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░█████▓█████▓██ ▌Artist__│ Skyzoo ██▓█████▓█████░
░████▓▓██▒██▓██ ▌Title___│ The Power Of Words ██▓█████▓▓████░
░████▓███▒██▓██ ▌Label___│ Audioworx Ent. ██▓██▒███▓████░
░████▓███▒██▓██ ▌Genre___│ Hip-Hop ██▓██▒███▓████░
░████▓███▒██▓██ ▌Format__│ Album ██▓██▒███▓████░
░████▓███▒██▓██ ▌Year____│ 2009 ██▓██▒███▓████░
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░░████▓█████▓██ ▌Time____│ 53:28 ██▓█████▓████░░
░░░████▓████▓██ ▌Size____│ 128.73 MB ██▓████▓████░░░
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░░░░░░░████████ ▌URL_____│ play.google.com ████████░░░░░░░
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░░ 01. Intro 1:01
░░ 02. Clearer Hearing (Prod. Fatin '10' Horton) 2:21
░░ 03. Bells & Whistles (Prod. Algorythm) 3:43
░░ 04. Back On The Map (Feat. Maino) (Prod. Jake One) 3:33
░░ 05. Appreciation (Prod. Analogic) 3:53
░░ 06. Freshfest (Feat. Wale) (Prod. Illmind) 3:22
░░ 07. No Pretending (Prod. Khrysis) 3:30
░░ 08. Five Year Plan (Interlude) 2:02
░░ 09. The Don Cheadle Effect (Prod. Ceased Werds) 2:58
░░ 10. Do Remember (Feat. Young Chris) (Prod. 9th Wonder) 2:43
░░ 11. Alphabet Soup (Prod. J Dilla) 2:28
░░ 12. We Are Jamla (Feat. Big Remo, GQ & Rapsody) (Prod. 9th 4:22
░░ Wonder)
░░ 13. Left 4 Dead (Feat. EPMD) (Prod. 9th Wonder) 3:14
░░ 14. Say What You Say (Feat. Rapper Big Pooh & Naledge) (Prod. 4:00
░░ Illmind)
░░ 15. When I Rhyme (Feat. Talib Kweli & Reks) (Prod. Statik 3:06
░░ Selektah)
░░ 16. We Belong (Prod. 9th Wonder) 3:22
░░ 17. Outro 3:50
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░░ Skyzoo's lyrical game, actually, is a little better here than his album
░░ in my opinion. The songs aren't as quality, but the lyrics on the beats
░░ just sound a little tighter and I actually come back to this a little
░░ more often right now despite all the DJ drops. I saw Skyzoo open for
░░ Ghostface Killah a few days ago, and one thign struck me more than
░░ anything else: his voice is different on stage. My one problem with
░░ Skyzoo is his nasal voice that sounds like he's holding back a little bit
░░ and sometimes makes him harder to understand than he should be. But live,
░░ he sounds like any other rapper and honestly it was kind of hard to tell
░░ him and Torae apart. So I'm not sure why he sounds the way he does on
░░ record, but, anyway this mixtape is another in 2009's long line of
░░ album-quality mixtapes. The only difference, of course, is ridiculous DJ
░░ drops and perhaps a few generic throwaway beats. "Bells & Whistles" is
░░ epitome of mixtape filler, but stuff like "Don Cheadle Effect", "Clearer
░░ Hearing" and "Alphabet Soup" are really dope stuff. The most important
░░ thing to be prepared for with this release is phrases or symbols with
░░ double meanings; Skyzoo loves to smirk at his listeners through the mic,
░░ and he's never flexed those muscles more than this tape.
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░░ The songs aren't as good as The Salvation, but Skyzoo does a good job
░░ balancing mixtape raps with album-quality material, and Power of Words is
░░ definitely one of the year's better mixtapes a a result. The production
░░ is solid and Skyzoo's taking it serious; this could probably be likened
░░ to Torae's Daily Conversation. The theme is the same as Skyzoo talks a
░░ lot about how detailed his lyrics are, as though in response to Torae's
░░ call for artists to focus harder on their bars. To some it's a slightly
░░ condescending attitude that the new Duck Down is promoting, but I'm
░░ personally all for it. Especially if it's going to result in tracks like
░░ "When I Rhyme". Talib spits a line I really like on that track: "I wish I
░░ could mask my feelings like MF DOOM". More rappers need to take pride in
░░ not only their success, but their craft. Also, tracks like "Back on the
░░ Map" show off where kingsoby got his Finale comparisons from. I didn't
░░ hear the delivery similarities on Sky's album but it's definitely there
░░ here. Production heads should also get a kick out of this album, because
░░ guys like Jake One and Analogic really bring, while 9th Wonder is his
░░ typical consistent self and the rest of the guys do what they do. I've
░░ got no problems with Skyzoo in 2009, his mixtape and album are both
░░ equally worth hearing. By the end of "We Belong", one thing's for
░░ certain: Skyzoo can fucking rap.
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░░ I originally graded this out to a 3.5 when I wrote my review, but
░░ returning to this now there aren't any standout tracks at all and the
░░ whole thing just sort of rolls by. It's entertaining if you like the
░░ stuff, but there's also not much notable about this either. Good primer
░░ on Skyzoo but now that he's got two albums out it's obvious you should
░░ just go for those. Sky values his words too much to give you much more
░░ than complex poetic puns here, though that's the namesake of the mixtape.
░░ There's a ton of value in that lane, it's just a pretty narrow lane.
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