Late pass!

Young Bari - I Rep That Blocka
(From M.O.B Pt 2 The Meeting album; 2011)


Finding out that pre-HBK P-Lo produced Young Bari's On My Own Hype has got me checking out Bari's music from the early 2010s when he was working with various HBK members. I remember the single Mob Solo which Iamsu hooked up, but that shit never much tickled my fancy. What very much does tickle my fancy, however, is this other Iamsu produced single I Rep That Blocka; a notable entry in the Bay meets Bayou soundin'-ass-canon. Youse Bird-brain squares will dismiss this song as "Crash Bandicoot music", but us big-brain connoisseurs know that Rap music is often at its best when it sounds like some ol' robotic, futuristic Crash Bandicoot shit. Doctor Neo Cortex - we comin' for you, brotha!

School of Rock

"Same bat time, same bat channel
Same flatline, same plaid flannel
Same bad gamble
Same graff' name on the axe handle
Brand new taxidermy mammal on the mantle
Maaaaannnn"

Aesop Rock - Send Help
(From Black Hole Suprette album; 2025)


Homeboy Sandman has become a bore who can't make a song without making vaccines/veganism/not owning a smartphone, but ya host still needs to get his jollies from the post-Fondle 'Em pipeline. So, it's time for me to finally take a smell of what Aesop Rock is cooking. I'm a changed man, my taste has range, ma'am, I got a whole new game plan. Listened to his new single and said "that's nothing but game, fam!"

Related: initially loathed the LL song wot sounds like El-P and then ended up liking it as part of his album. But what a shitty bargain budget Westside Plum type video this is eh? Never forgive action from a rapper who had some of the best music videos of the 80s and 90s.

"Chef's in the kitchen while we out fly fishin'
Water so clean, you can see the fish pissin'"

LL Cool J - The Force
(From The Force album; 2024/YouTube; 2025)

Born Alone, Dine Alone

Eatem ft. Mr Blitzem - Poppin' Dem Bxs
(From the internet; 2025)


Eatem back! This is a different type of Baton Rouge brawl music where the brawl is an internal battle between neurotransmitters and drugs consumed. There's a war goin' on inside no pill popper is safe from. If Eatem is back properly then it's time he finally drops the video for Lil' Phat Flow. Reeeeewind for the best Lil' Phat homage ever.

Eatem - Lil' Phat Flow
(From Lil' Phat Flow single; 2022)

Turf talk

Young Bari - On My Own Hype
(From Young Bari & J Roc's M.O.B album; 2008)


New favourite Instagram account alert: I'm So Hyphy. Exquisite taste in choonz I do know, and even better taste in choonz I don't know. Picture me not knowing that pre-HBK P-Lo produced Young Bari's On My Own Hype. Plz believe I'm not an anniversary dates bloke, but I gotta appreciate an account which tells me that Beeda Weeda's debut single Turf's Up was released on December 27th 2005.

Beeda Weeda - Turf's Up
(From Turfology album; 2006)


Very impressive that Beeda Weeda could score a Lil' Jon cameo for his debut video innit? The Turf's Up video was uploaded to Beeda's Own channel on February 15th 2006 surely making it was one of the very first NorCal Rap videos uploaded to YouTube.

Generic list post: May 2025

Obligatory wrap-up post of those songs I've played most during the month when Mac Dre appeared as an option in one of the Daily Mirror's quizzes. Gotta be the first time Mac Dre's name has appeared in a British newspaper. Bring back Derek McGovern's gambling column IMHO.

Roxanne Shante vs. Sparky Dee - Round 1 (1985)
Edan - Eyeblink (2nd version) (200?)
OnlyHeaven - Text (2025)
Ezale - How Much Dope (2025)
Seiji Oda ft. Trunk Boiz - No Fillins2 (2025)
Seiji Oda - Sleeve Jobs (2025)
X-Raided - Queen of Hearts (2025)
Lord Sko ft. Grand Puba - Girbaud Talk (2025)
Slade - Them Kinda Monkeys Can't Swing (1974)
Real Lies - Down & Out (Where E-Girls Dare) (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:
Accident (1967)
Slade In Flame (1975) *
Picnic At Hanging Rock (1975) *
Vampire's Kiss (1988)
The Boy From Andromeda (1991)
The Surfer (2025)

TV shows I watched and liked:
Neighbours (new episodes) (2025)
Mastermind (grand final) (2025)
Toy Shop On Tour (final episode) (2025)
Brentford vs. Man United (2025)
Southampton vs. Arsenal (2025)
Crystal Palace vs. Manchester City (2025)
Inter Milan vs. Barcelona (2025)
Barcelona vs. Real Madrid (2025)
PSG vs. Inter Milan (2025)
Match Of The Day 1 and 2 (new episodes) (2024)

Other stuff: I made a playlist of my top 10 favourite non-2025 Rap songs I've discovered in 2025; enjoyed Party Sparty's post about Peter Cushing's first Dr. Who movie.

Born To Audiomack: Top 10 2025 Late Pass Faves

~~ Top 10 2025 Late Pass Faves ~~

1. O.Z - It's A Black Thing (1990)
2. Three Below Zero AKA MOOD - Mr. Everything (1995/2016)
3. Edan - Eyeblink (2nd version) (200?)
4. Dru Down - I Rock (2002)
5. Murs ft. Shock G & Humpty Hump - Risky Business (2003)
6. Murs - The Night Before (2003)
7. Juvenile ft. Mannie Fresh - Party (2024)
8. Mello Buckzz ft. G-Herbo - Hmm.. BD (2024)
9. DCG Shun & DCG Bsauv - Steppers Freestyle (2024)
10. 504icygrl - Throw Me Something Big (2024)



No shotz @ youse ol' McRib ass bloggers who only show up to show out once a year, but I feel like my blog got dust in it from not bustin' it this month. Even when I'm busier than a blue-arsed fly IRL I've still got an itchy posting finger for the URL. And so, here's a playlist of 10 killer non-2025 Rap songs which I've discovered this year. Murs gets 2 slots on the tracklist because Risky Business and The Night Before are both equally brilliant in completely different ways.

If you go down to the woods today you're sure of a big surproiz

Seiji Oda ft. Trunk Boiz - No Fillins2
(From HUMAN+NATURE album; 2025)


Seiji Oda already recorded a homage to the Trunk Boiz Cupcake No Fillin back in 2021. Now he's recorded a sequel featuring none other than the Trunk Boiz themselves. This ain't Cloud-Rap, this is Incense Smoke-Rap. Even your new age hippy missus can catch a vibe to this shit when she's treating her chakras with her collection of painted rocks healing crystals.

Ladies, please!

Roxanne Shante vs. Sparky Dee - Round 1
(From Round 1 EP thingy; 1985)


Mid 80s Tuff drum-machine excellence! Spyder-D lit the fuse on Roxanne Shante & Sparky Dee's tampons and then let them rip the living piss outta each other back-and-forth on this little known 80s track. And it really should be more known because it's one of the most vicious dis songs of the 80s. No matter the medium, there's little more entertaining than a cat fight.