An amazing artist...definately check this album out!
5
By marcrosenberg
Two songs into this brilliantly accessible 22 song debut, we get a window into Skim's motivation: "I'm holding too much in," she vents with beautiful frustration, and as quickly as that, all bets are off. Taking the essential elements of streetwise alternative hip hop and smoothing it out with acoustic folk and core R&B elements, vocally she is capable of throwing lyrical darts like a veteran battle rapper or holding back on the ferocity and whispering supple melodies that are the backbone of the more laid back tracks. Clearly, the driving force here has to be the lyrics, and she is equally versatile in approaching what she says. Embracing scarcely referenced aspects of her Korean background, she shows love for her family, reminds us of her love for the streets, and exemplifies an undying dedication to the arts. Rarely does something that seems like it should be so abstract work so well, but this is definitely an exception.