Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Photos of Skyzoo, Rakaa & Fashawn Live at the 2010 Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival
Monday, March 22, 2010
RH TV: Closed Session with Skyzoo and Rhymefest
"The Closed Sessions EP Vol. 1 contains 14 tracks, and 9 original songs, all created at SoundScape Recordings in Chicago, IL. The songs were created under a simple idea, take talented artists, put them in a studio with other talented artists and producers, give them access to high quality production, and just get out of their way as they do what they do: create great music
That's exactly what DJ RTC and RubyHornet.com have done on The Closed Sessions EP Vo1. 1 featuring music and videos from some of Hip Hop's most talented artists such as Curren$y, Bun B, Tanya Morgan, Kidz In The Hall, GLC, Chip Tha Ripper, Amanda Diva, Emilio Rojas, Big Pooh, and more.
The free EP includes 9 original songs as well as 5 interludes, liner notes containing the story behind each track as well as individual artwork for each song, and links to each Closed Sessions video giving fans a look at the recording process."
This is a really interesting video and project overall but my question is: how did these cats at Ruby Hornet have the money to put this project together? I don't say this sarcastically - I really wanna know!
Download The Closed Sessions EP Vo1. 1 on the project bandcamp page HERE or via the download link on the media player above where you can preview stream the entire album, aight!
Labels: Amanda Diva, Big Pooh, Bun B, Curren$y, Emilio Rojas, GLC, Kidz in the Hall, mixtapes, Rhymefest, Skyzoo
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
New music: Rhymefest & Skyzoo - Crack The Code
Rhymefest murders another track! Here's DJ RTC on "Crack The Code" taken from Closed Sessions Vol. 1 project dropping on March 2:
"I really dug into Skyzoo's material while making the first Brainiac Mixtape with Naledge. He put two Skyzoo tracks on the mix and I was more than impressed. I went back into Sky's catalog and eagerly awaited the release of his debut LP, The Salvation. Shortly before the album's release, I had the chance to interview Skyzoo and he told me that he heard about Closed Sessions, and our Dimes and Dozens party in which we bring out of town artists into Chicago and have them perform at our monthly event. He expressed interest in doing the same and I was definitely with it. We organized a show for Skyzoo at The Darkroom, and setup a Closed Session for him the following day. Virgil and Ruben took Sky all around the city before his show, and when he hit SoundScape we could all tell that Chicago had made an impression on him. Rhymefest ended up just being at the studio during Skyzoo's session, the two hit it off very quickly with help from this K-Salaam and Beatnick track and the concept for "Crack The Code" was born. Skyzoo's verse centers on the intricacies of Chicago, while Rhymefest raps about the nature of New York City. It's an homage to two great homes for Hip Hop, and a pairing of two great emcees."
Download:
Rhymefest & Skyzoo - "Crack The Code" (prod. by Beatnick & K-Salaam) [usershare mp3 links: stream | download]
Monday, October 19, 2009
Duck Down CMJ 2009 Showcase this Saturday!
October 24 at The Gramercy Theater
Address: 127 East 23rd Street (between Park Ave & Lexington Ave)
Doors at 8PM
Showtime at 9PM
Tickets: $20
First 100 CMJ Badge Holders enter for free
Co-Hosted By Shade 45's Angela Yee and J Hatch
Showcase Line Up:
Buckshot with 9th Wonder, Kidz In The Hall, Blue Scholars, Sean Price ft. Heltah Skeltah, Smif N Wessun, Marco Polo & Torae, Skyzoo, Team Facelift, and many more surprise guests.
Tickets For The Event Are Now On Sale Through Gramercy's Site via Live Nation by clicking HERE. [note: that 1/2 price ticket offer on the flyer was from last week but you can click and see if they're still honoring it....]
Labels: 9th Wonder, Blue Scholars, Buckshot, CMJ, Heltah Skeltah, Kidz in the Hall, Marco Polo, Sean Price, Skyzoo, Smif N Wessun, Torae
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Illroots.com's The Warm-Up CMJ 2009 Showcase
TOMORROW NIGHT (Oct. 19)! Going down at Santos Party House! Featuring Termanology, Skyzoo, Donny Goines, Shawn Chrystopher, Bekay and Statik Selektah on the cut. [via Illroots.com]
Labels: CMJ, Donny Goines, Skyzoo, Statik Selektah, Termanology
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Vote for Scripts N' Screwz' “Brick” video on mtvU
By clicking right here!
Unless of course you want to vote for Skyzoo's “The Beautiful Decay” clip instead:
Decisions, decisions....
The Kitchen previously on Skyzoo here and previously on Scripts N' Screwz here.
Online:
Scripts N' Screwz - myspace | website | blog
Skyzoo - myspace | twitter
Labels: MTVu, Scripts N Screwz, Skyzoo
Tuesday, August 04, 2009
New music from Skyzoo!
New music from and featuring long-buzzing underground MC and Duck Down signee, Skyzoo:
"The Beautiful Decay" (prod. 9th Wonder) [yousendit mp3 download link via J Hatch]
"Strung Out (Cabes Remix)" [mp3 links: mediafire | Yousendit via Coalmine Records] Check out the video for the track above!
Nametag feat Skyzoo - "Back On My Sh-t" (Produced By Black Milk) [mp3 links: mediafire | yousendit via Dub MD Promo]
Online:
Skyzoo - myspace | twitter | youtube
Nametag - blog | twitter
Labels: 9th Wonder, Black Milk, Cabes, Nametag, Skyzoo
Friday, June 12, 2009
It's Brown Bag Season!
New music from the Brown Bag AllStars [all zshare stream/download mp3 links]:
Brown Bag AllStars - "All I Do" BTW: who else used this beat?
KONCEPT feat. Daniel Joseph - "Modesty" (prod. by J57, cuts by DeeJay Element)
KONCEPT feat. Donny Goines & 6th Sense - "Put Your Hands Together" (produced by DJ Goo)
J57 feat. Skyzoo - "Lights Out" (prod. J57, Cuts by Deejay Element)
The Brown Bag AllStars are:
The Audible Doctor (Emcee/Producer)
J57 (Emcee/Producer)
KONCEPT (Emcee)
Soul Khan
DJ E Holla (DJ)
Deejay Element (DJ)
DJ Goo (DJ/producer)
See the Brown Bag AllStars live at the Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival on June 20.
More online:
The Brown Bag AllStars - MySpace | Blog
Labels: 6th Sense, Brown Bag AllStars, Donny Goines, Skyzoo
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
New Music from Mic Legacy
Some traditonal-sounding backpack sh-t for you by Mic Legacy from his Feed Yo Kids album out on itunes on Feb. 25 featuring Rapper Pooh, NYOil and production by Nottz, Illmind and others:
"Radio" feat. Skyzoo
"Gangster" feat. Melo
[zshare stream/download mp3 links]
Bonus:
Download the Sumtin' to Snack On mixtape here. [zshare download link]
Online:
MySpace - Mic Legacy
Labels: Melo, Mic Legacy, Skyzoo
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
New music: Wordsmith - "Game, Set, Point"
To be honest, I only checked out the email about this kid 'cos I thought it was dude from Punch 'N Words but that's Wordsworth, not Wordsmith! LOL. This track actually ain't bad though:
Wordsmith feat. Skyzoo, Unlearn, Donny Goines & RaTheMC - "Game, Set, Point" (Prod. by Street Level) [zshare stream/download mp3 link via The Carter Cartel]
Click here for more info on Wordsmith via ReverbNation.
Saturday, November 08, 2008
New Mixtape: Dub MD & Fresh Daily Presents Winter Fresh
Featuring tracks by Mickey Factz and Skyzoo and production by Evil Dee, 9th Wonder, Madlib, Alchemist, Illmind and Nottz.
Download it here. [Mediafire D/L link]
Labels: DJ Dub MD, Fresh Daily, Mickey Factz, mixtapes, Skyzoo
Thursday, September 25, 2008
New Mixtape: Dub MD & Illmind presents Blaps, Rhymes & Life
All tracks produced by Illmind and featuring a list of artists including 50 cent, Heltah Skeltah, Little Brother, Black Eyed Peas, Skyzoo, Jean Grae, Fresh Daily and Wale:
Dub MD & Illmind presents Blaps, Rhymes & Life [Mediafire D/L]
Online:
DJ Dub MD - MySpace | Illmind - MySpace | Illmind - website
Labels: 50 cent, DJ Dub MD, Heltah Skeltah, Illmind, Jean Grae, Little Brother, mixtapes, Skyzoo, Wale
Friday, December 14, 2007
Dub Floyd & Wally Sparks - Hip Hop Docktrine Two (mixtape)
Hosted by Skyzoo and Little Brother. Download it here [zip file]. Get the track listing here. A second Boondocks-related mixtape in the next post....
Labels: Boondocks, Dub Floyd, Little Brother, mixtapes, Skyzoo, Wally Sparks
Monday, July 30, 2007
9th Wonder - The Dream Merchant 2 (album info & tracklisting)
There was a The Dream Merchant 1?? Slated for release on 10-09-07, this will be former Little Brother DJ/Producer 9th Wonder's solo-debut release. Here's the track listing:
1. "Mr. Dream Merchant Intro"
2. "Shots" - Big Dho & Sean Price
3. "Merchant Of Dreams" - The EMBASSY, Skyzoo & Torae
4. "Brooklyn In My Mind" - Mos Def, Jean Grae & Memphis Bleek
5. "Sunday" - Keisha Shontelle & Chaundon
6. "Baking Soda" - Big Treal
7. "Reminisce (Take Time)" - Big Remo & The Great Novej of the A.L.L.I.E.S.
8. "No Time To Chill" - Little Brother
9. "It Aint Over" - Jozee Mo & Tyler Woods
10. "The Last Time" - Royce the 5'9, Naledge & Vandalyzm of the MIDWEST WRECKIN' CREW- The D, The Chi & The Lou
11. "Saved" - Saigon & Joe Scudda
12. "Milky Lowa" - Camp Lo
13. "Backlash" - Sean Boog & Buckshot
14. "Thank You" - D.O.X & O-Dash
15. "Let It Bang" - Ness & Skyzoo
16. "What Makes A Man" - Rapper Big Pooh & Buddy Klein
I've had my issues in the past with homeboy's tracks all kind of sounding the same after a while but nonetheless this could be interesting with all the different MC's he's gonna have spitting on the album.
Online: MySpace
Labels: Big Treal, Buckshot, Camp Lo, Jean Grae, Kidz in the Hall, Little Brother, Mos Def, Royce the 5'9, Saigon, Sean Price, Skyzoo
Wednesday, March 14, 2007
Marco Polo feat. Skyzoo "Blocksh-t"
More music from the starting-to-buzz (?) T.dot-by-way-of-BK (hey!) producer Marco Polo from his forthcoming solo LP, Port Authority, due out on 5/15/07 via Rawkus/Soulspazm Records as well as on the soon-drop Mick Boogie mixtape Newport Authority:
Marco Polo feat. Skyzoo "Blocksh-t" [MP3: YSI | zshare stream/download]
(mp3 courtesy Movement marketing)
The Kitchen previously on Marco Polo here.
Online:
MySpace - Marco Polo | BUY music by Marco Polo
MySpace - Skyzoo
MySpace - Mick Boogie
MySpace - Rawkus Records
MySpace - Soulspazm Records
Labels: Marco Polo, Mick Boogie, Rawkus Records, Skyzoo
Thursday, March 08, 2007
Where I'll Be Tomorrow Night....
Unless I'm here instead. It depends on what my homeboy Matt, who's in town for work, wants to do but when you visit the Big Apple you kinda gotta go check out some hip hop, no?
BONUS AUDIO:
Dujeous feat. John Legend "Pro Choice"- from the Game 7 mixtape coming March 20th and the untitled album due this summer. Also check homeboy out live at SXSW next week. For more: Website | MySpace | SXSW
(mp3 by kind permission of Mojo/Dujeous)
I'm STUPID swamped at work so pardon me if the posts get a little thin over the next while (or not)....
Labels: Black Milk, Dujeous, Guilty Simpson, John Legend, Skyzoo, Tanya Morgan
