (1967) *
Night Of The Juggler (1980)
Raiders Of The Lost Ark (1981) *
Home Alone 2: Lost In New York (1992) *

TV shows I watched and liked:
Round The Twist (Santa Claws episode) (1989)
Neighbours (final episodes) (2025)
Only Connect (new episodes) (2025)
Mastermind (new episodes) (2025)
The Weakest Link (Christmas special) (2025)
Arsenal vs. Brentford (2025)
Club Brugge vs. Arsenal (2025)
Manchester United vs. Bournemouth (2025)
Arsenal vs. Aston Villa (2025)
Match Of The Day 1 and 2 (new episodes) (2025)

Other lists I enjoyed were Johnny The Boxx's power 100 and Party Sparty's best old films discovered in 2025. Also liked Pell Rell's 2025 Rap post because it's the only post I've seen which includes Ezale's album.

The obligatory best rap songs of 2025 post

It's my anniversary!

Know Y? It was 40 years ago this year that I first properly heard 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.

Favourite Rap songs of 2025 IMHO:
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
41 - Lisp
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
Young Devi D - First Day Out
Newcleus - Disco Kryptonite
TM88 ft. Sosojuicy & Strap Da Fool - I Want That

Favourite British Rap songs of 2025 IMHO:
Nine & Dex - Power Ranger
Pete & Bas - Whirlybird
SL ft. Knucks & Sainte - Summertime
Ceebo - Jook
Jordy ft. Ceebo - Rainy Day

Favourite non-Rap songs of 2025 IMHO:
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.

The 2025 late pass awards

If you a loko ass reader I'ma call you with that Shaq, a backpack ass reader I'ma talk to you about Y@k, a Bay ass reader I'ma call you about The Pack, came up on Rap music in 1985 and I never, ever came back. Plz believe it's time for my annual list of old songs I've discovered this year which became new favourites. Yeah, I'm late to all these tracks, but so what? Every song in this post will rock yah like the Casbah. Got twenty, that's plenty, yet I still want more. Also kinda fonda Kylie singles from 1994.

Best non-2025 Other Rap songs I discovered in 2025:
Roxanne Shante vs. Sparky D - Round 1 (1985)
Strictly Dope - Never Be Beat (1990?/2007)
O.Z - It's A Black Thing (1990)
Three Below Zero AKA MOOD - Mr. Everything (1995/2016)
G. Dep - Reflections (1996)
Cozmik Law - Loot 'A Getcha (Coast Ta Coast Bust That Dial Mix) (1997)
Z-Man - Night Owl (1998)
Gift of Gab - Rhyme Like A Nut! (1999)
People Under The Stairs ft. Murs - Pulp Fiction (2000)
Edan - Eyeblink (version 2) (200?)
Dru Down - I Rock (2002)
Big Scoob - Say It Loud (American & Proud) (2002)
Murs ft. Shock G & Humpty Hump - Risky Business (2003)
Murs - The Night Before (2003)
Tony Yayo ft. Max B & French Montana - Do It Right (2009)
Young Bari - I Rep That Blocka (2011)
Big Hongry - Early One Morning (2020)
KenTheMan - Not My N*gga (extended version) (2023)
Mello Buckzz ft. G-Herbo - Hmm.. BD (2024)
DCG Shun & DCG Bsauv - Steppers Freestyle (2024)


Best non-2025 Other Genres™ songs I discovered in 2025:
Link Wray - Big City After Dark (1962)
The Renegades - Thirteen Women (movie version) (1966)
John Cameron - Mean Machine (1981)
The Cramps - Weekend On Mars (live) (1983)
Onirico - Stolen Moments (1991)
Never On Sunday - Urban Rains (1992)
Kylie Minogue - Confide In Me (1994)
Real Lies - Oh Me, Oh My (UNREAL mix) (2021)

Confessions of The One Bloke Who Survived The H-Bomb

"Last night I was dreamin'
I dreamed about the H-bomb
The bomb went up from outta the sky I was the only man on the ground

There were thirteen women and only one man in town
Ahhh, thirteen women and only one man in town
And as funny as it may be
The one and only man in town was me
There were thirteen women and only one man around"

The Renegades - Thirteen Women (movie version)
(From Some Finnish movie I don't know the name of; 1966)



AKA the latest instllment of Greatest Movie Scenes Ever.

If the greatest random performance of Rap song in a movie is Digital Underground & 2Pac doing Same Song in Nothing But Trouble, then the greatest random performance of a Rock song in a movie is either L7 doing Gas Chamber in Serial Mom or The Renegades doing Thirteen Women in a sewing factory in some Finnish movie I don't even know the name of.

A British Freakbeat cover of a Bill Haley & His Comets song, Thirteen Women is best described as Carry On proto-Groundhogs. The Renegades were a Birmingham band who were bigger in Finland than they were in England, but clearly had a huge impact on fellow Brummie dirtbags Black Sabbath. Musically, Thirteen Women is stomp-tremendo Garage Rock with haunted house organ; lyrically, Thirteen Women is a teenage wank fantasy episode of The Twilight Zone staring Robin "Confessions of.." Askwith and set after a nuclear explosion. This movie version of the song has slightly different vocals to the single version and the song flows far better as a story this way. Peep 1:00 for the singer pulling an orgasm-face in case his innuendo went over your head.

Generic list post: November 2025

Obligatory wrap-up post of those songs I've played most during the month when Young Bleed died. Rapper deaths hit the hardest when it's an old favourite who was still making good music. And that's I haven't been this gutted about a rapper dying since The Jacka. I'm bloggin' with the violin, not hoppin' up for the downstroke while lil' papi plays the fiddle. R.I.P.

Strictly Dope - Never Be Beat (1990?/2007)
G. Dep - Stay Up (2008)
Tony Yayo ft. Max B & French Montana - Do It Right (2009)
TREE & Parallel Thought - Hang Out (2025)
OnlyHeaven - Text (On The Corner performance) (2025)
BunnaB - Free Him (2025)
WNC Whop Bezzy & 70th Street Carlos - GZ & Souljas (2025)
LARussell & Lil' Jon - I'm From The Bay (2025)
De La Soul - Don't Push Me (2025)
Kurious - When The Coffee Kicks In (2025)
RMC Mike - Right Now (2025)
Nine & Dex - Power Ranger (2025)
Onirico - Stolen Moments (1991)
Real Lies ft. Zoee - Summer Rain (2025)

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 Laurel-Hardy Murder Case (1930)
The Flying Deuces (1939)
Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987) *
Creep (2004)

TV shows I watched and liked:
Neighbours (new episodes) (2025)
Only Connect (new episodes) (2025)
Mastermind (new episodes) (2025)
Kingdom (series 1) (2025)
Celta de Vigo vs. Barcelona (2025)
Scotland vs. Denmark (2025)
Arsenal vs. Tottenham Hotspur (2025)
Arsenal vs. Bayern Munich (2025)
Match Of The Day 1 and 2 (new episodes) (2025)

Other stuff: peep my playlist of 1983 to 1985 Rap/Electro songs I found in the Mr. Bongo record shop and my look at YouTube videos for Rap songs from decades past.

No words

Never On Sunday - Urban Rains
(From Day By Day EP; 1992)

octave one · A3 Never On Sunday - Urban Rains

Deep melancholy Detroit dance music from Octave One under a different name. Detriot dance music is so confusing with all the aliases innit? For example, ur boi only recently realised that Alien FM are Aux 88 under a different guise. Anyhoo, Urban Rains is the missing link between Night Drive the choon and Night Bus the concept. A Woolworths £10 gift voucher from 2008 goes out to anybody who can tell me how I discovered this song. Shout out to the woolyback crew in St. Helens!

Dizzee Rascal - Strings Hoe
(From white label 12"; 2004)

UK Urban Classic Hits · Dizzee Rascal - Strings Hoe (Instrumental) - 2004 - UK Grime

So, there's a 2004 white label Dizzee Rascal instrumental called Strings Hoe which samples John Lurie's Car Florida from the Stranger Than Paradise soundtrack. How on Earth did 20 year old Dizzee Rascal find a John Lurie score from a 1984 Jim Jarmusch movie? Answers on a postcard from Margate plz. Personally, I'm glad Rascal didn't rhyme over Strings Hoe because, if Jarmusch were to ever do a Ghost Dog: The Way Of The Samourai sequel set in London, he could use this track as the main theme. This ain't no ancient civilization here, m8... except sometimes it is.

Generic list post: October 2025

Obligatory wrap-up post of those songs I've played most during the month when YouTube kept recommending me Panda Chop interviews with Copywrite talking about getting beat up by Camu Tao and Icon The Mic King. Will Panda Chop be the person who tracks down Will High and interviews him about the Vordul and El-P incident?

People Under The Stairs ft. Murs - Pulp Fiction (1997/2000)
Big Hongry - Early One Morning (2020)
KenTheMan - Not My N*gga (extended version) (2023)
KenTheMan - First (2024)
Monaleo - Sexy Soulaan (2025)
Monaleo - Spare Change (2025)
Bruiser Wolf & Harry Fraud - Boss Up (2025)
Bruiser Wolf & Harry Fraud - Eye Owe You (2025)
Aesop Rock - Full House Pinball (2025)
Aesop Rock - Call Home (2025)
DJ Megadon - Do It Mega (2025)
Nine & Dex - Postman Pat (2025)
Real Lies - Let The Lips Fall Where They May (2025)
The Cramps - Weekend On Mars (live) (1983)

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 Curse Of The Werewolf (1961)
Kiss Me, Stupid (1964)
Dougal and the Blue Cat (1970)
Allegro non troppo (1976) *
Hollywood Boulevard (1976)
The Cable Guy (1996) *
The Descent (2005) *

TV shows I watched and liked:
Neighbours (new episodes) (2025)
Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing (series 8) (2025)
Mastermind (new episodes) (2025)
Only Connect (new episodes) (2025)
Crystal Palace vs. AFC Bournemouth (2025)
Arsenal vs Atletico Madrid (2025)
Real Madrid vs. Barcelona (2025)
Brentford vs. Liverpool (2025)
Match Of The Day 1 and 2 (new episodes) (2025)

It's Grimandi up north

"And give my warm regards to spring
It's nuffin' personal, but this changes everyfing"

Real Lies - Let The Lips Fall Where They May
(From Let The Lips Fall Where They May single; 2025)

Real Lies · Let the Lips Fall Where They May

Nobody is currently making better surburbaquatic electronic music than the Pet Shop Sad Bois AKA North Circular 17 AKA Real Lies. Let The Lips Fall Where They May dropped in August and was Real Lies' tribute to sticky summers in London. But as a London-born Scorpio lad who became a northerner it makes more sense in the nippy marmalade sunsets of October to ur boi Martinelli. There's very little which makes me patriotic about this silly little island of serfs than British electronic dance music and our penchant for banter about the weather.

I reckon Let The Lips Fall Where They May is the best Real Lies song of 2025 so far, and it only proves that Kev Last Kahras & Pumpin' Patrice should release a compilation of the best Real Lies non-album songs. Obviously the album would include songs like Valentine, Oh Me, Oh My (Nicotine Patch), I Wander, Rare Rapport etc. Ideally, the compilation would also include a studio version of The Lonely Ones from their lockdown livestream. Shit, even a rip of the live performance of it would suffice tbqh.

Generic list post: September 2025

Obligatory wrap-up post of those songs I've played most during the month when I finally learned to love Rap music by white British people. Also the month when I made a list of my favourite Rap songs by the fairer sex from 2020 to 2025.

G. Dep - Reflections (1996)
Mobb Deep - Against The World (2025)
41 - Lisp (2025)
Sturdyyoungin - Respectfully (2025)
Sturdyyoungin - Bottle Wars (2025)
Duke Deuce - Run Up A Check (2025)
Duke Deuce - Brusta (2025)
LARussell & Lil' Jon - I Got Flavor (2025)
Nine & Dex - Shetland Pony (2025)
Pete & Bas - Whirlybird (2025)
Jenevieve - Head Over Heels (2025)
Real Lies - Rare Rapport (2025)

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:
Purple Rain (1984) *
Walker (1987)
Ghost Dog: The Way Of The Samourai (1999) *
Bullet Boy (2004)
Weapons (2025)

TV shows I watched and liked:
A Remarkable Place To Die (series 1) (2024)
Neighbours (new episodes) (2025)
Only Connect (new episodes) (2025)
Mastermind (new episodes) (????)
Arsenal vs. Nottingham Forest (2025)
Newcastle United vs. Arsenal (2025)
Juventus vs. Inter Milan (2025)
Atletico Madrid vs. Rayo Vallecano (2025)
Atletico Madrid vs. Real Madrid (2025)
Match Of The Day 1 and 2 (new episodes) (2025)

Doing It To Death

When the Grim Reaper gets on the good foot and sticks his toe in my arse, feel free to have a whip around to pay MC Hammer to dance at my funeral. Please, please, please tell me there's full footage of this Hammer tribute to James Brown?