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Skillz - Call Me Crazy
Artist: Skillz
Featuring: Raheem DeVaughn
Producer: R. Baker and Dustin "Duece" Scott
Album: The World Needs More Skillz
Label: Big Kiidz/eOne Music
For Skillz, better known as the lyrically astute emcee whose Wrap Ups are an official part of the hip-hop calendar, being “the Wrap Up guy” has to feel like a double-edged sword. While the annual breakdowns have gained him widespread attention, he’s still searching for a record that will help him break out of that box in the national consciousness, a search that continues today with new single Call Me Crazy. Behind the boards R. Baker and Dustin “Duece” Scott lay down a bouncing, echoing and strings-hemmed beat that Skillz uses to speak slick rhymes to a particular, currently taken girl: “Let you in on some things you should know / like your beauty grows / you look better than you did ten minutes ago.” I don’t know if his romantic efforts will succeed, but having the consummately smooth Raheem DeVaughn throw down a hook definitely won’t hurt. (Note to self: hire an elite r&b singer to help me pick up women.) Will his forthcoming, aptly-titled album, The World Needs More Skillz, be the work that finally takes Skillz to the next level? We’ll find out October 12.
This song first appeared on the
Independent Chart
on September 13, 2010
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DJ Booth Crew  Total Ratings: 11882 |
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This is a hot record. The production is super solid, Raheem might be one of the most undervalued R&B singers in the industry, and Skillz is always entertaining on the mic.
I have to wonder, though, what this would sound like in the hands of an emcee with a slightly faster and more pronounced flow. 
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| Posted on Sep 06, 2010 |
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Production is bomb on this track, raheem kills it as always.
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| Posted on Sep 07, 2010 |
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Skillz? talk bout an unexpected feature. cant say its a bad thing tho. anyway, this is pretty solid. i actually enjoyed Skillz pace and flow here. Raheem also stepped up big here. sumthin new and refreshing here.
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| Posted on Sep 07, 2010 |
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Tastemaker  Total Ratings: 1345 |
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DOPE
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| Posted on Sep 07, 2010 |
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Yet another exceptional offering from Rah on the chorus & background vocals. This is blueprint for what a Hip Hop/R&B collaboration should sound like.
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| Posted on Sep 07, 2010 |
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DJ Booth Crew  Total Ratings: 2476 |
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I don't want to be stereotypical, but this beat and the Raheeem hook have hook written all over them, but Skillz just doesn't have the smooth flow to match, or at least he doesn't show it here. There are very few emcees who can do what Skillz does, but it sounds like he's still working on honing his r&b collabo rhymes.
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| Posted on Sep 07, 2010 |
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Tastemaker  Total Ratings: 1231 |
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Skillz is better than this abc rap he is producing.
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| Posted on Sep 08, 2010 |
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| Posted on Sep 11, 2010 |
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Tastemaker  Total Ratings: 2065 |
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Skillz is seriously holdin back on this track.
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| Posted on Sep 17, 2010 |
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this is officially one of my favorite tracks!
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| Posted on Sep 20, 2010 |
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DJ Booth Member  Total Ratings: 25 |
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smooth laid=back track, really feeling it, another instant hit by your boy
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| Posted on Sep 24, 2010 |
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