TYBAH - Tha Building, Nate’ the Soulsanger. (Funk/Soul) Let me be upfront about something—personally, I don’t believe in reincarnation. But I feel like I now have to re-examine that belief after hearing TYBAH as it just might be that the very soul of the purple one himself—Prince—has been resurrected in this track. Before we even get to this funk jam, props the title—we stan an acronym. The song itself is driven by two things—a brilliant funk guitar that gets to shine in a pre-bridge solo (REMEMBER GUITAR SOLOS!?!?!?!) and Nate’s incredible voice. He sticks mostly to his mid-register, which is reedy and focused, piercing through the instrumental jam session going on all around him. It’s a great choice because it gets to punctuate that final note, when Nate’ goes up in to the rafters to say the song’s title, coming down this— N A T E’ D O N ‘ T W A N T N O S C R U B. Put this on your 90s Prince playlist, and maybe you’re “I just dumped a loser” playlist.
Best Lyric: “So won’t you take your broke ass home.”