Jay Z’s 1996 debut album Reasonable Doubt is slated to be reinterpreted by fellow Brooklyn emcee Skyzoo and Philadelphia producer Antman Wonder on their collaborative effort, An Ode To Reasonable Doubt. The nine-track project is set to drop December 4th, Jay Z’s birthday.
Skyzoo has been discussing this idea for years. In June 2011, Skyzoo spoke about the idea behind this project with HipHopDX.
“I didn’t know [Elzhi] was gonna do [Elmatic] with a band and then when it came out I heard it,” Skyzoo said. “I was like, ‘This is so awesome,’ but I was like, ‘Damn, that was the same place I was gonna take it.’ So I’m figuring out if I’m gonna do it with a band or not, because I definitely want to respect the fact that El did it that way and he did an awesome job at it. An ode to Reasonable Doubt is coming for sure. That’s gonna happen before the year is over.”
According to the press release, Antman Wonder is a classically trained musician and composer. Wonder worked on a collection of original beats inspired by production on Reasonable Doubt.
Skyzoo and Wonder spent some time remaining idle on the idea of a Jay Z tribute album, but over the course of this year began working on and finishing it. The resulting product has been tagged as “a scholar written & orchestral approach to what raised us,” according to a press release.
“For me, Reasonable Doubt was and is one of the most cohesive bodies of work in Hip Hop,” Skyzoo says in a press release. “The way Jay painted exactly what that side of the fence was, from the highs and celebrations, to the lows and worried phone calls, to the emotions of someone truly with the weight of the world on their shoulders. It was as honest and clear cut as you can get. As a fan it made me want to learn every word and as an artist it further shaped my storytelling and approach to writing.”
The album is scheduled to drop at noon of the scheduled date under First Generation Rich, Inc. and Loyalty Digital Corp. The public is slated to be given the option to “Pay What You Want,” with different items offered at different respective prices.
The cover art for An Ode To Reasonable Doubt can be found below.
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Skyzoo is a sick emcee, but he needs to put some more soul in his music. So emotionless.
Skyzoo is garbage.
skyzoo is cool
but yeah he need to focus
skyzoo wayyy over your head
Isn’t Antman a shitty Marvel superhero?
A Dream Deferred is a dope album from Sky, criminally slept on. Looking forward to this and Antman’s solo joint as well.
fuck these no name homos #FUCKFAME #RULETALK
Please don’t switch over to DISQUS DX! Hate that ish ya bish,
Pathetic. Skyzoo isn’t stupid but he’s possibly the world’s most boring rapper and half his shit sounds like he swallowed Jay’s cum, then asked if it’s alright before getting on the mic.
Paying homage to the moterfucking overrated “Reasonable Doubt” is another nail in this lame’s coffin and at least “Reasonable Doubt” was of its time, and maybe the only album Jay would ever make etc.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbhiTDooqz8
http://i1.ytimg.com/vi/fyPsRyhP0CY/mqdefault.jpg
Skyzoo has no charisma whatsoever.
The fact that Skyzoo and Elzhi fucked with those classics shows me that their misguided artist and that they are legends in their own mind. To me you guys just showed your fans how much of fan you guys are to Jay and Nas..
O and Skyzoo you look like a full blown Fag in your picture
yea crazy things are happening. jasons coming out woods getting at ppl. ppl walking around micheal myers naborhoods.seen a bird with cat head on jumping at ppl jumping rite at ya.leather facesss put chain saws on u ppl
hey bitch mother bitch 666 witch woods looking for some of u ppl
666 crazy mother fuckers
before I looked at the draft that said $5113, I have faith …that…my father in law woz like really earning money part time from their laptop.. there brothers friend started doing this for less than twenty one months and as of now paid the loans on there home and bought Ford Focus. this link… http://www.Fb39.com
Yeah, and he and Meek were just photographed together a few weeks back. The only one getting caught up in his feelings is…Drake. I know, it’s hard to believe that Drake got emotional.
doope
album cover doesn’t fit the time era of reasonable doubt. jay wasn’t wearing those old school jewellry in 1996. this is jay as a teenager in that pic.
get off elzhi’s dick.
the boring ass rapper strikes again. this dudes name should be skysnooze.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJlrdRsjARU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSy56vFDeLE
People hate what they can’t understand. Skyzoo’s rhymes are way over the heads of these cats. Great beats, great rhymes what more do you’ll want?
I bet this is gonna be better than the original which i think is HIGHLY overrated
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Elzhi’s ELMATIC is undeniable. PERIOD. enough said.