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[Audio] Skyzoo – “Along The Way”

At last, the "Control" response to end all "Control" responses. Skyzoo just dropped "Along The Way", the final instalment in his Penny Series Pt. 2, and he takes the opportunity to put an end to all this knee-jerk tomfoolery of overreactions to Kendrick's wake-up call. The Brooklyn emcee hops on Jay Z's "Allure", produced by The Neptunes, and gets right to reminding everyone who's been about the lyrics from jump:

"I did it from day one/ I never took off a night, I never shook off the light in the midst of a grey run/ I told you what I was on, and showed you double or nothin'/ The ones who really heard is the ones who cut the discussion/ Like "nah, Sky got it, there's nothin' for him to prove/ If he ever laced 'em up, you'd be runnin' outta your shoes."/ You being whoever, the name of him doesn't matter/ They know I'm not for play, I'm raisin' 'em up as rappers..." "Two for two with the classics and got a third comin'/ And I ain't dropped one verse that didn't earth somethin'/ Even the throwaways were s--- you would go to play/ And say that the only thing beside it that you know is Jay/ The day ones? All of 'em know how me do/ I'm pretty much Earl Manigault, but no needles/ So when you talk to Kareem or Wilt or Connie Hawk'/ Remember who they was modellin' when they stepped on the court..." "I'm New York to the death, when they was changin' they teams/ But they opened up the doors for him to say what he please/ It don't help that the real king went and gave him the keys/ Doing verses on the remix, s---, why wouldn't he think he's it/ I would think the same with all them reach-ins/ Not a shot, it's just a drop of honesty/ And if I pour the whole glass, that's more that you gotta clean/ So I'll leave it there, and you know where I stand/ Talkin' music to my friends, and one love to my fans."

Now I don't want to hear any more responses, hear me? Stream/download "Along The Way" below, and make sure to check out our interview with Skyzoo.

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[Audio] Skyzoo – “Feeding Lines” x “First Thing Smoking”

Martin Bauman

Brooklyn's own Skyzoo recently released yet another instalment in his Penny Series Pt. 2, this time dropping "Feeding Lines". (For those unaware, the Duck Down emcee has been releasing a new song every Thursday as part of the freestyle series.) Since we missed last week's edition, make sure to check out "First Thing Smoking" as well. If you're familiar with Skyzoo, you'll know his reverence for Penny Hardaway runs deep. We had the chance to catch up with Skyzoo back in September last year, and we discussed everything from idolizing Penny Hardaway, to A Dream Deferred, to growing up around Notorious B.I.G. Stream/download the tracks below and hit the skip to read a snippet of our interview with Skyzoo.

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[Audio] Skyzoo – “Counting Until It Hurts” (Prod: AraabMuzik)

Martin Bauman

Skyzoo is back with the second instalment in Penny Series Pt. 2, freestyling over Fabolous and AraabMuzik's "Money Talks" for "Counting Until It Hurts". The original cut comes off Funkmaster Flex's Who You Mad At? Me Or Yourself? mixtape. If you missed last week's Penny Series release, Skyzoo hopped on Jay Z's "Picasso Baby" for "All Black Walls" and absolutely killed it. Things seem to be just getting underway in 2013 for Skyzoo after dropping one of last year's strongest albums in A Dream Deferred. Here's hoping the Penny Series leads to another project later this year. For now, however, stream and download "Counting Until It Hurts" below. For more on the Brooklyn emcee, make sure you check out our interview with him.

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[Audio] Skyzoo – “All Black Walls” (Prod: Adrian Younge & Venice Dawn)

Martin Bauman

Ooooohweeeee! Skyzoo just dropped "All Black Walls", the first track off his Penny Series Pt. 2. On "All Black Walls", Sky hops on (the recently hyphen-less) Jay Z's "Picasso Baby" instrumental, off his Magna Carta Holy Grail release. This was my favourite track off MCHG, and Skyzoo always comes correct, so it's super dope to see him spit over the Adrian Younge-sampled cut. True, Timbaland and J-Roc receive production credits on MCHG, but the original sample comes from Adrian Younge's Venice Dawn. Enough rambling, though. Stream and download "All Black Walls" below. For more on Skyzoo, check out our interview with him.

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