21 August 2012 - Real Hip Hop Forever

Skyzoo 'A Dream Deferred' Album Cover + Track Listing

Skyzoo is set to release his new album, 'A Dream Deferred' on October 2nd through The Faculty / Duck Down Music.

The album has stand out production from the likes of !llmind, Jahlil Beats, 9th Wonder, Eric G, Focus, Black Milk, DJ Khalil, Best Kept Secret & Tall Black Guy.

'A Dream Deferred' features songs with Jill Scott, Talib Kweli, Freeway, Raheem Devaughn, Jared Evan, DJ Prince, and Jessy Wilson.

Skyzoo describes the cover, drawn by Chilean artist Fabian Ciraolo (www.fabianciraolo.blogspot.com) as a perfect representation to what the album sounds like. Skyzoo goes on to explain that "the idea was to demonstrate the feel of being in a dream and I wanted the album to represent that visually as well. Fabian's work contains his signature star speckled background on all of his designs, so it made sense to use him with the stars representing a dreamy atmosphere. He's an incredible artist and did an excellent job of bringing the theme of the album to life."

Track Listing:

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)

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Josh Bliss Lighten - Louisiana In The Building (Video)

Josh Bliss Lighten is representing a different side of the down south hip hop scene, in this music video "Louisiana In The Building".

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La Coka Nostra "Creed Of The Greedier"‏

Always known for tackling controversial topic matter, the group’s sophomore project, Masters Of The Dark Arts, (which recently was a top 100 debut on the Billboard Charts) finds them once again in torch-bearing mode, addressing subjects that most artists shy away from as ILL BILL illustrates “as conceptually and musically dark as this album appears to be, there's also a flip side layer to it that you may not notice until you listen to it a few times. Masters Of The Dark Arts is a storm before the calm and a celebration of the good things in life that can only be achieved by walking directly into the heart of darkness and facing your inner demons head on."

While the group’s roster has been trimmed slightly due to Everlast having to leave the group (for personal reasons), La Coka Nostra returns re-invigorated “I think we approached Masters Of The Dark Arts with a chip on our shoulder and really took it back to our original mission of hardcore Hip-Hop amidst all the circus bullshit that is so prevalent in the current landscape of the genre. We are aware of the perception that somehow the group has suffered a loss we can’t recover from and in response we made an album that is the most conceptually focused and hardest hitting soundscape in the group’s history” Slaine asserts.

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