- Skee-Lo
infobox musical artist
Name = Skee-Lo
Alias = "Skee-to-the-Lo"
Background = solo_singer
Birth_name = Antoine Roundtree
Born =March 5 1973 (age 35)Chicago, Illinois
Origin =Los Angeles, California
Genre =Rap ,Hip-hop ,jazz
Occupation = Rapper
Years_active = 1992 – present
Label = Volcano
The Orchard
Scotti Bros.
Associated_acts = YoungstownSkee-Lo (born Antoine Roundtree
March 5 1973 ) is arapper who was moderately popular in the mid-1990s. He was born inChicago, Illinois , and grew up inRiverside, California . [ [http://www.the411online.com/skeelo.html The 411/Skee-Lo ] ] He mostly rapped about Los Angeles, specifically the Crenshaw area. Skee-Lo's single, "Top of the Stairs", was featured in the ending credits as well as the soundtrack to the 1995 film "Money Train ". He had a hit single in the same year with "I Wish", which reached #13 in theU.S. Billboard Hot 100 .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 ". [ [http://www.school-house-rock.com/shrrocks.html Schoolhouse Rock Site - Schoolhouse Rock! Rocks CD ] ]He also co-wrote "I'll Be Your Everything" by
boy band Youngstown. The song is featured on the "Inspector Gadget" soundtrack."I Wish"
"I Wish" contains a sample from the song "Spinnin'" by
Bernard Wright from the album "'Nard". It was also sampled byLes Rythmes Digitales for the song " [Hey You] What's That Sound?" (the sentences actually picked up from "For What It's Worth " byBuffalo Springfield ) and is sampled on the2 Many DJs album, "As Heard On Radio Soulwax Pt. 2 "."I Wish" is heard in the 2006 film, "".
"I Wish" is covered by
The Secret Handshake for thePunk Goes Crunk compilation."I Wish" ranked 359 on Blender's The 500 Greatest Songs Since You Were Born [http://www.blender.com/guide/articles.aspx?ID=1758] .
Music video
The comedic
music video to the song "I Wish ", directed by Marty Thomas, gained popularity onMTV . [http://www.mvdbase.com/video.php?id=25503] It included references to the "Forrest Gump " bench scene.Discography
Albums
*"I Wish" (1995)
*"I Can't Stop" (2000).
*"Holdin' On" ("I Wish" with additional remixes)ingles
* "Top of the Stairs" (1995)
* "I Wish" (1995)
* "Superman" (1996)
* "At the Mall" (1999-2000)
* "Bounce Back" (1999-2000)References
External links
* [http://www.pub.umich.edu/daily/1995/10-12-95/arts/skee.lo.html 1995 interview with Skee-Lo]
* [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Skee-Lo Artist profile and discography on Discogs]
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