P.L.O Style (no Method Man)

P-Lo ft. Larry June - Good
(From STUNNA album; 2022)


California livin' it up or wot? Alas, Good turned out to be the highlight of P-Lo's new album. I ain't even mad though because P-Lo's 2020/2021 run of singles turned my crib into a club throughout the U.K's various lockdowns. That said, it's a bit odd P didn't put Going Off on the new album because that shit is his Slap-Supremo G.O.A.T song IMHO. File this shit under 'tracks which should come with brake pads.'

P-Lo - Going Off
(From Going Off single; 2021)


California rappers seem to love football: we've seen Snoop wearing a Celtic jersey, Husalah posing with Robbie Keane, J.Stalin rhyming about David Beckham, Kendrick Lamar pledging allegiance to Spurs, Mack 10 at L.A Galaxy games, and Tyler The Creator in a Juventus shirt. But P-Lo is the only one walking around Cali with a Roberto Baggio rat tail. That's amore foreal foreal.

Jupitor Ascending

If you're a real Egyptian Lover fan you'll know that him & his buddy Gerald Bo Brown recorded a song called Computer Power under the alias of Jamie Jupitor in 1985. But what you might not know is that they dropped another Jamie Jupitor song in 2016... and it bumps! True story: if you'd played this track to ancient Egyptians they'd think they were being attacked by the Martian tripod machines from War Of The Worlds.

Jamie Jupitor - Future Computer
(From The Bass Academy Vol.2 12" single; 2016)


Not a lotta people realise this, but Electro type shit is some of the best music to drive to. The clue was there in the track titles all along - from Autobahn to Night Drive (Thru Babylon).

Seiji says RELAX

Seiji Oda - Enjoi (Goro)
(From YouTube; 2022)


A little slice of Monday mindfulness from the Gas God of Gentle Giggin': musical Chai tea to soundtrack a spot of Tai-Chi. Not sure about Seiji's new "I've just discovered Indie Rock"-era Cage hairdoo tho - my man best hope he doesn't bump into Vast Aire looking like that. Anyhoo, Enjoi (Goro) and What It Feel Like are two sides of the same Chi like Penrod "Penry" Pooch and Hong Kong Phooey.

Seiji Oda - What It Feel Like
(From YouTube; 2022)


Bonus beats: Cyborg is Seiji's best R&Hyphy song and best music video IMHO. You've got all these ham & egger new NorCal rappers mean muggin' with their m8s in sausage-fest Rap videos, and here comes Seiji Oda with only a toy robot and an ice cream cone for company. Legendary costume change too: from ninja to Nump in 3 seconds flat.

Seiji Oda - Cyborg
(From Cyborg single; 2021)

Wholesome Of Mischief

Ugly Duckling - Fresh Mode
(From Fresh Mode EP; 1999)


How I learned to stop worrying and love this song: forget how annoying Ugly Duckling's fans were and enjoy the song for its wholesome backpack-and-forth between Andy Cooper & Dizzy Dustin. It's silly to let other people ruin an artist for you, but Ugly Duckling's fanboys tended to be 4 Elements fundamentalists or "I don't usually listen to Rap BUT..." guys, so that's my excuse and I'm stickin' to it. A pity, though, because I coulda used Fresh Mode as a Nice & Squeaky-Clean detox from songs like Freddie Foxxx's Part Of My Life and Juvenile's U Understand back in 1999.

Mind you, I was absolutely right to hate Everybody C'mon back in '99. If that song were a person then it'd be Wicked22.

Generic list post: August 2022

Obligatory wrap-up post of those songs I've played most during the month when I learned about the funniest Rap conspiracy theory ever: 2Pac faked his death, hid out for a few years, and then reinvented himself as... Akil The MC from Jurassic 5. Up next: Paul C secretly survived being shot, moved to California, and became Andy Cooper from Ugly Duckling.

Mac Dre - Shoulda Been Mo (O.G version) (1997/2013)
Problem Child - When She Hears This Tape (1999)
2Rare - Oochie Coochie (2022)
Boosie - Big Unc (2022)
Monaleo ft. Flo Milli - We Not Humping (remix) (2022)
Texas Boyz - Awready (2022)
Mike Sherm - Ballin' (2022)
Deviosy ft. Young Jr - GlockLover (2022)
Lady Ice - Up North (2022)
The Chats - The Price Of Smokes (2022)

Other stuff: I made a best of Eatem playlist and spread love to live performance scenes in movies by L7 and the Beastie Boys; Hotbox made a compilation/playlist of some of his favourite Lil' Wayne features; Party Sparty done a list of his favourite fictional movie psychopaths.

God gave two versions of We Not Humping to you

Monaleo ft. Flo Milli - We Not Humping (remix)
(From We Not Humping (remix) single; 2022)


I've grown to like the We Not Humping remix almost as much as the original. That beat is so damn good you can just jam both versions back-to-back like late buses. Really don't understand how there are DJs out here complaining that there's no modern Rap for the dancefloor when there's two versions of We Not Humping staring them in the face. The problem is that DJs are too lazy to dig beyond Spotify playlist hits and too shook to play anything their punters are unfamiliar with. So, they've noone to blame but themselves that they're forced to play boring singles by Lil' Baby and Gunna through gritted teeth when they could be playing We Not Humping and Duke Deuce singles instead.

Hey DJs - God gave FNF (Let's Go) to you, gave Oochie Coochie to you, gave Je M'appelle to everyone.

All the DJs at the back sing along with me - God gave Fast (Motion) to you, gave Get Jumped to you, gave Bird Walk to everyone.

Jojo Camel

Oi Spartorialist - I've just thought of a glaring omission from the canon of Great Songs Recorded Especially For Movies: Camel Lips' Gas Chamber from Serial Mom. There's hundreds upon hundreds of Great Songs Recorded Especially For Movies, but precious few where the artist got to cameo their song with a live performance set-piece. Kathleen Turner lit Justin Whalin up like a Christmas tree, but he went out with Donita Sparks spilling a little liquor on his burning body. Death by Donita! A Grunge Grand Guignol.


If Gas Chamber is the G.O.A.T live performance scene featuring a Great Song Recorded Especially For A Movie, then the Beastie Boys performance of Desperado in Tougher Than Leather comes in in second place, closely followed by Stu Gardner's performance of Mighty Good Times in Point Blank. Their Desperado performance was our last glimpse of the #problematic Beastie brat era before they left Def Jam. Like my man KRS said R.I.P Ad-Rock.


Camel Lips were, of course, L7 with prosthetic vulvas down their leggings. Nowadays most regular folk know L7's Shitlist as "that song from Natural Born Killers", but between 1992 and 1994 Shitlist was known as "that song from Pet Semetary Two." Edward Furlong was that movie's star and it was him who suggested Shitlist for that particularly horrible scene. What a little sicko eh? Plot twist: John Connor was the real villain in Terminator 2. Come back, T-1000 - all is forgiven!

Mob Trial 4 coming soon?

Deviosy ft. Young Jr - GlockLover
(From GlockLover single; 2022)


Mob Figaz meets Mobb Deep vibez on this single by one of the Bird Walk guy's sidekicks & the Bird Walk guy himself. Mob Figaz because it sounds like it could be from a 4th installment of the Mob Trial compilation series, Mobb Deep because the song's topic is Gun Love. Gonna use this one as the B-Side to Bird Walk because it's a good opportunity to post that song again for doz that slept. What I really really want out of random NorCal Rap is anthems which give me the same feeling I got when I first heard No Hoe. Much like Big Tymin', Bird Walk gave me ALL the feels with a New Orleans twist.

Young Jr - Bird Walk
(From Bird Walk single; 2022)


NorCal Rap with a Michigan influence? Despicable. NorCal Rap with a New Orleans influence? Sensational.