The Glass House with JLVSN was better but the Delaware emcee still gives us dope content and more melodic hooks than usual.
Chris Skillz shows us that a change of pace isn’t always a bad thing as he flows over some pretty melodic and minimal production. It allows us to really enjoy the dope rhymes delivered not just by Chris but also by the plethora of quality emcees featured on the album (Hus Kingpin, Smoovth, iLL Conscious, Guilty Simpson etc). It’s a short but sick little laid back release that’s worthy of a few listens.
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London-based producer Zain and Delaware emcee Chris Skillz have teamed up for Olvido, an 11-song project with features from Guilty Simpson, iLL Conscious, Hus Kingpin, SmooVth, Left Lane Didon, Jay NiCE, Ronnie Alpha, Junii & All Hail Y.T. This another fine project from a corner of Hip Hop that has been consistently dropping heat in the last couple of years, qualitatively transcending most of what passes for Hip Hop in the mainstream. Olvido is on the short side at 33 minutes, but ... read more