My Favorite Raps by Me

Rap paying homage to my little brother, Jeremy Wolkov, who passed away in 2020.

The Ghost Of Jeremy Wolkov

It's my constant condition. 🤷‍♀️

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

Made for Reddit's r/makinghiphop Freestyle Friday thread for 06/02/2023: https://www.reddit.com/r/makinghiphop/comments/13yc3xa/comment/jmm55qj/

Beat: "Suits" by Bleak Neon (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlImXwTvRlc)

Going AWOL on Reddit

Unbalanced

Unbalanced (produced by Bleak Neon)

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)

There's a prevailing thought I've seen in many different companies that being a manager is somehow an easier role to either progress up the ladder in or to simply exist in than individual contributor (IC) roles.

That would be false.

AWOL's Rap Up!

Managemyth (produced by jkeychan)

I've posted a bit on social media that it's been a couple of rough weeks worth of sleep for me and I already have bad insomnia.  Shout out to all my late night/early morning warriors out there.  I feel you. ❤️

Hooking up with my boy JesTer again for another Reddit Freestyle Friday track on 23-06-16.

https://www.reddit.com/r/makinghiphop/comments/14aw9c2/freestyle_friday_post_your_beats_to_be_rapped_on/

Beat: https://soundcloud.com/jester-448067962/somewhere-inbetween

Sleep Anxiety

Sleep Anxiety (produced by JesTer)

A quick rap for Freestyle Friday about a trip I'm on to visit my grandma in Florida.

Not my best rap ever, but I had fun spitting verses in the small gaps between her making noise.  I _gotta_ freestyle on Friday, after all...

Beat: https://soundcloud.com/estepaxbeats/back-steps

Florida Accelerator (produced by estapax)

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)

I lead a yearly event for all LinkedIn Engineers called "Individual Contributor Career Development Week", or ICCDW.  This is a week full of sessions, workshops, talks, etc. in order to help LinkedIn Engineers improve their skills, including our "famous" overnight Hackathon.

Since our target audience is between 5-10,000 people, I did a few promotional raps to try to get some folks hyped up.

Beat: https://soundcloud.com/jester-448067962/not-that-easy

ICCDW23 Promo #1

ICCDW23 - Promo #1 (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 song about triumphing over adversity.

Created for Reddit's Biweekly Cypher contest with the theme of "triumph" and this beat.

Trials and Tribulations

Trials and Tribulations (produced by leftfield)

Just having a little fun on a super fun beat.  

Rapper/Engineer/Entrepreneur.  Yea, that's me.  Slashes galore.

Beat: https://soundcloud.com/jester-448067962/freestyle-friday-back-at-it-hip-hop-instrumental

Slash Freestyle

Slash Freestyle (produced by JesTer)

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)

I've been told so many times that my raps are "robotic" that I decided to stop trying to fight it and finally just lean into it.

Beat: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ef_1-fozhQI

Robotic Rapper

Robotic Rapper (produced by E.D.I.)

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)

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)

We've all seen "Hackers".  Your garbage file is hidden at `/root/.workspace/.garbage`.  Thanks for the passwords!

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

Garbage File

Garbage File (featuring raystanz)

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)

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	  doSDLC(step);

	  if (step == SDLC.DEPLOY) {
	    step = SDLC.PLAN;
	  } else {
	    step += 1;
	  }
}

SDLC

"CLICK-CLACK" is never a good sound.  No matter how it's generated...

Original beat: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHy2j0mG2fk

CLICK-CLACK

CLICK-CLACK (produced by SHAFTPUNK.)

I mean really listen, don't just hear, son...

From the r/makinghiphop Mixtape, Exceedingly Dope Things, Side A.  Listen to the rest of the album here: https://open.spotify.com/album/7qF4H7X3k30TrIpDEjlHgw

Exceedingly Dope Things, Side A

Listen!

Listen! (featuring Rebel Eye, Underdog Rising, and itz SKIT) (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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