You've heard the year end wrap-ups for years now and waiting patiently for the next project – here it is!
Dropping July 8th thanks to Kock Records the MC Skillz will drop Million Dollar BackPack. Skillz just wrapped up touring with Dj Jazzy Jeff in Europe and is anticapted to go on tour with The Roots this summer. Dates to be announced later.
Million Dollar BackPack features guest appearances by Common, Kweli, Freeway and The Roots, and finds Skillz rapping mostly about the reality in which he lives.
The first single off of Million Dollar Backpack is “So Far So Good” feat. Common. The track finds Skillz reflecting on how far he has come and what he has to do to keep pushing ahead. On “Crazy World,” he ponders on the many injustices we all face every day. Touching on the hysteria he feels has been creeping into the hood for some time now, Skillz spits: “There’s kids on my block with pockets full of rocks/They used to think that school was cool but that came to a stop/The madness setting in, I know a veteran, sh** he fought for his country and can’t afford his medicine.” The video for “Crazy World” can be seen online and was featured on MTV2’s “Sucker Free” in late winter.
With an album chock full of substance, style and of course skill, Million Dollar Backpack promises to fill the creative void that’s plaguing hip-hop. “Originality is missing in music,” says Skillz. “You don’t have to be a gimmick, just be yourself. I’m not mad at the state of music or what ain’t happening, I’m just making my music and anyone who wants to listen to it I’m greatly appreciative.
3 years later and can still bring the heat – anyone interested in a free copy?
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