Albums Apollo Brown x Skyzoo - "The Easy Truth" (Discussion Thread)

[CashmereThoughts]

sky one of the best ill listen off the strenth of him

 

[Ziggiy]

Skyzoo is dope.

He definitely benefits from the better production that Apollo gives him. He's one of those MC's that if he can find the RIGHT producer to make an entire album with he could cook up a classic.

 

[Ziggiy]

Visionary Riches

 

[darealvelle]

Visionary Riches

My fav joint in the album

 

[AlainLocke]

magic

Skyzoo is incredible and Apollo is a legend already The fact he makes heat still using Cool Edit is

How the fukk you make beats in Cool Edit Pro?

 

[Man On Fire]

How the fukk you make beats in Cool Edit Pro?

That shyt is ancient

 

[Animal House]

Album is flames, been on repeat all weekend. Zoo isn't one of my favorite rappers cause of that lack of charisma that many people talk about, but his wordplay is undeniable. Combine that with Apollo Brown, one of best sample/boom bap producers doing it these days, and there was no way this album was gonna disappoint. Top 5 of the year easy

from the reactions in this thread, i feel like sky is the j cole of underground rappers; either you get him/like him or you dont. personally, i think his wordplay is beautiful and his abstract style/appreciation-ear for beats that fit his style is a great balance to the nonsense over-saturating rap, today.

him and westside gunn have a weird chemistry. shyt is like kettle corn. it just works.

this is how i feel props to both of u.
its mos def a top album for me but im conflicted on a actual aoty

so far i got these in no particular order just yet:

Rass Kass Intellectual Property
Westside Gunn Flygod
Havoc Silent Partner
Skyzoo The Easy Truth
Reks Greatest XXX
Royce Layers
Schoolboy Q Blank Face
Kendrick Lamar Untitled Unmastered
Ransom History of Violence


its been another piff year for Hiphop

 

[Hardaway]

while I respect Skyzoo, he really bores me to death as an emcee brehs

I been listening to dude since the 9th Wonder days and can't quote you one lyric from him

he's not wack, he's serviceable mos definitely, but something about the monotony of Apollo's production and his limited bag of tracks has me kind of about this. a lot of heads gonna be saying this shyt is dope because they feel they're SUPPOSED to. i'll give it a listen tho

i can quote a lot of For What It's Worth (best joint off his first album) but u right he's forgettable as shyt

and he takes pride in not being able to be understood which is stupid

 

[darealvelle]

i can quote a lot of For What It's Worth (best joint off his first album) but u right he's forgettable as shyt

and he takes pride in not being able to be understood which is stupid

 

[IronFist]

a review

 

[RAW_SPK]

"Visionary Riches" is ethereal

 

[Man On Fire]

My God Skyzoo is a swaggerless doofus. He looks amphibious. Be frumpy in a Melo jersey, brehs. Wear hip hop capris, brehs.

 

[Big Mel]

Played the album again today and really enjoyed it. Is this possible the best collection of Apollo beats on an album since 'clouds'?

 

[dubsmith_nz]

Still digesting this album, always takes a long time to catch what Sky's talking - his hooks always get stuck in my head though.

Visionary Riches and Bentley On The Corner

 

[Pete Wrigley]

Nodding Off is by far my favorite track on the album.

That Mike Tyson quote

That guitar sample

That horn, that beautiful fukkin' horn



The whole album is flames.