*New* Rapsody of Kooley High "Honda Accord Music" [Produced by 9th Wonder]

"looking cooler than frank lucas in the gray chinchilla"
"can't afford maybachs i'm in accords"

The return of the B-girl. Signed to 9th's JamLa Records and part of Raleigh's Kooley High.

Listen/Download "Honda Accord Music"

Via 2DB

Mixtape - Skyzoo: The Power of Words Hosted by DJ Drama and Statik Selektah

Late pass on this. The tape dropped last week, but it's def worth noting. Some spots on here from Wale, Talib Kweli, Young Chris, Rapper Big Pooh, EPMD, Rapsody of Kooley High and former UNC point guard Quinten Thomas, aka GQ. Also beats by Khrysis, 9th Wonder, Jake One and Illmind.

Download The Power of Words

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Video - 9th Wonder in Studio with Quentin Thomas a.k.a. GQ

Haha, love this. I knew Q had been working with 9th since his point guard days at UNC, but it's good to finally hear some of it. Dude can rhyme. Rapsody of Kooley High also makes an appearance. She was supposed to have been working with Q back when, but this sounds like a solo cut on the video.

Bonus: Did you know Q has the most victories as a UNC basketball player, ever.

More videos, saw them on WDIR:

Video - Kooley High "Everywhere is Kooley"

A little something off Kooley is High. If you don't have that tape yet, cop it. Some of NC's finest.

Kooley High "Everywhere"

"we dropped the summer sessions, the question people wondered
kooley is you high, when you going to drop another?"

Now illroots has got me all kinds of excited about this upcoming tape, Kooley is High. I talked to my editors today in hopes of getting a feature with Kooley High. We'll see how it goes. In the meantime, a joint that didn't make the cut for the new mixtape.

Listen/Download "Everywhere"

Kooley High Post - "The Bomb" Feat. Halo & Charlie Smarts, "One Day" Documentary

One Day - Introducing Kooley High from BECAUSEUS on Vimeo.

Kooley High is some straight good NC shit. They've been working with 9th Wonder for a minute and just got done with this documentary. I didn't have a chance to hit the premiere in Raleigh when it opened, but it's online now. Also, how about a new track. And if you want to know more about Kooley High, I reviewed their Summer Sessions EP a while back, which I'll throw up at the end of the post. Oh yeah, there will be an upcoming Kooley High mixtape courtesy of illroots and K-Salaam. Be hyped.

Listen/Download "The Bomb" [Produced by Oddisee]

Link from illroots

Nothing good has ever emerged from the depths of mortar and bricks at N.C. State University. To keep it that way, we’ll only consider Kooley High from Raleigh because the Wolf Pack faithful should not be able to take credit for such talent.

Already released on iTunes, The Summer Sessions EP is the first offering by group Kooley High and quickly establishes them among the elite in North Carolina hip-hop. MCs Tab-One, Charlie Smarts and Rapsody use what seem like effortless rhyming techniques to make already stellar homegrown beats by the group’s producers Sinopsis and Foolery sound that much better.

For all nine songs on the EP, KH is as chill as their name suggests. After the 35 minute listen it’s tempting to not want to go out and befriend the quintet. It would seem just being in the same vicinity of the collective would make you cooler.

The crew keeps up this reputation with songs like “Kool With It” and “We Be That.” Boasting is done without coming off as cocky and the confidence is so assured that there is no question to whether or not it is deserved. How could it not be when Rapsody can rap so eloquently about her “vernacular?”

Maestro 9^th Wonder lends two cuts but only really stands apart from Foolery and Sinopsis on “Water.” This is a true testament to the quality of the in-house production because “Water” is only more prominent with verses by Lazarus and Edgar Allen Floe, the latter of the two also holds the crown for best MC name in the game.

The only thing holding the EP back is the often made mistake of adding useless skits in between some of the songs. Although the intro to “Water” is an obvious allusion to both the song and hip-hop club H₂O that several of the members formed while at N.C.S.U., it only serves to slow the otherwise fluid release.

Kooley High is definitely worth remembering because it will be a shame if they don’t make a name for themselves out of the Research Triangle. The Summer Sessions EP is great fun with lyrics reminiscent of the bygone A Tribe Called Quest and daisy-age De La Soul era with meticulously well-crafted beats that can make a grown man swoon.