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Records ██▓██▒███▓████░ ░████▓███▒██▓██ ▌Genre___│ Hip-Hop ██▓██▒███▓████░ ░████▓███▒██▓██ ▌Format__│ EP ██▓██▒███▓████░ ░████▓███▒██▓██ ▌Year____│ 2015 ██▓██▒███▓████░ ░░████▓█████▓██ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀╝ ██▓█████▓████░░ ░░████▓█████▓██ ▌Time____│ 32:42 ██▓█████▓████░░ ░░░████▓████▓██ ▌Size____│ 78.71 MB ██▓████▓████░░░ ░░░░███▓▓███▓██ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀╝ ██▓███▓▓███░░░░ ░░░░░███▓▓▓█▓██ ▌Source__│ Web Store ██▓█▓▓▓███░░░░░ ░░░░░░████▓▓▓██ ▌Quality_│ 320 kbps ██▓▓▓████░░░░░░ ░░░░░░░████████ ▌URL_____│ play.google.com ████████░░░░░░░ ░░░░░░░░░██████ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀╝ ██████░░░░░░░░ ░░░░░░░░░░░░███ ███░░░░░░░░░ ░░░ ░░ ╔═══════════════╗ ░░ ║ T R A C K S ║░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ ░░ ╚═══════════════╝▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ░░ ░░ 01. Automatic (Prod. DJ Prince) 2:57 ░░ 02. Alone (Prod. Tecknowledgy) 2:26 ░░ 03. Under The Sun (Prod. Sinopsis) 3:34 ░░ 04. 4th Dimension (Prod. Sinopsis) 3:58 ░░ 05. Suave (Prod. Foolery) 3:41 ░░ 06. Middle East Coastin' (Prod. Foolery) 3:25 ░░ 07. Where I'm Going (Feat. Add-2) (Prod. Sinopsis) 5:33 ░░ 08. The Cleaners (Prod. Foolery) 3:12 ░░ 09. Carry On (Feat. Sandra Gell) (Prod. Eric G) 3:56 ░░ ░░ ░░ ░░ ░░ ╔═══════════════╗ ░░ ║ N O T E S ║░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ ░░ ╚═══════════════╝▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ░░ ░░ Since Kooley High leading lady Rapsody began her solo crusade as the ace ░░ of 9th Wonder's Jamla Records, her involvement with her original Raleigh ░░ crew has been, at best, spotty. During the past few years, she's gone ░░ missing from the group's flyers, performances and appearances, causing a ░░ stubborn minority of Kooley High fans to suggest she's a saboteur for ░░ having abandoned emcees Charlie Smarts and Tab-One, producers Sinopsis ░░ and Foolery, and DJ Ill Digitz. Actually, there still seems to be debate ░░ within the group as to whether Rapsody remains a member, but outside ░░ forces have sometimes suggested the guys cannot survive without her. Only ░░ time and rhymes will tell. For now, Kooley Highùsans Rapsodyùhas ░░ re-emerged four years after the release of Kooley High Presents...David ░░ Thompson with Heights, a relaxed nine-song EP far removed from the fray ░░ of group politics. ░░ ░░ In the interim, much has changed in local hip-hop. Newcomers like Drique ░░ London, Well$ and Ace Henderson have all availed themselves of the ░░ grassroots groundwork Kooley High helped cultivate. "My town, it's so ░░ crowded, that we out of spaces," raps Charlie Smarts on opener ░░ "Automatic." With that line, he returns Kooley High to square one and ░░ sets up the rest of the EP's quick ride. ░░ ░░ As is often the case with Kooley High, the trip can be both conceptually ░░ splintered and musically centered. On "Alone," Smarts is concerned with ░░ isolating himself from love affairs, while Tab-One wants to isolate ░░ himself to nurture his love of penning rap lines. It's a telling tension ░░ between the two rappers. Charlie Smarts emotes in style, while, without ░░ Rapsody, Tab-One must carry the sharp lyrical weight. When the two match ░░ wits, as they do with double-time rhyming during "Under the Sun," who ░░ needs a third lyrical leg, anyway? "On the beat like Ringo/gringo with ░░ the lingo, bingo/everybody wanna front with the ego," Tab-One raps, ░░ hurrying over Sinopsis' sauntering beat. Smarts picks up the meter: "And ░░ we in this beginning to end/and my single should be up on Huffington ░░ Post/You would swear I'm Bill Murray, I bust and I'm ghost." ░░ ░░ As if Kooley High worried they would need more emcee ammo without ░░ Rapsody, they drafted Jamla's Chicago spitter, Add-2, as the EP's only ░░ rhyming guest for the hopeful "Where I'm Going." Here, Synopsis plays ░░ with wind chime effects over driving bass, while Add-2 packs in his ░░ hometown picture of endless gun violence. ░░ ░░ For Kooley High, that reality may be hard to relate to, but if all ░░ activism and awareness are intersectional, then Charlie Smarts' work in ░░ the fight for a living wage for fast-food workers gives the group's ░░ social awareness actual heft. You can hear pieces of that spirit on the ░░ blues guitar-licked "Carry On," featuring Greensboro vocalist (and ░░ Charlie Smarts' mother) Sandra Gell doing her best Sharon Jones. Again, ░░ Kooley High dips into the Jamla bucket for producer Eric G, who turns in ░░ a funked-down beat of his own. ░░ ░░ Tab-One ends the song and album with a strong declaration of his crew's ░░ staying power, getting back to the raps where Kooley High belongs: ░░ "Earnin' tokens in this so-called game with no-bar lames/who didn't have ░░ the heart to carve it in this lane we claim/Remain the same/Stay ░░ sane/Know what I'm sayin'?" ░░ ░░ Indeed, sanity is what's kept Kooley High from falling apart, even after ░░ a key member has moved on to late-night television and marquee guest ░░ verses. 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