Words By Jason Hortillas
Wale. Skyzoo. Illmind. All three have made some noise individually but combined it looks like the future of Hip-Hop is in good hands. Yes, it may be too early to solidify any one of them into a definitive chapter in Hip-Hop history, but you can’t deny that all three are in the running.
This was a definitely a pleasant surprise as I stumbled on this while checking out the Myspace page. After getting pissed about Rupert Murdoch induced spam, I check Illmind’s page as he posted a flyer for a new gig. I look to the right on the jukebox and see “Lyrically Inclined” flash over the jukebox ticker.
Taking a listen, Illmind so easily could have given this joint to 50. The driving drum pattern, the looped synths and snares had Curtis’ name all over it. Instead the new jacks take over the track and I’m easily optimistic. The thing with both guys is simple – they spit street shit but the verses are focused. Wale got that flow you follow with the nod but then rewind – there’s lyrics in all that rhythm. Sky unsurprisingly whips up another good hook while his technical skills remain up to par.
Skyzoo said it himself, “The freshest of the freshmen in here.” All I can say is this is a sign of good things to come.
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Bah.
*saves HomeGrownHoes.com to Bookmarks/Favorites*
now about the track… Yah!
@ estelles teef
hahaha u must be my brother from another mother, i loves me some homegrown hoes.
crank dat stevenson!! I can’t feel my face!!!!
ahem, 2 be on topic tho. wale gets a thumbs up, skyzoo gets the picasso face %(
the track is dope.
Skyzoo just raps. nothing exceptional about dude. he’s not wack, but he’s not great either.
so, here’s how much of a sneaker fiend I am.
I’m at HomeGrownHoes.com, right…April 17th, Homegrown Assortment Vol. 40…4th pic of the girl with the wild hair & the red wall in the background….
why I look to the upper left corner and immediately spot Nike shoe boxes…look like my size too
track is dope…i feel the same way about ‘zoo…he’s nice, but nothing really stands out about his flow
btw jason – no offense but your name has me craving mexican food lol
^ i know, right?
the double l is silent…hor-tee-yus
maize…lol
Skyzoo sounds like the name for a kid’s show character
GET THAT new Al Green from the previouys post…this shit is sooooo shmoooooove…Al Grizzle = my favorite all time soul singer
Stevie>Al
Stevie’s catalog is way bigger and more award-winning, but i’ll take Al any day…that’s why i said he’s “my” favorite…more people would probably tend to agree with you though…Al’s just got that voice that seems like it comes from the bottom of his soul
More like from the bottom of a pot a grits…
ZING!
lol…at least he can tell whether he’s got $20′s or $1′s – ZING
^ aww, c’mon man, that’s wrong….lol
both o’ y’all
i just dropped my cell phone in my dog’s water dish…there’s instant karma for ya
skyzoo is dope, people just dont listen to lyrics anymore. it’s more about the voice and flow. wale is just lil wayne with a less annoying voice. and this is by far one of the worst illmind beats i’ve ever heard. he shoulda gave that shit to 50 and something hotter for skyzoo and wale.
anyway smokey robinson, eddie kendricks, david ruffin, eugene record, and russell thompkins jr > al green or stevie
lol @ chris…you tell ‘em girl
FEB
5
STILL IN LOVE WITH YOU…
POSTED BY GOTTYâ„¢ @ 6:52 AM
FILED UNDER: GENERAL.
^ Gotty = not on his grizzly anymore with the early posts
“Al Green + Questlove on Blue Note Records = Fire possibilities.”
^ yup…glad this project saw the light of day. VERY GOOD
@ jason…good write up. i was knocking this joint in the car this morning.
i appreciate both skyzoo and wale for what they are…very nice mc’s with some shortcomings that i’m sure they’ll overcome in time.
listening to music from TSS >>>> listening to music on The Beat 102.7 & The Classics 104.1
fuckit, I’m jealous
misfit – did you DL that Al joint? shit is straight shmooooooooooove ain’t it
also, i think that post was made when the timekeeper jawn for the site was all wacked out…Gott was on his grizzle but not that much, i don’t think
^ yup. been listening to it…maaann…this some grown folk shit right here
My karma just came in the form of discovering who Amber Easton is.
smh. She must have been created in a lab or something…
FYI
Roots PSA
there’s a bonus track NOT on the US-released version of “Rising Down”:
The Grand Return (ftg. Dice Raw and Wadud Ahmad)
i need that.
Peedi Crakk kilt “Get Busy”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DplNpwaTqm0
“if ya got-some-white…friends/ they’ll be clappin like this…y’all” lmao
i said Gott-Damn…Amber Easton is that jawn:
hxxp://www.damnbang.com/index.php?content=site&id=27
NSFW
hate to do this, but…only way you’re gonna get the track I mentioned above ^
The Roots “Rising Down (Non-US version)”
http://www.zshare.net/download/11050416092403e8
pw: wtorek
I gotta download the whole shit just to get the one song…oh well
The Roots – “The Grand Return (feat. Dice Raw and Wadud Ahmad)”
http://www.zshare.net/audio/11179510192e4337
Thats whats am talking bout
better quality (i think)
The Roots – “The Grand Return (feat. Dice Raw and Wadud Ahmad)”
http://www.zshare.net/audio/11332354898a2408
damn the guitar solo on that song is no joke
Word…I love having altered versions of albums on my iPod. I still got “Birthday Girl” on min…..
Amber Easton!!!!
*faints in drunken stupor*
smokey, ruffin, and kendricks?
um….ok-if you say-you’re entitled to yours,
BUT
eugene record, and russell thompkins jr???
man, from this point on, you have a supporter in me, cuz that, in all sincerity, is a “special” kind of hate you got over there. I’m talking high school prodigy, ready for the league kinda hate.
amazing.
@ OED
He’s the perfect measuring “tool”… If he hates or speaks bad on it, then you know you’re right cuz the shit he says be downright absurd…
Good Lookin out ET.
Somebody hook me up with Birthday Girl.
@ TC – i know…and now i’m having second thoughts about skyzoo…he might be wack if chris likes him that much
TC callin Chris a hater = The pot callin’ the kettle black
@ TC
I’ve noticed- dude ain’t even a “hater” per se, he’s just “anti”…anti-any, and every gawdamn thing. He hates everything about TSS, yet he’s pretty much a “regular”.
I don’t even think he types half that sh*t w/ a straight face.
It’s amusing.
ohhhhhhhhhh…TC’s not a “hater” (ahem)…he’s just…….*opinionated*
^ lmfao
yeahhhhhhh, *opinionated*
Fonz – The Roots feat. Patrick Stump – “Birthday Girl”
http://www.zshare.net/download/873666840d54aa/
Thank you sir. Now…….bedtime bitches!
The Roots feat. Patrick Stump – “Birthday Girl”
http://www.zshare.net/audio/8737617536df1c/
@ Big Fonzarelli
I’d like to remix that saying and offer you:
“That’s like the pot calling the kettle metal” lol
i know right…why is that damn pot such a racist…can we all just be cooking inplements
Shut the hell up ALL of you lol.
But LMAO @ Sherm with the Skyzoo statement.
Opinionated is right! I hope when you go back to Colombia Big Fonz, your in-laws look you in the eye and say you have to give up all Hip-Hop to marry my daughter!!!
HAHAHA…
Nah…I wouldn’t wish that on you. You’d get caught in the closet banging some 36 Chambers like it was a smoke break or something…
courtesy of 2dopeboyz:
Pharoahe Monch – Broken Heart
hxxp://www.zshare.net/audio/113392574feb6f12/
ahhh, yes!
Chris’ next hating assignment?
Find something wrong with Amber Easton…i sure couldn’t
Opinionated is right! I hope when you go back to Colombia Big Fonz, your in-laws look you in the eye and say you have to give up all Hip-Hop to marry my daughter!!!
HAHAHA…
Nah…I wouldn’t wish that on you. You’d get caught in the closet banging some 36 Chambers like it was a smoke break or something…
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I just had a visual of that shit. hahahaha. Like I’m R. Kelly an shit, trapped in the closet. That was some funny shit!
http://www.youtube.com/v/2w8Wp6dsQDo
Roots are crazy!
common http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003796775
ludacris http://www.reuters.com/article/musicNews/idUSN0156058320080501
the new al green is his best secular album since the 70s.
so good.
it’s funny, he was originally trying to work on an album with the only soul singer i like more than al green…bill withers, but the label suggested al green who was looking to work with someone in hip hop.
and ya’ll niggas is on that okey doke if you aint feeling the sky and wale joint
yay i created that photo
and LOVE this record
Skyzoo is becoming more and more S-H-A-L-L-O (no W). All his mixtapes are dope. Cloud 9 is a classic. BUT evertything he’s released since Cornerstore Classic has been uuggggh! When he focuses, he’s tight. But usually he spits plain/scripted rhymes about being fresher than this dude and talking about his pen game.
Ahem, Wale’s voice IS more annoying than Weezy*’s. “And I Gasol like a Grizzle turned Laker.”
With that said, “Lyrically Inclined” has been the best thing I’ve heard from S-H-A-L-L-O and Wale in a while.
http://www.youtube.com/watch/?v=wbBUwvOcsPU
Wayyyy better beat
http://www.youtube.com/watch/?v=wbBUwvOcsPU
Wayyyy better beat