Blog: PopMatters

Fantastic production and strong lyricism are slightly hindered by a sometimes snooze-worthy flow on Skyzoo's official debut, The Salvation . For many hip-hop heads, Skyzoo's The Salvation is an album they never thought they would actually hear. It never got quite to the level of Dr. Dre's Detox, but who could blame the Brooklyn emcee's fans for thinking this day would never come? Amid label issues (big surprise there), Skyzoo dropped a slew of mixtapes, most critically lauded, and in 2006, he released his "debut" with help from producer 9th Wonder named Present Cloud 9:...