Music for My Friends is the third solo studio album by American rapper Skyzoo. It was released on June 23, 2015 via First Generation Rich, Inc. Production was handled by Illmind, MarcNfinit, Thelonious Martin, Antman Wonder, Apollo Brown, Black Metaphor, Jahlil Beats, Seige Monstracity, The Rvlt., and Skyzoo himself. It features guest appearances from Kay Cola, Bilal, Black Thought, Christon Gray, Jadakiss, Mozaic, Saba, Skarr Akbar and Westside Gunn. In the United States, the album peaked at number 36 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and number 15 on the Heatseekers Albums charts.
Background The LP is based on the themes of growing up at 13 years old and seeing the world based on the morals learned at that age. Its cover art commissioned by comic book illustrator Chris B. Murray. The song "Suicide Doors" was released as a single on May 5, 2015. A music video was released for the song "Luxury".
Critical reception
Music for My Friends was met with universal acclaim from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 81 based on four reviews.
Del F. Cowie of Exclaim! called the album "arguably Skyzoo's finest project to date", while Homer Johnsen of HipHopDX labeled it "above-average effort from Skyzoo". Roger Krastz of XXL resumed: "overall, Music For My Friends is another solid offering from Skyzoo that hip-hop purists will appreciate". Grant Jones of RapReviews wrote: "it's not as consistently good as The Salvation, or as instantly satisfying as his work with Torae, but with recent months slowing down on the incredible start we've had in 2015 for albums, this is certainly worth checking out".
Track listing
Charts Chart (2015) Peakposition
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