Retropolitan | |
Type: | studio |
Artist: | Skyzoo & Pete Rock |
Cover: | Retropolitan - front.jpeg |
Recorded: | 2017–2019 |
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Genre: | Hip hop |
Length: | 46:26[2] |
Label: | Mello Music Group |
Producer: | Pete Rock |
Chronology: | Pete Rock |
Prev Title: | Return of the SP1200 |
Prev Year: | 2019 |
Next Title: | PeteStrumentals 3 |
Next Year: | 2020 |
Retropolitan is a collaborative studio album by rapper Skyzoo and producer Pete Rock. The album was released on September 20, 2019 on Mello Music Group.[3] The album was entirely produced by Pete Rock.[4] The album features guest appearances, including Westside Gunn, Conway the Machine, Benny the Butcher, Styles P, Elzhi, Raheem DeVaughn and Pete Rock.[3] The song "It's All Good" become the first single off the album and it features a music video released by Mello Music Group.[5]
The album has received positive attention from music critics. One publisher from Exclaim! gave this album 8 out of 10, saying "Together, these elements elevate Retropolitan past what could've been a nostalgia trip in lesser hands. That shouldn't come as a surprise, however, when the beats come from a studio legend that has remained at the top of his game, and the lyrics come from an aficionado of the old school with one of the moment's freshest flows."[6] Riley Wallace of HipHopDX gave this album 4.4 out of 5, calling it "a sunny walk down memory lane."[7] It also adds "it feels like a modern take. It gives a retrospective context (and sonic second life) to the culture of old New York in an accessible way that doesn’t make anyone feel left out."[7]