The
first time I heard of Skylar Grey was in 2010 as a featured artist on the song Coming Home by Diddy-Dirty Money. A
great hip hop song and probably still one of my favourites of 2010.
It wasn't until two years later that I heard Skylar's first solo song C'mon Let Me Ride. It's a catchy song that makes fun of the sexualisation in the music industry. But although I like it very much it's not really representative for Grey's style. Take for instance Final Warning and White Suburban, which both come from the same album but have a more modest arrangement and are darker in tone.
It wasn't until two years later that I heard Skylar's first solo song C'mon Let Me Ride. It's a catchy song that makes fun of the sexualisation in the music industry. But although I like it very much it's not really representative for Grey's style. Take for instance Final Warning and White Suburban, which both come from the same album but have a more modest arrangement and are darker in tone.
A
signature sound which Skylar often uses can be clearly heard in her
collaboration with Travis Barker (Back From The Dead) and the more recent and beautiful Come Up For Air. Both of these songs prominently feature the drum
part, only accompanied by some minor additional instruments. This is something
that I, being a drummer myself, can really appreciate.
Last
month she released her latest album called Natural Causes. The album features
several great songs, like Kill For You
(again a collaboration with Eminem) and Lemonade.
My favourite song of the album at the moment however is Moving Mountains. It's a very plain song, just Skylar and her
guitar. Normally I don't care much for this type of song, but this one's got me
hooked.
Other favourites: Wear Me Out, Coming Home Pt. II and Cannonball
Check
out Skylar Grey's Official YouTube channel for more videos.
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