Clip: Lil Skies "Nowadays" feat.
Landon Cube
Hey guys, today in Worst Rappers in the Game (QUESTION MARK), we will be looking at Kimetrius
Foose, more well know as Lil Skeet-skiddidy bop bop Skies.
Now to prepare for this video I listened to Good Grades Bad Habits 2, Alone and Life Of
A Dark Rose to see how I feel about his music.
So is Lil Skies one of the worst rappers in the game?
Or will I end up liking his music in the end?
Well this is CDTVProductions, and today we will be answering those questions.
Is Lil Skies one of the worst rappers in the game or not?
Let's find out.
Part 1: Voice
It's been a while, but I think we've found another rapper in this series with an above
average voice, what a nice way to kick this off.
For how his actual voice sounds, I kinda feel like sometimes he sounds like NAV, if NAV
wasn't boring, he has the same type of nasal voice but like I said Skies is much less boring
with his vocals.
Skies is one of those rappers who can pull off melodic sing-rapping, which he usually
does without any overt auto tune, which is usually found with the melodic style, so I
appreciate that he doesn't use it often, and just some straight up rapping which is
something I like, and he mostly does both of these things well.
The first thing I have to mention is his harmonising and his hooks, because that's probably one
of the most enjoyable aspects of his music.
Seriously one of the best things about The Life Of A Dark Rose is the catchy hooks, and
his other two projects have great hooks too.
Whether it's the auto tuned singing on Big Money, the wonderfully harmonised vocals on
The Clique, or the hook on Garden which is backed up by these kinda distorted vocals
in the background and it sounds great.
Clip: Lil Skies "Garden".
Not to mention, the insanely captivating hook you heard on the intro for this video with
Nowadays.
That song has been on repeat for me ever since I started researching for this video, Skies
and Landon Cube kill it with that chorus.
But like I said, Skies can also rap too, and i love his melodic songs, but I almost like
his voice more when he does some straight up rapping.
When I hear these really uplifting songs like Some Kind Of Love or Life, it makes me wonder
why he doesn't make those type of songs more often, because his voice fits right in
with the inspirational tone of those songs.
Clip: Lil Skies "Some Kind Of Love".
For the most part, Skies has a more than bearable voice, it's actually pretty enjoyable.
However of course there still are some downsides.
Sometimes, especially on his most recent project, he can be a bit monotonous during the verses.
I guess it's to fit the emo aesthetic that a lot of the songs have going on, but all
I'm asking is that you just switch up your delivery slightly to keep me interested.
I mean the song Red Roses was an absolute drag for me, because he uses the same low
key delivery for so long during the verses, the best part of that song was Landon Cube
for me, who turns in another amazing performance, because he completely switched up the sound
of the track, for the best.
This also happens on the first 2 minutes of his song N.E.W.S, the auto droning he does
on here is incredibly boring until he decides to switch it up with some rapping in the second
verse.
Clip: Lil Skies "N.E.W.S.".
Sometimes he just has an issue with either using a boring delivery, or keeping the exact
same tone throughout the majority of a song and it does make some of them kinda tedious.
But I mostly enjoy what Skies has to offer vocally, I'm gonna give him a 7.5/10 for
his voice.
He's got some stuff to work on, but there's definitely some real talent here vocally.
Part 2: Flow
As for his flow, this was another segment where I can say I was fairly impressed.
As I mentioned, Skies can make rapping tracks, and some tracks that lean more towards a singing
style, and this of course shows us that he can pull of a few different flow styles.
If we're talking about his rapping flows, my absolute favourite has to be on the song
Russel.
I did not expect to hear Skies over such a dark, looming beat, but he actually sounds
great over it and his flow matches the vibe perfectly.
Clip: Lil Skies "Russel".
Then there's the song Some Way, which starts off kinda average in terms of flow, but he
really goes off in the second verse, picking it up with a bit of an aggressive tone.
As for his singing flows, he also does these quite nicely.
Songs such as Lettuce Sandwich and Twenty Sixteen show some really catchy autotune laced
flows, and then you've got songs like Always Lit which have a very low key and smooth flow
that fits the beat perfectly.
I definitely think Skies performs pretty well in both of these aspects.
One big issue I have with some of his tracks though is that he just refuses to change up
his flows on some of them, and this can result in boring tracks.
This appears to happen the most on his Life Of A Dark Rose project.
Songs like Boss Up, Strictly Business and Lust have so much potential, but his flows
remain relatively same-ey throughout the verses, and that makes them kind of uninteresting.
Clip: Lil Skies "Lust".
That's really his biggest issue, because he honestly doesn't flow badly 95% of the
time, it's just it can get boring sometimes when he doesn't change it up, and that does
ruin some tracks for me.
Im still gonna give Lil Skies a 7/10 for this segment.
I do like that he's shown he can provide a variety of flows, and he does so fairly
well.
He knows how to kill a beat when he needs to.
Part 3: Lyrics
Now lyrics is Lil Skies weakest point, I know who saw that coming, that's pretty much
to be expected in this series.
But he's not super weak lyrically, he's just one of those mid range rappers for lyrics
in my opinion.
The song I probably enjoyed most in terms of its writing was Life found on his Alone
mixtape.
It doesn't feature high level wordplay or anything like that, but it's basically him
telling us how he came to be the person he is, telling us about how his family and environment
influenced him to become a more successful person and a better human being overall.
I also like the maturity he commonly shows in his lyrics.
In Welcome to The Rodeo he acknowledged that he's very aware he won't be able to get
a job with his face tattoos, so he uses that for motivation to make a living through his
music.
Clip: Lil Skies "Welcome to the Rodeo".
I like that, because I rarely ever hear rappers talk about how their face tattoos could affect
them getting a job if they ever needed to.
Then there's the line on Fake about everyone around him telling him that college is necessary
to succeed, and he tried to go down that route but it wasn't for him.
I can really relate to that as a YouTuber, that just makes his family proud, uh, every
single day.
Yeah.
I also like how he often talks about the fact he doesn't take xans, because too many rappers
promote that nowadays.
I like all of that, but I don't think there's enough lyrically to warrant me giving him
a super high rating.
I do like that a lot of lyrics are focused on motivation and achieving your dreams, but
I feel like sometimes he talks about that a little too often.
I don't think he's ever made me cringe with his lyrics, but he's never done anything
that's blown me away either.
There's also some occasions like on Kill4u, where I feel like he starts talking about
an interesting subject that he could talk more in depth about, but just moves on from
it too quickly.
I'm gonna give Skies a 5/10 for his lyrical ability.
Like I said, he's just in the middle here for me.
Part 4: Beats
And again, instrumentally there wasn't a lot from Skies that disappointed me.
Even though the production definitely had a bit of a cheaper vibe to it earlier on in
his rapping career, there's a lot of catchy beats on Good Grades Bad Habits 2.
The initial track, Some Kind Of Love, really surprised me with this vocals sample and a
very uplifting sound as a whole, it sounds great.
He also raps over some fantastic banger beats which I thoroughly enjoyed, because at first
he didn't strike me as a rapper that could go off over some hard hitting beats.
But just listen to Drift or Pump 93 and tell me the beats alone don't get you gassed
up.
Clip: Lil Skies "Pump 93".
He also sounds fantastic over these more moody, emo type beats, such as Cloudy Skies or Kill4u.
A problem I have with some of his beats though is that, like his flow, they sometimes just
don't change up enough to stay interesting.
The beat for Strictly Business is basically the same throughout the whole song and the
same can be said for Signs Of Jealousy.
Theres also the beat on The Clique, a song which I enjoy but it basically just switches
between one reversed string instrumental on the verse, to another slightly different reversed
string instrumental for the hook.
Clip: Lil Skies "The Clique".
It just sounds a bit monotonous to me.
I do feel like Skies picks a lot of great beats, but I wouldn't say they're the
main attraction to his music either.
I'll give him a nice 7.5/10 for this section, as I was still pretty impressed by a lot of
his beat selection, and it's not like there's a lot of beats that I thought were mediocre
or bad.
Good stuff so far still.
Part 5: Enjoyment
Well I'm pleased to say we've found another rapper that gets a big CDTV stamp of approval.
I wasn't sure what to expect going into this, the fact that he's got Lil at the
start of his name kinda brings connotations of being generic and nothing different, but
I'm happy to say I don't feel like that is the case.
Out of the 3 projects I've heard from him, surprisingly my favorite is the earliest one
from him that I heard, Good Grades Bad Habits Volume 2.
Speaking of that project, I have no clue where the hell volume 1 is, but it's a really
dope mixtape in my opinion.
It shows a fairly decent range of sounds.
You've got bangers like Twenty Sixteen, I Know and Da Sauce, and also some laid back
tracks like Always Lit.
It's just so solid, even if the audio and production quality isn't super high.
The only tracks I didn't like on there were Palace and Regular.
Next for my second favorite, I'd have his Life Of A Dark Rose project.
This was a good project, but on some of the songs Skies was a bit boring or just continued
the same flows for too long.
On my first listen I even had this as my least favorite project from Skies, but that has
changed over time as there's so many songs I replay from here.
Not to mention it's the albums where his vocal harmonizing really takes center stage
so I like that.
Pretty solid album.
Then for my least favorite we have Alone.
I still enjoyed a lot of the tracks from this tape, and we get to see Skies rapping talent
on tracks like Life and Pump 93, but this one definitely has more songs that I don't
care for than his other projects.
But the key thing to note is I still like it.
Guys I really enjoyed listening to Lil Skies, and he has gained a fan.
I'm gonna be eagerly awaiting his next project because he really has impressed me overall
so far.
I'm gonna give him an 8.5/10 for enjoyment.
Ive seen some people say that he's just a typical new age rapper, but that's an
assessment I really don't agree with.
He's got some real talent.
Part 6: Verdict
So overall, Lil Skies scores a 35.5/50, which is a pretty high score for this series and
places him very marginally above Ski Mask the Slump God and just below Migos, meaning
Skies takes our number 4 spot on this list.
In case you don't know, that means I really like his music.
He's probably one of the most well balanced rappers I've looked at so far here, and
I cannot wait for him to release more music.
I've legitimately been listening to his music non stop for about a month since I started
researching for this video.
Great stuff, and you can definitely consider me a fan now.
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