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3.8 ( 21 total votes )
Young Scolla - Skinny Kid
Artist: Young Scolla
Featuring: MGK (Machine Gun Kelly)
Producer: Big Soj
Album: Unreleased
Label: Fab 5 ENT/USR
Reviewing records like this is always a bittersweet experience. While I rave about the sheer dopeness of the song, in the back of my mind I know I have to wait months before I taste more - Young Scolla‘s Seconds Away album is scheduled to drop sometime in June. Damn you, Scolla. But anyways…produced by Detroit’s Big Soj, Skinny Kid is a record about enduring adversity and beating mediocrity. Hey, the message never gets old. The dramatic arrangement throbs as Scolla tells a story of troubled upbringings and high hopes: “S**t I was fifteen working so my brother ate / tryng to react like Bengay to my mother’s aches.” The Midwest emcee displays some pretty serious storytelling skills here, while maintaining a steady-driving flow. The always-emphatic Machine Gun Kelly follows, pouncing on the second verse with his charismatic delivery and honest rhymes. The chorus ties this record up in a pretty little knot, summing up the overall message in a well-written hook: “Raised in a city where the skinny kid dies…Life was ugly but look I made it.” For more heavyweight rhymes from these welterweight emcees, keep it locked.
This song first appeared on the
Independent Chart
on May 16, 2011
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DJ Booth Crew  Total Ratings: 11662 |
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Scolla has come such a long way in the short period of time (2 years?) since we first featured him at the site. He is more confident on the mic and his ability to evoke an emotional response from listeners is growing by the song. Again, it amazes me he has unreleased material this good to just throw around "because."
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| Posted on May 10, 2011 |
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This is dope !!
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| Posted on May 10, 2011 |
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there are many words that stick out when I listen to this song...the first one is: "epic"
Scolla and MGK really created something crazy with this one... |
| Posted on May 10, 2011 |
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Tastemaker  Total Ratings: 2905 |
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Man I can relate to this, Young Scolla the storyteller master... beat wasn't overdone either, lovin' it
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DJ Booth Member  Total Ratings: 63 |
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amazing track. Scolla and MGK kill it.
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| Posted on May 10, 2011 |
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Tastemaker  Total Ratings: 758 |
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Thats what i'm talking about. This shit was just straight dope.
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| Posted on May 10, 2011 |
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I can dig it,...
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| Posted on May 10, 2011 |
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DJ Booth Member  Total Ratings: 234 |
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dis is DOPENESS!!!!
no lie fo skinny kid |
| Posted on May 10, 2011 |
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Incredible production. The beat sounds so epic, and really sets up the verses well. Great lyrics and flows, both emcees really did their thing, and I could really feel their emotion. Greta track, It has alot of energy and heart.
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| Posted on May 10, 2011 |
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Tastemaker  Total Ratings: 1069 |
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Dopeness at it best.
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| Posted on May 10, 2011 |
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This is a massive record. I agree 110% with Z, I can't wait till "Seconds Away" drops and reaches the masses
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| Posted on May 11, 2011 |
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| Posted on May 11, 2011 |
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DJ Booth Member Total Ratings: 27 |
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Beef w/ size. good stuff
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| Posted on May 11, 2011 |
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| Posted on May 12, 2011 |
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Tastemaker  Total Ratings: 676 |
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Dopeness is where this tracks at....3.5
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| Posted on May 14, 2011 |
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| Posted on May 15, 2011 |
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Very personal song. I can tell this story means a lot to Scolla. I like it.
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| Posted on May 18, 2011 |
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| Posted on May 20, 2011 |
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weak.
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| Posted on May 27, 2011 |
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