Drawn by: Fabian Ciraolo.
Oct.2nd



TrackList

 

1) Dreams In A Basement featuring Jill Scott (produced  by !llmind) 

2) Jansport Strings (One Time for Chi-Ali) (produced by 9th Wonder)

3) Pockets Full feat. Freeway (produced by !llmind) 

4) Give It Up feat. DJ Prince (produced by !llmind) 

5) Glass Ceilings (produced by !llmind) 

6) Range Rover Rhythm (produced by Jahlil Beats) 

7) The Knowing feat. Jessy Wilson (produced by Eric G) 

8) Drew & Derwin feat. Raheem Devaughn (produced by Focus) 

9) Realization feat. Jared Evan (produced by DJ Khalil) 

10) The Rage of Roemello (produced by DJ Khalil) 

11) How to Make it Through Hysteria (produced by Best Kept Secret) 

12) Steel's Apartment (produced by Black Milk) 

13) Spike Lee Was My Hero feat. Talib Kweli (produced by Tall Black Guy) 

14) The Cost of Sleep (produced by Tall Black Guy)

 This serves as the lead single off Skyzoo's upcoming album "A Dream Deferred" out Oct. 2nd on The Faculty/Duck Down Music Inc.

"The idea behind Jansport Strings is not based on it being literal, but more so in the figurative sense. As a kid in NY, the strings on your Jansport bag were a sign of power and presence. Kids would steal the strings off of each other's bags and burn the tips to prevent getting robbed of them once they got them. The song is a 3 minute auto-bio of me as a kid in Brooklyn and seeing more than my friends and I had bargained for. In essence, my Jansport strings tied it all together, seeing what we all saw and what it made us. The ending is a clip from Video Music Box, the legendary NYC video show run by DJ Ralph McDaniels. This episode in particular was the debut of Chi-Ali's 'Age Ain't Nothin But A Number'. Seeing that video that day on this episode of VMB made me start rhyming. This clip was literally the moment that changed my life." -Skyzoo