Albums Skyzoo x Pete Rock - Retropolitan (Discussion Thread)

[Kaydigi]

Album is insane, i'm only 3 tracks in and i'm about close itunes and save it for the car ride tomorrow.

 

[Kaydigi]

These are unused 90s beats from Pete right? They sound nothing like anything he's made in the 21st Century. They sound like that Baby Pa album.

Is Carry the Tradition an old beat? Cause that sounds like some fresh 2010+ heat. Would love to hear Slaughterhouse on some shyt like this.

 

[Insensitive]

Breh...
BREH!!!!

This shyt is is.... one of the greatest doing it right now with literally a G.O.A.T. on the boards.


Hip-Hop, I love thee


"Superheroes that got their powers from where the ports be" - Skyzoo

Skyzoo's infatuation with 90's/80's crack era NY leads to wonderful writing from
a first person perspective and The Wire references weaved throughout the lines.

Layered, Complex yet simple when simplicity is needed. Seriously an underrated rapper.

 

[Prince.Skeletor]

Skyzoo to me is a dope mc with very few quotables

 

[mobbinfms]

Imagine if Black Thought or Roc Marciano had taken Westside Gunn's place on Eastern Conference All Stars

 

[Nostalgic]

Imagine if Black Thought or Roc Marciano had taken Westside Gunn's place on Eastern Conference All Stars

Don't know about Roc, But Black would've went IN!! on that joint.

 

[dubsmith_nz]

Skyzoo to me is a dope mc with very few quotables

I know what you mean, I put someone like Rae in the same catalogue (I'll probably get flamed for that opinion). They spit a bunch of fly shyt, and technically always very dope, but have very few quotable that pop out or stick in my head on their own.

I did really like these lines though, especially the Polo one.

"My son uses the potty so heʼs older now,
Fred Hampton, Huey Newton Iʼma mold him now,
but still teddy bear sweaters, bet he Lo to the ground,
the hybrid of everything that comes with owning a crown"

 

[TillWeDie]

Pete Rock is amazing

 

[Newportbox]

I should like Skyzoo....... He checks all the boxes. I just don't. Nothing really intrigues me.

 

[*~queenbee~*]

Ok, let me dive into this real quick.

 

[LJLYDK!]

Not big into Skyzoo but gave this a quick spin a few days ago to see what the fuss is about & on the first listen the whole thing slaps! Gonna have to dive into it properly tonight though, Pete still got it.

That beat from the Illmatic era is prime time Pete Rock

 

[Playaz Eyez]

Good album but I’d still put Salvation and his album from 2018 ahead of it

 

[RAW_SPK]

I know what you mean, I put someone like Rae in the same catalogue (I'll probably get flamed for that opinion). They spit a bunch of fly shyt, and technically always very dope, but have very few quotable that pop out or stick in my head on their own.

I did really like these lines though, especially the Polo one.

"My son uses the potty so heʼs older now,
Fred Hampton, Huey Newton Iʼma mold him now,
but still teddy bear sweaters, bet he Lo to the ground,
the hybrid of everything that comes with owning a crown"

part of the reason you may like those lines is cuz the beginning part is taken/flipped from Biggie on “Everyday Struggle” lol he tends to do that how Hov use to

ima spin this album a lil later today again when i pick up some bud and see if my mind changes

 

[NYK Loyalist]

Still taking it in but my favorites so far are:

Glorious
It’s All Good
Truck Jewels
The Audacity of Dope
Richie

It’s All Good sounds like he recorded that around the same time as Rather Unique. Pete is in my top 5

 

[Ironman]

Album is coolGotta let it marinate some more but I can't agree this is better than Easy Truth. It's definitely not but it's a dope project for sure.