Skyzoo – The Salvation – In Stores September 29, 2009.
Still very much a fresh face in terms of commercial appeal, Skyzoo hasn’t been in a lot of hip hop videos, but he’s been in his fair share. With The Salvation ready to hit stores on Tuesday, we’re gonna continue featuring Skyzoo this week. For day two, WeLiveThis highlights five videos of Skyzoo worth checking out.
1. Skyzoo – The Beautiful Decay – Skyzoo’s First Single… what did you expect me to choose for the first video?
2. Skyzoo – The Necessary Evils – One of my favorite Skyzoo joints of all time.
3. Reks featuring Skyzoo – Money On The Ave – One of the best joints on this Reks album.
4. Mr. Mecca featuring Skyzoo, A.Pinks, Sha Stimuli, and Torae – Over Here – Mr. Mecca recruits some of underground’s best artists to give their own flava to the Craig Mack joint.
5. Panama featuring Skyzoo – Play Your Position – The Wire’s Panama and Skyzoo deliver this banger.
Best Hip Hop Music Videos: Skyzoo Edition
Best New Hip Hop Songs: Duck Down Records Edition
Duck Down Records had a very solid year thus far with successful releases from Torae, and Buckshot and KRS-One. Not too mention Skyzoo readying to drop his album, The Salvation on Tuesday. In light of The Salvation’s upcoming release, I’m gonna highlight Skyzoo and Duck Down Records the next seven days. To start things off, here goes the best eight new hip hop songs from Duck Down Records’ artists… though in today’s hip hop industry (after 24 hours that ish is nearing retirement!), take the word new with a grain of salt. Check them out below!
1. TEK of Smif-N-Wessun – Touchin’ That Green
2. Don Notz featuring Torae and Ali Vegas – Lost
3. Buckshot and KRS-One featuring Mary J. Blige – The Way I Live
4. Sean Price – Broken Safety Part 2
5. Skyzoo – Popularity
6. Buckshot and KRS-One featuring Smif-N-Wessun – Connection
7. Sean Price featuring Skyzoo and Torae – Duckdown
8. Jahdan Blakkamoore featuring General Steele – The General Remix
Torae and Marco Polo ThisIs50 Interview
Torae is one of the nicest hip hop artists out there right now. I finally got the chance to meet him in person on Tuesday night at the KRS-One and Buckshot album release show. Double Barrel was one of the best albums thus far of 2009, so if you didn’t cop yours yet… definitely do that. In this interview with ThisIs50, Torae and Marco Polo discuss their sound of music, they talk about their album “Double Barrel”, what they learned from being in the music industry, and more.
Torae Freestyle On RS Radio
Torae kicks a freestyle on RS Radio. Shouts to Torae. Double Barrel is one of the hottest albums to be released this year.
FLuD Presents… Torae
Torae speaks on a variety of topics, ranging from his influences to how he constructs his music. Torae also speaks with FLuD about coming into the game, and the making of his video, Switch.
Torae and Marco Polo Perform at SouthPaw Video
Video footage of Torae and Marco Polo performing live at Southpaw in Brooklyn, NY. Craig G joins Torae on stage, and the two trade bars for a sick performance.
Illa Ghee TV Episode One: At Southpaw with Torae and Craig G
Torae and Craig G check in with Illa Ghee for the first episode of Illa Ghee TV. This first episode was shot at Southpaw where Torae performed.