Skee-Lo

Skee-Lo (born Antoine Roundtree March 5, 1973) was a rapper in the mid-1990s. He was born in Poughkeepsie, New York, and grew up in Riverside, California.^[1] He mostly rapped about Los Angeles, specifically the Crenshaw area.

Releases

Skee-Lo's single "Top of the Stairs" was featured in the ending credits as well as the soundtrack to the 1994 film Money Train. He had a hit single in the same year with "I Wish", which reached #13 in the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, and was hugely successful in much of Europe. "I Wish" was produced by Walter "Kandor" Kahn, who released the single on his L.A.-based Sunshine Records. Kahn also produced Skee-Lo's first album. The single was reissued, along with the album on the combined Sunshine and Scotti Bros. label.

Skee-Lo also recorded a cover of the Schoolhouse Rock! song "The Tale of Mr. Morton", which taught sentence structure (subject, verb, predicate). The song appears on the compilation album, Schoolhouse Rock! Rocks.^[2]

He also co-wrote "I'll Be Your Everything" by boy band Youngstown. The song is featured on the Inspector Gadget soundtrack.

Skee-Lo is scheduled to release a new comeback album in 2009 labelled "Overdose" after a nine-year absence.

Music video

The comedic music video to the song "I Wish", directed by Marty Thomas, gained popularity on MTV.[1]

Discography

Albums

• I Wish (1995)
• Money Train: Music From The Motion Picture (1995)
• I Can't Stop (2000)
• Tony Kurtis is JukeBoxx (No One But) YOU Remixes (2009)
• Rappin 4-Tay Presents At All Costs "Delusions Of Grandeur" (2009)
• Central Valley All Stars Explosion - Hosted by Skee-Lo (2009)

Singles

• "I Wish" (1995)
• "Top of the Stairs" (1995)
• "Superman" (1996)
• "Holdin' On" (1996)
• "At the Mall" (1999)
• "Bounce Back" (1999)
• "Just YOU" (2009)

References

External links

• Official website
• Skee-Lo at MySpace
• 1995 interview with Skee-Lo
• Artist profile and discography on Discogs