The title points back to his Southern roots. “The name of the album is Everybody Won’t Like This, But ALOT Will,” Senjoo explains. “It’s a triple entendre. So, plain and simple, everyone won't like it, but a lot will, right? A lot of people might like this. Boom. Second? Everyone won't like this, everyone won't like this, but A LOT will. As in, a parking lot, you know? Good music, you will be just listening to this shit in the car. We will jam to this shit. Third? Everyone won't like it, but A.L.O.T. will, as in, Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas, that's our base.”
In October 2024, Senjoo dropped a video for “I Dunn Swung,” a song sampling the late Houston rapper and Screwed Up Click co-founder Big Hawk’s “You Already Know.” The rapper gave the ultimate love to Dallas and all of the iconic spots, streets and symbolism that shape Triple D culture. The song went viral on social and became a hit in a short amount of time, garnering admiration from some of the biggest stars in Texas.
The support came pouring in, with fans saying it gave off Dirty South Rydaz vibes. Paul Wall commented. Chalie Boy posted on Instagram, saying Senjoo “got one.” The salutes eventually became a Texas-sized remix in November 2024, with legends and newcomers spitting prolific bars, letting it be known that Texas culture is still very much prevalent, whether you’re swinging in the big cities or the small towns.
Senjoo kept it all the way Texas on the remix, featuring Tye Harris, Dorrough, Chalie Boy, Paul Wall and Yung Smoody. He connected the dots from Dallas to Houston to Texarkana with artists in the same way the highways stretch between each city. Senjoo says the song came about organically from artists reaching out after hearing the original version. He wanted each artist to give their own flavor to the track.
“I don't even know what to call this. It’s not structured like a song, so I want everybody to have their own blurt [out] and just shout out their hood,” Senjoo says. “Like, the name of the song is ‘I Dunn Swung.’ You can swing, everybody ‘dunn swung,’ type shit, and you give me your own version of that, and the people saying the shit and what they represent is what made the song.”
Although Senjoo is a New Orleans native, there are plenty of Louisiana-born rappers who rep Texas and are considered Texas rappers. Senjoo’s mother migrated to Dallas after Hurricane Katrina. Before settling in Dallas, Senjoo says his mom explored the possibility of moving to Augusta, Georgia, and Houston. She tried to revisit New Orleans after Katrina, but the city no longer felt like home.
During his voyage to find a home, Senjoo consumed Texas hip-hop and realized he wanted a future as a rapper. At the time, Senjoo, who was 12 years old, had no idea where he was living, but he was finding his new home from the lyrics heard in his headphones.“This shit is just touching me,” he says. “This has been my dream since I was 12 years old. I really said, ‘I wanna be a rapper’ when I was 12, when I first heard [Mike Jones’] ‘Still Tippin.’ I swear to God.”
Senjoo getting a Paul Wall verse for “I Dunn Swung (Remix)” was seeing his dreams realized. On June 19, Wall brought him out to perform the song for the first time, a full-circle moment that happened in Plano. Senjoo cites Wall’s debut album, The People’s Champ, as a guiding light through his move to Texas.
“Hurricane Katrina happened in 2005. Guess who drop right in the midst of that shit? Paul Wall drops The People’s Champ,” he says. “I literally listened to that shit from Augusta, Georgia, to New Orleans from New Orleans to Dallas, Texas. All I listened to was Paul Wall, The People’s Champ. So, for me to be on stage with that man. What the fuck is going on?”
As Senjoo raps on his album intro “Body Rock,” “first album and I’m 30, I’m a rookie and a vet.” It’s his turn to inspire the next generation of rappers with Everybody Won’t Like This, But ALOT Will. Every facet of the album name fits perfectly with his mission and merges a nostalgic feeling of Southern music with a modern flair. He taps into his Louisiana roots on the second track, “Big Dog,” where the influence of Cash Money is so prevalent from the Mannie Fresh-sounding beat to the flow that is reminiscent of B.G. in his prime as well as the storytelling duet with Lesley Carter on drag rap homage “Trigga.”
There are New Orleans bounce tracks, “A Dedication Too” and “LaTex,” which feature Big Jade. He admits these songs will get the ladies on their feet because of their NOLA influences. “LaTex” gives a nod to Lil Wayne’s “Lollipop (Remix),” quoting his lyrics that all millennials know: “Safe sex is great sex / you better wear a latex / before you get that late text / that ‘ooh, I think I’m late text.’”
As far as the Texas influence goes, it stretches further than Interstate 45 throughout the album, starting with the Tum Tum feature track “Barr None” that has that same fight feel to Big Tuck and Tum Tum’s “Tussle.” “Baduizm” gives us a taste of the late Pimp C’s flow over a sample of Erykah Badu’s “Didn't Cha Know.” “I45” features the Texarkana artist Young Smoody who has a tone reminiscent of Houston’s Yungstar and the track leads with a note from Screwed Up Click’s Mike D. Corleone. The star of the show that gives the true Houston nod and feels like it came straight for DJ Screw’s infamous tape shop is “Slab,” which samples DJ Screw’s “Freestyle (Eyes Low),” featuring Senjoo with another Paul Wall collab with Lil Keke. It’s a parking lot pimp, street swangin’ anthem for sure. Senjoo wants to focus on making his own sound but understands the importance of preserving the regional sound in a time when social media is merging sounds and erasing what makes artists unique. “In music, we are losing it like a motherfucker,” Senjoo says. “We are forgetting what this shit is. We are forgetting that it's not an aesthetic or the way a n***a sounds. It is an embodiment of it. We don't need to let other people embody our shit too much. So, I will absolutely be the preservation. If that's my job, then so be it.”
It’s still early in his music career. But he’s starting out strong with collabs and cosigns from legends in southern rap. He has a bright future ahead, with a zany flow that’s captivating and elastic over any regional sound he chooses. He is full steam ahead with cementing a legacy just like his idols, staying down by working his regular job until his music takes off.
“You better take care of your reality so you can live in your dream,” Senjoo says. Even if the labels come and deals get signed, he’s still not letting his foot off the gas.
“I’m in the motherfucking studio, baby,” he says. “I ain't here to play a motherfucking games with these folks. I'll chill when I get home. I'm gonna go rap until I can make rap my life.”
He is one of our 20 rappers to watch in 2025, and we know that while not everyone will like his music, many will love it. We do.
