Get up in the morning, pour the coffee, put on the headphones. Press play. Kooley High’s “All Day” comes bumping through. Smooth. Tab-One, Charlie Smarts and Rapsody split a little slice of life, a little good-natured wordplay. Read the rest of this entry »

Get in the proper time zone if you’re not reppin’ the East. Kooley High put together a colorful cipher to encompass all five elements of Hip-Hop straight off their Eastern Standard Time tape. Hell, make it 5½ with Rapsody holding it down for the b-girls. Read the rest of this entry »

Kooley High may be a band of sixteen-spittin’ Tar Heels but their time zone still reflects the big E on the compass. But map spots and other intagibles are irrelevant when you have a crew that represents a forgotten art in the traditonal sense of crew love in Hip-Hop. The beats aren’t layered in generic bass thumps and other simplicity and they embody the traits that made De La Soul great and Digable Planets pop. Read the rest of this entry »