Our Band

Inflowential

Genre - Alternative, Hip-Hop

Members - Tab-One, Charlie Smarts, Adid, Bender, Kyle

Record Label - M.E.C.C.A. = Middle East Coast Carolina Always

Influences - The Roots, A Tribe Called Quest, Slum Village, Little Brother, and Blackstar

Inflowential is an alternative hip-hop band from NC that slides comfortably across genre labels, including blues, rock and reggae, using their live instruments and jazzy undertones to create tracks with an energy and power that feels fresh.

Inflowential joins a recent upsurge in hip-hop bands with live instrumentals. But unique to Inflowential’s sound, instead of a drummer, their live percussionist drops the breaks as a human beat box. Though far from a new concept, live hip-hop bands—with the exception of the Roots—have not notably broken into the mainstream consciousness. Musicianship has not even been a prerequisite for mainstream.