As talked about in an earlier post, each member of Kooley High has started releasing their own solo projects – starting with Charlie Smart’s F’alex project. Over a week ago, Tab One released his own project – the Tabloids, and I would have written about it much earlier had it not been dwarfed in my mind by Blueprint 3. I must confess, Tab One is probably my favorite member of both Kooley High and Inflowential – his lyricism is seriously upper level and he throws in his fair share of North Carolina based references.
I threw the “single” of the tape onto the Needle & the Groove’s first mixtape, entitled “Vc Insd My Hd” or Voice Inside My Head for those who are fans of vowels. Its just a great track to just sit back and relax to, thanks to quality lyrics and a really nice soul-sampled beat.
Tab One – “Vc Insd My Hd”
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Another favorite of the Tabloids is “Who’s That?”. Similar to all Kooley High tracks and songs on this tape, its another soulful track. Tab One slows his pace just a bit on this track, and provides some perspective of his past/inspirations to become a rapper.
Yo, don’t even get me started,
Cause reminiscing gets me really broken hearted,
Thinking ’bout days with cassettes and a tape deck,
Rewind…bring it back, make the tape stretch,
Had to take time back then,
Now its all point-click, too quick, new trend-Tab One – “Who’s That?”
Tab One – “Who’s That?”
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Like always, I strongly encourage you to get the whole album (FREE) – here. There are really no weak tracks on the cd, and support local hip-hop.
Tab One – “Tell Us The Truth”
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