Skillz Rap City Freestyle (Friday)

Magneto · Post by **Magneto** » Sat Apr 26, 2008 7:31 pm

http://videovault.morrisvideos.com/vide ... yfreetsyle

Good shit

sneed · Post by **sneed** » Sat Apr 26, 2008 7:52 pm

really dope. that math part at the end was pretty good.

samdoom · Post by **samdoom** » Sat Apr 26, 2008 8:29 pm

not bad at all. is he droppin anything soon?

Employee · Post by **Employee** » Sat Apr 26, 2008 8:38 pm

The fuck happened to this dude?? Seriously.

Cat had such a dope debut and literally turned to shit.

staytribe. · Post by **staytribe.** » Sun Apr 27, 2008 12:23 am

that was nuts.

Above-Beyond · Post by **Above-Beyond** » Sun Apr 27, 2008 1:27 am

The end was fucken awesome.

hired gun · Post by **hired gun** » Sun Apr 27, 2008 11:59 am

dude does it off the top or non-descript verses flawlessly. YEt he doesn't seem to be able to translate that ever into a good/clever song. Honestly, I think its the format, its real hard to me to be a straight up punchline rap and make that into a dope song.

Magneto · Post by **Magneto** » Sun Apr 27, 2008 12:04 pm

hired gun wrote:dude does it off the top or non-descript verses flawlessly. YEt he doesn't seem to be able to translate that ever into a good/clever song. Honestly, I think its the format, its real hard to me to be a straight up punchline rap and make that into a dope song.

I liked most of the tracks on "From Where????"

Nod Factor is a classic itself.

okkid · Post by **okkid** » Sun Apr 27, 2008 12:11 pm

As a close friend of Skillz I can tell you he did not do that Off The Top.Last time I remember him actaully freestyling was in the 90's on U of Richmond radio.
He did go off the top with Common on that youtube clip at the show in Va Beach.

staytribe. · Post by **staytribe.** » Sun Apr 27, 2008 5:11 pm

^^ i believe it.
funny how he tries to pretend he doesn't know what hes going to say right before the addition part.

B. Ware tha Siniq · Post by **B. Ware tha Siniq** » Sun Apr 27, 2008 6:07 pm

Magneto wrote:
hired gun wrote:dude does it off the top or non-descript verses flawlessly. YEt he doesn't seem to be able to translate that ever into a good/clever song. Honestly, I think its the format, its real hard to me to be a straight up punchline rap and make that into a dope song.
I liked most of the tracks on "From Where????"

Nod Factor is a classic itself.

Agreed, it's a very solid album. I think the era where that kind of rapping was acceptable has basically passed, and even back then it wasn't that commercially viable. Chino, Ras, Skillz... all very talented, but all doomed to underground obscurity, despite the fact that they all have at least one album that's pretty solid (to great to classic depending on who you ask). Skillz probably made some pretty good dough as a ghostwriter over the years though.

Skillz also jumped the shark in the Rawkus era I think. But he's still talented.

axel foley · Post by **axel foley** » Sun Apr 27, 2008 8:52 pm

Employee wrote:Cat had such a dope debut and literally turned to shit.

paging

Positive A · Post by **Positive A** » Sun Apr 27, 2008 9:38 pm

Dope.

And "From Where?!?!" was dope as hell. I miss that album.

hired gun · Post by **hired gun** » Sun Apr 27, 2008 10:50 pm

Magneto wrote:
hired gun wrote:dude does it off the top or non-descript verses flawlessly. YEt he doesn't seem to be able to translate that ever into a good/clever song. Honestly, I think its the format, its real hard to me to be a straight up punchline rap and make that into a dope song.
I liked most of the tracks on "From Where????"

Nod Factor is a classic itself.

yeah his debut withstanding...

mike eagle · Post by **mike eagle** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 2:14 am

hired gun wrote:dude does it off the top or non-descript verses flawlessly. YEt he doesn't seem to be able to translate that ever into a good/clever song. Honestly, I think its the format, its real hard to me to be a straight up punchline rap and make that into a dope song.

he had some dope shit on that True Notes comp that okp put out a while back. that song where he was rapping like a preacher was gold

ackbar · Post by **ackbar** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 2:52 am

1 out of every 2 million rappers freestyles on rap city (tigga exempted)