Skyzoo joins episode 51 of AFH's What's The Headline to discuss his new album, All The Brilliant Things:



0:00 Intro

3:24 Skyzoo discusses why he moved from Brooklyn to Atlanta

7:10 Skyzoo explains the concepts behind his song “A Tour Of The Neighborhood” from his album All The Brilliant Things

10:20 Skyzoo on growing up in Brooklyn in the '80s and '90s

12:11 Skyzoo on why 1995 was the greatest year ever

14:40 Recalling the exact moment he knew he wanted to rap

16:55 The impact of growing up in the neighborhood with Biggie, Lil' Kim and Junior M.A.F.I.A.

18:55 Skyzoo explains the origin and meaning of the album cover for All The Brilliant Things

22:54 The importance of creating an album using a central theme

23:40 On learning how to write songs by listening to Ma$e 25:17 Why Skyzoo chose not to feature any other rappers on All The Brilliant Things

26:27 Skyzoo was supposed to be a trap rapper

30:48 Why MCs should not be put into a box for their rhyme styles

32:59 Why a famous rapper told Skyzoo to work less hard

34:30 Phonte talked Skyzoo out of retiring

36:00 On being one of the most underrated MCs in Hip-Hop

38:00 Why he’s anti-music industry now

40:30 The influence Miles Davis has had on Skyzoo’s music

43:40 Why Skyzoo raps about money so much in his music

48:20 How inflation is used to move groups of people out of neighborhoods

54:20 Skyzoo on why people need to love Black people as much as they love Black culture

55:13 Why we have to be careful with cancel culture

57:15 How Black people can better capture the wealth they are creating

59:30 Why Skyzoo does not turn down any interviews

1:01:06 Why media outlets who cover Hip-Hop culture must be from the culture

1:04:35 Why Skyzoo tries to respond to every positive social media post about him

1:05:50 Seeking validation is the plight of Black folks 1:12:32 How gentrifiers played off the fears of the locals

1:14:30 On never having a major company behind him

1:17:00 Skyzoo discusses the moment when he took his rap skills to a different level

1:19:10 Skyzoo on the power of Hip-Hop to educate future generations about gentrification

Photograph by Photo Rob