Larry June has been a reliable roadmap to quality product for a long time now, a co-sign worth exploring. That Good Job tag means something real at this point, especially after his trilogy of winners with Alchemist & Co. Foggieraw is a DMV artist making a big push for 2026 with Mercury Records behind him, and this video is one hell of a colorful, entertaining start.
That start was a long time coming, and no success story is an overnight delivery. This cat has been grinding in public for a decade now. That squeeze was worth the juice: he worked his way up to fighting for attention alongside Scar Lip and Symba on the 2023 XXL Cypher, a sad institution that will likely outlast the magazine itself. (And let’s not forget, they’ve already out-lasted The Source, which is now basically a blog for Shawn Grant. Hopefully that’s a paying gig.)
I was sufficiently curious to cop Foggieraw’s 2026 LP With No Due Respect, the fruit of all his hustling in the industry trenches. I was not prepared for the sheer range this cat has, and I was definitely not expecting that John Legend feature. It’s a major label debut, but past that, it’s a baffling meal. The production is outstanding but the actual songwriting is often undercooked, the work of a hyperactive genius who has yet to restrain his ADHD for more than eight bars at a stretch.
Maybe he doesn’t have to. The album might be a hot mess but it’s a charming one, too. Refreshingly, Foggieraw has no ambitions of being The Best Rapper. Even on the track titled “Rookie of the Year,” he’s just flossing a stream-of-consciousness flow over some laid back yacht rock sonics. The album is primarily preoccupied with what God thinks of his sex life. Weirder still, it mostly works. When you’re a complicated man of many talents, you don’t have to do anything the normal way, and Foggieraw takes full advantage of that for 17 memorably oddball tracks.
“Disrespectfully Decline” is the best feature on the album. The catatonically understated Larry June is not exactly famous for stealing the show, but the Jalen Jackson beat is custom tailored to suit his style and he delivers a sharp, funny cameo that patterns itself after Foggieraw’s opener.
That said, this is still Larry June, so whether all that amounts to a solid verse or another trademark snoozefest about rare cars, long money and healthy food is up to you. The video itself, however, is undeniable. Big dog props to Ryan “Roc” Fauntleroy and Gyasi “G” Clemons for delivering something rare: a major label product that looks cutting edge instead of simply looking expensive. Every frame here is art.
This is exuberantly polarizing shit, but I’m sold American. Sure, it seems like everyone is acting too cool to rap in 2026, but both of these gentlemen have the charisma, gravity & sly humor to make that energy work. The album behind this spectacle might be a mixed bag but I’ll be bumping this joint all summer long. Five Dickies. Good job, Larry.
