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"Juicy Fruit" by Mtume is one of the records saved in Daj's SoundCloud favorites, and it is a different kind of pull than most of what lands on this desk. The upload sits on the Mtume account with a genre tag of Jazz, a tracked count of 88,614 plays, and no album attached in our data. It reads as a standalone single, and that is how we file it.
This page is written from the listener's chair. Daj' did not make this record and did not work with Mtume. What we can do is explain why a song like this belongs in the listening graph of an independent rapper from Las Vegas, and what that says about the music Daj' puts out.
A Jazz tag in a rap listening graph
The first detail that stands out is the genre field. Most of the favorites around it carry hip-hop tags. This one is filed under Jazz on SoundCloud. Tags are set by uploaders and they are not always precise, but they still tell you how the account wants the song to be found. A Jazz tag points listeners toward musicianship, groove and arrangement rather than toward verses and hooks.
We do not have a runtime for this upload, so we will not talk about song length or structure. We also will not list players, instruments or production credits, because the data we hold does not name any. The title alone is playful and sweet, and the tag suggests a record built for feel. That is enough to set the mood without making anything up.
Why rap writers keep records like this around
Rappers have always kept non-rap records close. Some are for mood, some for pocket, some because a melody stays in your head for years. A favorites list that mixes Jazz-tagged songs with rap tells you the person saving them listens wide.
For Daj', that wide listening shows up in how the catalog is organized. The DARK Library is planned as a 10-volume album cycle. Volume I, DARK I - Outwitting the Devil, came out on 2026-04-07, and each chapter maps to Napoleon Hill's 1938 manuscript "Outwitting the Devil." It sits at Kether on the Kabbalistic Tree of Life and was mastered by Solana Conejo. A project that ambitious needs a broad base of influences, and a favorites list is where that base becomes visible.
The count, read plainly
The tracked number on this upload is 88,614 plays. The likes field in our snapshot shows 0, which looks like a capture artifact rather than a real reading of how people feel about the song, so we leave it out of any conclusion. The play total is the honest figure, and it is printed here exactly as tracked.
That number belongs to the Mtume upload, not to Daj'. On the Daj' side, the scale is 14030 SoundCloud tracks spread across two handles, @dajai-io and @supercooldaj. Both are real catalogs of separate uploads. Seeing a favorites record next to that body of work is useful because it separates two things fans often blur: what an artist listens to and what an artist releases.
Owning the work: distribution and publishing
Daj' releases music independently. Depending on the project, it goes out through UnitedMasters or CDBaby, which are distributors that deliver the files, and the artist keeps the decisions. Too Dark, the 2024 project referred to internally as DARK II, used a different distributor from DARK I, which shows the release-by-release approach in practice.
The publishing side is public too. Daj' has 47 works registered with The MLC under DANIEL DAJAI STEWART-HANDY, every one of them at 100% Total Known Shares. Anyone can check through the public search at portal.themlc.com. That receipt matters more than any adjective could, and it is the cleanest proof of ownership a new fan can look up.
The brands that frame the catalog
Beyond the albums, there is a small set of public brands. Code Black Associates, or CBA, is the athletics and culture brand, and the DARK I stems are published as IP under Code Black CBA. Streamers University is the creator education arm. The DARK Library ties the album cycle together, and the dual SoundCloud setup keeps two catalogs moving at once.
A soft, groove-first favorite like "Juicy Fruit" might seem far from all that. It is not. Brands built on culture need taste behind them, and this list is where the taste shows.
Listening path from here
The Mtume upload of "Juicy Fruit" is on SoundCloud, and that is the only service we name for it. After a spin, try moving into the Daj' catalog with the same open ears. Start with DARK I - Outwitting the Devil, then step back to Flight to Vegas 2 from 2025, Dark from 2024, Daj's Dedication from 2019 and Neoworld from 2018.
Between albums, the singles cover a lot of ground: Tax Season, Choose Sides, Heavy, Still Backie, Thats Sus, Okay ft Tatum Swag and Prczn. Follow @dajai-io and @supercooldaj on SoundCloud to catch new uploads as they post, and check back here as more of the favorites get written up.
FAQ
Where is Juicy Fruit available to hear?
You can hear Juicy Fruit on SoundCloud; the dajai.io Juicy Fruit page lists where Juicy Fruit lives.
Who is the artist behind Juicy Fruit?
An independent Las Vegas artist, Daj' (DAJAI), handled Juicy Fruit from pen to master.
Where does Juicy Fruit sit in the catalog?
Juicy Fruit stands as its own catalog entry rather than part of a named album.
Track Intel
| Field | Value | |---|---| | Title | Juicy Fruit | | Artist | Mtume | | Album / context | Jazz | | Plays (tracked) | 88,614 | | Catalog likes (if any) | 0 | | Source desk | SoundCloud favorites / likes graph | | Release | n/a |
Filed by DAJAI Stewart · Music & Catalog Editor · @SuperCoolDaj · MUSIC DRIP DESK