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I Can't Stop

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I got Skee-Lo's original albumn off the success of the "I Wish" single, and I always liked it, but I didn't expect this. From what I've read this albumn is all original, no samples, and all live music, that's damn near unheard of now days in hip-hop. His flow is incredible, his voice is perfect. Like I said, I liked Skee-Lo, but this albumn blew me out the water. I listen to lots of hard core hip-hop, from Pac to Biggie to Twiztid to RBX to NytOwl to underground ish you never heard, and I'm still amazed by how good Skee-Lo brought it with this albumn. I highly recommend it.

The Chicago emigre, now securely ensconed in the sunny and presumably inspiring surrounds of Los Angeles, famous for his single 'Wish' ("I wish I was taller, I wish I was a baller...") and the two Grammy nominations that also came his way in 1995, is back after a rather protracted absence. While he raps his way around myriad topics from being "more exciting than movies with Samuel L (Jackson) innit" to shopping malls, a diverse and often wholly unexpected instrumentation belies the myth that all rap music sounds the same. Skee-Lo once again shows that rhythm and melody can happily sit together and create a new direction within rap, one that does not use gangland stories, profanity and absurd, irritating sexist diatribes.

When discussing his personal experiences, Skee-Lo's essence leans more towards R'n'B than hip-hop and, with acoustic guitars, electric drums and backing vocals from such as Jocelyn Buchanan, the instrumentation is unusually diverse and harmonious for the genre within which he operates. He seems to have actively chosen not to address the themes that the likes of The Notorious B.I.G. or Sean "Puff Daddy" Coombes made their names with but instead to get on down to matters sexual and lovey, offering much opportunity for smoochy lyrics and saccharine backing vocals. While some might immediately criticise him for not addressing the usual issues rap ordinarily faces, this album - and artist - benefits enormously from the original approach he takes.

The opening track, 'Bounce Back', is perhaps the best single of last year never to be released, with 'At The Mall' and 'R-U-A-Player' also getting the feet tapping and, definitively, the brain cells whirring, or whatever it is that brain cells do.

But what has he done for the last five years? It seems from the literature we've seen that he has co-written and produced other people's projects, hosted shows on MTV and worked with Californian drug charities. And after such a protracted absence, why all the optimism? "I was born in an urban environment," says Skee-Lo. "I've seen a wide range of two worlds. I've seen it on the downside and I've seen it on the upside. Just being alive is a lot to be happy for. Loving what you do and having the fortune of sharing it with others who appreciate it is all I can ask for."

Rare, indeed.

I finally received my "I Can't Stop" CD in tha mail and "I CANT STOP" listening to it. Hip Hop's top artists today lack tha ability to come with new concepts and topics. Bling Bling and things of that nature can get old. Skee-Lo's sophomore effort has new conecpts, topics, style of beats and style period. "I Wish" was a great CD, but its old skool. This is tha new skool Skee. He has stepped up his game and lyrics. There is not one weak track on this CD, you can relate to each song and tha points are clear. Skee is my fav rapper because he is someone you can look up to, i just WISH there were 1 or 2 more tracks on tha album. I love all hip-hop, but if you are looking for somethin' you dont have to turn off when ya moms comes in tha room because of negative lyrics and dirty words, this is it. Will Smith is on some pansy ish with his "No Cursing" style, Skee is different and way tighter.His new album represents how a rapper needs to be in 2000. New style, new formula, new hits. This CD is tha bomb, but it now!

I CAN'T STOP BY SKEE-LO IS HITTING! I LIKE IT....SKEE-LO CAUGHT ME OFF GUARD WITH THE SOUND AND RAP STYLE. I EXPECTED SOMETHING DIFFERENT. HOWEVER, HE CAPTURED MY EAR WITH THE BEATS AND LYRICS. THERE'S A MEANING IN HIS SONGS FOR EVERYONE. I WISH SKEE-LO WOULD KEEP THOSE HITS COMING. THE STRONG MELODY LINE, THE PHAT BEATS AND THE LYRICS ARE HITTING HARD THROUGHOUT "I CAN'T STOP". WHAT I LIKE ABOUT SKEE-LO IS HE SENDS A MESSAGE THRU HIS SONGS. HE'S ONE OF THE FEW ARTISTS THAT TELLS A STORY THAT ANYONE CAN RELATE TO. I CAN SEE WHY HE WON'T STOP AND CAN'T STOP IN THE MUSIC BUSINESS.

MY FAVORITE TUNES ARE "I CAN'T STOP, DIME PIECE, DONE DONE-IT, DO IT TONIGHT, BOUNCE BACK AND AT THE MALL." THE TRANSITION IN MUSIC AND CULTURAL STYLES HE USES IS AMAZING. ALL OF SKEE-LO'S SONGS HAVE MUCH TO OFFER. SIT BACK LISTEN TO THE LYRICS AND YOU CAN HEAR EVERY PHASE OF LIFE. THE INTERESTING THING ABOUT SKEE-LO'S MUSIC IS ANY AGE AND CULTURE WILL ENJOY IT. IT'S NICE TO

LISTEN TO RAP WITH GREAT MUSIC,LIVE MUSICIANS, HOT BACKGROUND AND NO PROFANITY. I WISH OUR MAN SKEE-LO WOULD KEEP WRITING AND PERFORMING. CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THE VIDEO. I UNDERSTAND WHY HE SAYS, " I CAN'T STOP". SKEE-LO'S THE MAN.....

skee-lo is very original...skee-lo makes positive songs w/o explicit language
i recomend this cd 2 any1 skee-lo is a real good rapper and
hopefully this cd will sell alot and make it all over...

The best hip-hop I have heard in a long time, plus no explicit langauage.

Skee-Lo's sophomore lp "I Can't Stop" follows up his gold debut album which included that #1 hit "I Wish". After being overseas for a while, he's return to the U.S. to hit it big once again. The first single/music video "At The Mall" is an infectious radio jam that laces Skee-Lo's lyrical stories with smoothed out beats. Hopefully, radio will pick up this single and blow it up (along with making a comeback for Skee-Lo) just as radio did with Shaggy's career.

We all remember Skee Lo from a while back when he hit it big with "I Wish". We had Skee Lo to thank when we were sitting in class singing that song. He's done it again. This time the song is "At The Mall." It is another song continuing the familiar theme from Shaggy's "It Wasn't Me." I think this song deserves mad airplay. I like all the songs on this cd, but "Street Times" sticks out to me because it explains how tough life can be and that life is real. Buy this cd you'll love it.

Skee-Lo delivers on this album, four years after his debut 1996 release. Although this album is new, it is still the fact of Skee-Lo in the "I Wish" video that is constant throughout which makes this album worth a mediocre three stars.