One of my fellow “real hip-hop heads” on the radio, Peter Rosenberg, linked with Oddisee to whip up this little EP featuring Torae, Skyzoo, Daytona, Saigon, Buckshot, and (the lovely) Nikki Jean. The concept was simple: all Oddisee beats + dope MC’s + one day to record it all. I’m sure it was hectic, but it turned out great. Download link and tracklisting after the jump!
This is the kind of ish that I love about hip-hop: just people relaxing, having fun, and showing their skills. Wale, Green, Just, Sky, and Supernat have a little freestyle session backstage at Rock The Bells (NYC, I think). Supernat killed it, obviously, but Just kinda ripped it there too. Is there anything that dude can’t do? LOL @ Wale at the end, greatness.
Spotted at Info’s.
Ha, ironic that I mention I don’t really like a capella verses like this and I end up posting 2 back to back. Had to do it though. The homies Skyzoo and Donny Goines spit a little something for y’all in Manhattan for part 9 of Donny’s “Bars” series. I can’t wait to peep those projects Sky’s working on…
I saw that this joint made its way all around the best blogs out there, but DJ K.O. decided to leak out the official version instead of the unfinished demo that popped up on a mixtape. This song will be on K.O.’s highly anticipated album, Picture This, due out Sept. 23rd on Shaman Work Recordings. The artists involved with this project are incredible, and this particular song features the homey Skyzoo, Emilio Rojas, and Median ripping up a Black Milk beat. Heat.
DJ K.O. ft. Skyzoo, Emilio Rojas, and Median – “Start It All Over”
Random Hyphen related trivia: Sky mentioned to me a while back that he first heard of Black Milk from one of my old mixtapes and reached out to MK off the strength of that joint (“Duck” for those who know about the knowabout). Now they’ve done several classic joints together…gotta love it!