Video - 9th Wonder in Studio with Big Sean & Mike Posner

Sean Falyon Feat. Bonecrusher & Joe Scudda "Going Away"

"willing to pay the price, never took their advice, even though this life is a shake of the dice"

Throwin' this up because of the Joe Scudda verse. Here's what illroots says:

The newest addition to the illRoots Family, SMKA, consisting of 808 Blake, 7King, and Mike Walberg, drops through with their first official leak off Mr. Falyon Meets SMKA. They dropped an experiment awhile back that was incredibly dope that included some of A-Town’s finest up and coming artists.This time they link up with Sean Falyon and make something nothing short of great, and yes that is Bonecrusher on the hook.

Listen/Download "Going Away"

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.

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Mixtape - Mike Posner & The Brain Trust "A Matter of Time" Presented by DJ Don Cannon and DJ Benzi

Gotcha, not quite yet. You gotta wait for Sunday when the tape drops for free on iTunes. In the meantime, be jealous, cause I got a copy. Not going to be a dick and leak it early, although that could bring some traffic in. I'm just not going to do that though. Mike's been kind enough to send the advance for a review, so I won't fucks with him like that. Love the tape though. Be on the lookout for "Evil Woman." I love the sample. Also, "Losing My Mind" and "A Matter of Time." Shit, actually look out for the whole tape, it's fire.

Mike's always got such fly artwork too.

I can't even hate on the kid for being a Dookie.

Rapper Big Pooh "Radio"

"play my shit stop tryin' to get paid
radio djs actin' like slaves "

You know, just some new ish from 1/2 of Little Brother; NC put on. This will be on his solo Delightful Bars. His other solo joint Sleepers was hot. This sounds pretty similar to "The Comeback."

Listen/Download "Radio"

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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.