Baby Keem, $ex Appeal | Spicy Tunez

In the 48^th edition of Spicy Tunez (2026), we explore the eyebrow-raising, naughty, sexed-up vibes behind “$ex Appeal” by Baby Keem featuring Too $hort.

Aww, shee-it! Prepare to be shooketh! Spicy Tunez is a column filled with naughty, sometimes controversial, and NSFW songs 👀.  Some songs merely dabble in innuendo and suggestiveness.  Others, however, go whole-hog and embrace a give-no-fucks aesthetic, thrive on sexual endeavors, utter shock value, and sometimes find themselves firmly embroiled in censorship… DUN, DUN, DUN! In the 48^th edition of Spicy Tunez (2026), we explore the eyebrow-raising, naughty, sexed-up vibes behind “$ex Appeal” by Baby Keem.

Grammy-winning West Coast rapper Baby Keem brings the heat on “$ex Appeal”, the seventh track on his 2026 album, Ca$ino. He taps the legendary West Coast rapper, Too $hort, for an incredible assist.  Safe to say, the basket was scored. Buckets 🏀! “$ex Appeal” was written by Baby Keem and Too $hort, along with BBYKOBE, Danja, Jahaan Sweet, Michael Uzowuru, Ojivolta (Mark Williams and Raul Cubina), Scott Bridgeway, Teo Halm, and Bill Withers (1938 – 2020). Bill Withers? Yes, you read correctly.  The song samples “Make a Smile for Me” from Withers’ 1974 album, ‘Justments. “$ex Appeal” also samples “I Need a Freak” by… Too $hort! Baby Keem, Danja, Jahaan Sweet, Michael Uzowuru, Ojivolta, Scott Bridgeway, and Teo Halm produced it. 

“$ex Appeal” shines thanks to its West Coast G-funk vibes. The Bill Withers vocal loop/sample, introduced during the intro, fits perfectly (“Stay with me…”). The production is strong, incredibly funky, and groovy.  Baby Keem excels with his smooth, funky sung vocals. “I met a freak from Cincinnati / She’s five foot four, Margiela Tabis,” he sings, and adds, “Under the hood, she got no banties / Her body smooth, I know she want me.” Ooh-la-la! It’s giving a compelling cadence and flow from the get-go, not to mention fittingly sexual lyrics. The chorus is the crème de la crème, repeating the phrase, “Too much sex appeal (Ah).” The second verse, also performed by Baby Keem, is even more rhythmic.  He drops unforgettable lines like “It’s some bitches here that might need saving / It’s some niggas here blowin’ all they savings,” and concludes, “Swap it to the side, missionary get borin’ / When I’m with this bitch, I feel every endorphin.” The stellar Too $hort verse can’t be left out.  He solidifies the vintage vibes on this sexy. “It’s Too $hort, I be out here winnin’ with the gang / Had that lil’ church girl sinnin’.” Um, hallelujah? He concludes, with a bang:

“New bad lil’ bitch in the Town (Bitch)

Lookin’ like she know how to get it

Make a square nigga wanna hit it (On God)

You fallin’ in love with these women

But they fallin’ in love with this pimpin’.”

All told, “$ex Appeal” is a confident, sexed-up gem from Baby Keem and Too $hort. This shit slaps. Sex is in the air, the West Coast is vibrant, and we wouldn’t have it any other way.

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Baby Keem » Ca$ino » pgLang LLC / Columbia Records » 2026

Baby Keem, $ex Appeal: Spicy Tunez No. 48 (2026) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; pgLang LLC / Columbia Records; Rizwan Aslam from Pexels; Clker-Free-Vector-Images, Gordon Johnson from Pixabay]

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