Live From The Tape Deck
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| Studio album by Skyzoo & Illmind | ||||
| Released | October 5, 2010 | |||
| Recorded | 2010 at Big China Studios (Brooklyn, New York) | |||
| Genre | Hip hop | |||
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42:32 46:24 (iTunes version) |
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| Label | Duck Down | |||
| Producer | Illmind (exec.), Skyzoo (exec.) | |||
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| Singles from Live From The Tape Deck | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| DJBooth.net |   |
| HipHopDX |  |
| RapReviews | 9/10 |
| The Smoking Section | |
| SPIN | 7/10 |
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| XXL | 4/5 (XL) |
Live from the Tape Deck is the collaborative studio album by Brooklyn rapper Skyzoo and New Jersey producer Illmind, released on October 5, 2010 by Duck Down Records and distributed through E1 Entertainment. It was preceded by Skyzoo's first studio album, The Salvation (2009), although it isn't its follow-up. The album serves as a prelude to his second studio album A Dream Deferred (2012).
Recording sessions for the album took place at Big China Studios in Brooklyn, New York in 2010. The record was entirely produced by Illmind and features guest appearances from Buckshot, Torae, Styles P, Rhymefest and Heltah Skeltah. The album's release was supported by two singles – "Frisbees" and "Speakers on Blast."
Live from the Tape Deck debuted at #3 on the Billboard Top Heatseekers Albums. The album entered the Top Rap Albums, peaking at #16, as well as entering at #30 on the Top Independent Albums and #33 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. The album was also met with positive reviews from music critics.
In May 2010, after almost a year since releasing his critically acclaimed debut album The Salvation (2009), Skyzoo announced that he has joined forces with acclaimed record producer/beatsmith Illmind for an album he entitled Live from the Tape Deck. In an interview for HipHop DX in June 2010, the Brooklyn emcee also clarified that this project isn't the follow-up to The Salvation. "It's leading up to the second album [...] It's not the second album because I didn't want to just rush out with another album right away." Skyzoo believes that experience is the best teacher. "I felt like I needed to live in order to have something to write about because I write about what I am living. However, we live in a blog world, here today gone today. So you have to keep your name on the blogs. With that being said, you gotta keep music out there. So the happy medium was 'okay let’s put out a project to keep the buzz going and the fans lined up without it being a second album.' The second album is going to be called A Dream Deferred and it's going back to what The Salvation was."
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