"Sobb Story" is the second single from

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's debut album '' A Future Without a Past...'', where it followed up at #8 at Hop Hip Singles charts. Produced by Eric "Vietnam" Sadler of

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, it contains samples from the

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recording "Aces High".

Music video

The video opens with an introduction where a

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comes on and the

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starts to sputter. As we originally see the group riding on the front of the car and dancing to the

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while they are going to a house party,

comes in with a smooth-like, mellow flow.

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is the first to spill his lyrical lines about his ups & downs. Charlie Brown comes in with a second verse right after Busta and begins to flow on. Then

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drops his last verse with a little

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into the song. As the

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are performing in front of the people, the music fades and the video ends.

Track listing

12 inch

A-Side # Sobb Story (LP Version) (4:51) # Sobb Story (

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Remix) (4:21) # Sobb Story (Instrumental) (3:37) B-Side # Sound of the Zeekers @#^**?! (LP Version) (5:16) # Sound of the Zeekers @#^**?! (Instrumental) (5:16) # Case of the P.T.A. (Remix) (4:02)

External links

"Sobb Story" music video
at

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