My Favorite Raps by Me

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Going AWOL

"22 Two's" is one of my favorite Jay-Z songs and "44 Four's" is no less incredible.  I love super in-depth wordplay like this, so I wanted to put my own spin on it.  

Here's my take on "44 Four's" (count 'em!) which I took a step further by doing 44 bars (of 4 beats each, of course) and making the track exactly 2:22:2 long.

Hit me up, Roc Nation.

44 Four's

A super-quick contribution for Freestyle Fridays on 23-06-09.

https://www.reddit.com/r/makinghiphop/comments/1454mrd/freestyle_friday_post_your_beats_to_be_rapped_on/

Beat: https://soundcloud.com/jester-448067962/get-back-gritty-ny-style-beat-94-bpm

Tools of the Trade

Tools of the Trade (produced by JesTer)

Just me being myself: dirty and nerdy.

Beat: https://soundcloud.com/jester-448067962/get-up-its-friday-93-bpm

Dirty Nerdy Freestyle

Dirty Nerdy Freestyle (produced by JesTer)

One other promotional rap for LinkedIn's IC Career Development Week 2023.  This one is about learning the Rust programming language, something I've been doing and one of the series of workshops we're offering.

Beat: https://soundcloud.com/jester-448067962/yeah-yeah

Iron Oxide

Iron Oxide - ICCDW23 Promo #2 (produced by JesTer)

A quick little rap about how I once had the opportunity to make an unfathomable amount of money in a very shady way and my girlfriend at the time (now my wife of almost 20 years) told me "if you go to jail, I won't wait for you".  I definitely made the right choice with "love over money".

Beat: https://soundcloud.com/8thdan/jay-z-x-just-blaze-type-beat-2023-hall-of-flames/s-ONrv5PvTRU5

Love Over Money

Love Over Money (produced by 8thDan)

My submission for the latest Biweekly Cypher contest on Reddit.  The beat was provided with the theme "Disputably Benevolent Mischief", so I decided to take it slightly differently and rap about trying to benevolent and it turning out as mischief.

Sadly, more than part of this is based on a true story.

Beat: https://soundcloud.com/jester-448067962/freestyle-friday-funk-attack

Mischievous Benevolence

Mischievous Benevolence (produced by JesTer)

A verbal portrait of the back-and-forth dance between hackers and defenders in the digital realm.


Featuring raystanz (@user-193416074 - https://linktr.ee/raystanz)
Mixed by (@pairadyce - https://open.spotify.com/artist/7w7R1cRSjv60v3z1XFk1yc)

Video: https://youtu.be/5qrYtfn-1H0

Arms Race

Arms Race (featuring raystanz)

A cypher track I did awhile ago that I'm not cleared to use the beat for yet.  I wanted to throw this verse out there for feedback though, so when offered a beat to spit on...

Beat by Hazy Dayz

Nerdiest Cypher Rapper

Nerdiest Cypher Rapper (produced by Hazy Dayz)

AWOL and raystanz capture the struggle of maintaining a healthy work-life balance in the modern world; a reflection of the overwhelming reality of many of us who work long hours and sacrifice their personal time with family and friends for their career.

Featuring raystanz (@user-193416074 - https://linktr.ee/raystanz)
Mixed by (@pairadyce - https://open.spotify.com/artist/7w7R1cRSjv60v3z1XFk1yc)

No Days Off

No Days Off (featuring raystanz)

A song about all the travel I do for work and how much I miss my family when I do so.  It literally feels like I'm never coming back sometimes...

Beat: https://soundcloud.com/ghostrampoline/lff23-silent-but-doghouse

One-Way

One-Way (produced by Ghosts on a Trampoline)

Homage to Run D.M.C.'s "Raising Hell" album on top of an amazing sample from "Peter Piper", the first song.

Beat: https://soundcloud.com/wallygeba/gonzo-i-run-all-d-mc-s-freestyle-friday-12152023

Raising Hell

Raising Hell (produced by Gonzo)

Paying homage to the Oxford comma.  Just use it... or your girlfriend will dump you.

Original beat: https://soundcloud.com/jester-448067962/they-not-monsters

Comman Sense

Comman Sense (produced by JesTer)

Just a couple of normal guys that like to hop on the mic and rap over beats.

Featuring DJB: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4ugL9MqHTLfu37tZ8ArfjL
Mixed by Pair-a-Dyce: https://open.spotify.com/artist/7w7R1cRSjv60v3z1XFk1yc (@pairadyce)

Part-Time Rappers

Part-Time Rappers (featuring DJB)

My Bot > Your Bot

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNGLlChbMzE
Mixed by Pair-a-Dyce: https://open.spotify.com/artist/7w7R1cRSjv60v3z1XFk1yc (@pairadyce)

My Bot

So close to the top I can see it, but it's still so far away...

Original Beat: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ts2_i4ilL7k

Foothills of Calabasas

Foothills of Calabasas (produced by Vinyl Syndicate Beats)

1 of 1.  Unique...different...ain't nobody like us.

Featuring @tymathelambmuzik
Mixed by Pair-a-Dyce: https://open.spotify.com/artist/7w7R1cRSjv60v3z1XFk1yc (@pairadyce)

1 of 1

1 of 1 (featuring Tymathe Lamb)

Just a couple of polite gentlemen hopping on a track together.

Featuring and Mixed by Mister Williams: https://www.instagram.com/its_misterwilliams

Original beat: https://soundcloud.com/jester-448067962/im-still-here

Yes, Sir!

Yes, Sir! (featuring Mister Williams)

A diss track aimed at the bug that pissed me off this week...

Original beat: https://soundcloud.com/estepaxbeats/downhome

Red Dots

Red Dots (produced by estepax)

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Outpainting Myself
Out, Painting Myself
Out-painting Myself

Outpainting Myself

Stressed Out

Stressed Out (featuring EYERAP)

A rap about "emerging talent" (apprentices, interns, and entry-level), which is part of what I help run at LinkedIn.  Our Summer internships are all wrapping up and I've recently helped run a few different events. I've been really motivated just spending time with so many amazing people that are earlier in their journeys than I am.

Original beat: https://soundcloud.com/lewashby/noface

Emerging Talent

Emerging Talent (produced by Ashby)

A random freestyle about hacking for a Freestyle Friday.

Original beat: https://soundcloud.com/jf-cousineau-428276549/the-don

Rootkit Freestyle

Rootkit Freestyle (produced by Earsblower)

Something a little darker than usual...  a Halloween rap for a r/makinghiphop cypher contest with this beat and the theme "Spooks".

Beat: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuKK8ffCfDc

Everyday Halloween

Everyday Halloween (produced by dceps)

I've been fighting fires all week.  I had to let out some of that energy.

Original beat: https://soundcloud.com/cobaltwayfarer/howl-at-the-moon-v2

Incident Innocence

Incident Innocence (produced by CobaltWayfarer)

A little Freestyle Friday to end the year.  Just letting you all know what to get me for Christmas next year...

Original beat: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiweEIPycdU

All I Want for Christmas (is More Money) (produced by Morti Viventear)

A track about being seen.  Featuring @doctor-e-phd and @underdog-rising.

Catch the full album from the r/makinghiphop Reddit community here: https://open.spotify.com/album/5FyATBNUalKiAu2ksyu7Uu

The Ruins (featuring Underdog Rising and Doctor.e.phd)

Some darker boom bap.  With @chadwestlake and @ayvoree.

Catch the full album from the r/makinghiphop Reddit community here: open.spotify.com/album/5FyATBNUalKiAu2ksyu7Uu

Gloom Bap (featuring chad westlake and Ayvoree)

Some darker boom bap.  With @chadwestlake and @ayvoree.

A demo version of the song I posted previously, but I like the middle pocket of the song where I landed here better, so I wanted to post it. 🙂

Catch the full album from the r/makinghiphop Reddit community here: open.spotify.com/album/5FyATBNUalKiAu2ksyu7Uu

Gloom Bap (featuring chad westlake and Ayvoree) [Demo]

Some bouncy shit.

Catch the full album from the r/makinghiphop Reddit community here: https://open.spotify.com/album/5FyATBNUalKiAu2ksyu7Uu

JUMP (featuring Enfermatiko, Rebel Eye, WIZARD DOOM, and 2wo6ix)

Nerdcore California Love!  Featuring Mac Daddy Dave, AWOL, InJustX, High-C, and Rhyme Flow. Produced by OG Don Vito. Engineered by Project K.

The West Coast (featuring Mac Daddy Dave, InJustX, High-C, Rhyme Flow, OG Don Vito, Project K)

A track about being broken and pushing through it.

Created for the WhiteCollarRhymes Battle of the Bangers Tournament.

Broken

A bunch of insideous dudes, hopping on a track together.

Catch the full album from the r/makinghiphop Reddit community here: https://open.spotify.com/album/5FyATBNUalKiAu2ksyu7Uu

Insideous (featuring Mister Williams, chad westlake, and Rob Natural)

A song for LinkedIn's Women in Technology (WIT) Connect Conference 2025.  

Allyship is how we can all participate and we need to accelerate action in gender equality!~

Accelerate Action (produced by estepax)

I work at LinkedIn and like to make raps about engineering, leadership, and related topics.

AWOL

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