You can hear it from the opening notes: Coo Coo Cal's breezy tribute to Brew City oughta be the official soundtrack to the 2018 Milwaukee summer.
With great guest vocals by Fee$ and a stunning video, directed by William Howell, that offers a 4-minute tour around town, "Home" celebrates hometown Milwaukee.
The song is from the soundtrack to "The Product" documentary series' "The Rise and Fall: The Untold Truth Told by Coo Coo Cal," in which the veteran rapper shares the inside story of his rollercoaster career.
"There's nothing like my hood, no you can't replace it. My city hustle hard, no you can't mistake it. It's not what haters sayin' but what we make it. I've been around the world and ... ain't no place like home."
Amen.
Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., where he lived until he was 17, Bobby received his BA-Mass Communications from UWM in 1989 and has lived in Walker's Point, Bay View, Enderis Park, South Milwaukee and on the East Side.
He has published three non-fiction books in Italy – including one about an event in Milwaukee history, which was published in the U.S. in autumn 2010. Four more books, all about Milwaukee, have been published by The History Press.
With his most recent band, The Yell Leaders, Bobby released four LPs and had a songs featured in episodes of TV's "Party of Five" and "Dawson's Creek," and films in Japan, South America and the U.S. The Yell Leaders were named the best unsigned band in their region by VH-1 as part of its Rock Across America 1998 Tour. Most recently, the band contributed tracks to a UK vinyl/CD tribute to the Redskins and collaborated on a track with Italian novelist Enrico Remmert.
He's produced three installments of the "OMCD" series of local music compilations for OnMilwaukee.com and in 2007 produced a CD of Italian music and poetry.
In 2005, he was awarded the City of Asti's (Italy) Journalism Prize for his work focusing on that area. He has also won awards from the Milwaukee Press Club.
He has be heard on 88Nine Radio Milwaukee talking about his "Urban Spelunking" series of stories, in that station's most popular podcast.
