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| Destination | Link | |---|---| | SoundCloud | Play | | DAJAI Track Page | Open | | Artist | SoundCloud dajai-io · supercooldaj · Apple Music |
"Excuse To Shake" is exactly two minutes of Daj' on the @dajai-io SoundCloud account, and the title tells you what the record wants from you before it plays a note. It went up on 2026/08/12, filed under Hip-hop & Rap, and has collected 192 tracked plays and 1 like since.
That date matters. The same day saw several other Daj' uploads land on the account, which makes this song part of a batch rather than a lone drop. Reading it alongside its neighbors, and against the tags written onto it, is the best way to understand it without inventing anything.
What the tags say about the sound
SoundCloud lets an uploader write keyword tags onto a track, and those tags are some of the only first-hand descriptions available for this one. The list includes Hip-Hop, Rap, Trap, "street rap," "mixtape," "new music," 2026, "independent artist" and "Las Vegas."
Taken together, those words sketch a lane. Trap points to the drum language: rolling hi-hats, heavy low end, sparse melody. "Street rap" points to subject matter and delivery rather than polish. "Mixtape" signals the format the artist has in mind, loose and fast instead of a carefully sequenced album. None of that guarantees what you will hear, but it is the artist's own framing, and it is more trustworthy than a guess.
A title that works as an instruction
"Excuse To Shake" reads less like a story and more like a cue. Songs titled this way usually aim at a room, not a pair of headphones. Since this desk has no verified lyrics, the useful move is to listen for whether the hook delivers on the title. Does the beat give a reason to move inside the first fifteen seconds? Does the chorus repeat the phrase, or does it live only on the label?
Two minutes is a tight window for a club-minded record. There is time for a hook, a verse and a return, and not much more, so the drop has to arrive early.
Inside the August batch
The 2026/08/12 upload date connects this song to a cluster of short Daj' records posted the same day, several carrying matching tags. When an independent artist posts a run of songs at once, it usually reflects one of two things: clearing out a backlog of finished work, or building a pool of material that fans can pick from. Either way, the batch tells you that "Excuse To Shake" is meant to be heard as one entry in a run, not as a campaign single with its own rollout.
That fits where the catalog stood at the time. DARK I - Outwitting the Devil had arrived on 2026-04-07 as the first volume of the planned 10-volume DARK Library, and the months after were filled with looser material on SoundCloud while the album cycle moved on.
For a listener, the practical upshot is simple. If this one works for you, the other songs posted that same afternoon are the next place to look, since they were tagged the same way and likely finished in the same stretch of sessions.
Las Vegas in the metadata
One tag stands out because it is a place: "Las Vegas." Daj' is based there, and putting the city in the metadata is a small brand decision with real search value. Someone browsing SoundCloud for local rap can find the record through that tag alone. It also anchors the song to a home base that runs through the rest of his public work, from the music to the Code Black Associates athletics and culture brand.
The numbers, plainly
The track shows 192 plays and 1 like. Those are long-tail numbers inside a catalog of 14,030 SoundCloud tracks and about 9.39M deduped plays overall, a total heavily concentrated in a handful of songs. A two-minute August upload sitting near 200 plays is typical of how deep that shelf runs.
Where to play it
This track is up on SoundCloud only, under the @dajai-io handle. If the title does its job and you find yourself moving, the fastest way to push an independent upload forward is to like it, repost it, or add it to a playlist of your own.
FAQ
Where can I stream Daj' - Excuse To Shake?
SoundCloud has Daj' - Excuse To Shake up, and dajai.io keeps a Daj' - Excuse To Shake page with the current Daj' - Excuse To Shake links.
Who made Daj' - Excuse To Shake?
Daj' (DAJAI) made Daj' - Excuse To Shake in-house - writing, recording, and mastering, no outside studio.
When was Daj' - Excuse To Shake released?
The catalog dates Daj' - Excuse To Shake to 2026/08/12.
Does Daj' - Excuse To Shake belong to an album?
Daj' - Excuse To Shake stands as its own catalog entry rather than part of a named album.
Track Intel
| Field | Value | |---|---| | Title | Daj' - Excuse To Shake | | Artist | DAJAI | | Album / context | Hip-hop & Rap | | Plays (tracked) | 192 | | Catalog likes (if any) | 1 | | Source desk | DAJAI sovereign catalog | | Release | 2026/08/12 |
Filed by DAJAI Stewart · Music & Catalog Editor · @SuperCoolDaj · MUSIC DRIP DESK