Skee-Lo

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Skee-Lo
Background information
Birth name	Antoine Roundtree
Born	Chicago, Illinois
Origin	Los Angeles, California
Genre(s)	hip hop
Occupation(s)	rapper
Instrument(s)	rapping
Years active	1992 – present
Label(s)	Volcano The Orchard Scotti Bros.
Associated acts	Youngstown

Skee-Lo is the stage name of Antoine Roundtree, Born on March 5, 1973. a rapper who was moderately popular in the mid-1990s. He was born in Poughkeepsie, NY, and grew up in Riverside, California.

He is best known for the self-deprecating pop-rap 1995 hit single "I Wish", in which he wishes he was "a little bit taller" (Skee-Lo is 5 ft 4 in, or 1.63 m). The single and the album I Wish were both certified gold by the RIAA in 1995. Other singles released from the album were "Superman" and "Top Of The Stairs" although both were eclipsed by the success of "I Wish", which is now considered a "classic" hip hop track and appears on many rap and dance compilations.

Contents 1 Other works 2 Samples 3 Discography 3.1 I Wish 3.2 I Can't Stop 4 External links

[edit] Other works

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.

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

[edit] Samples

"I Wish" contains a sample from the song "Spinnin'" by Bernard Wright. It was sampled by Les Rythmes Digitales for the song "[Hey You] What's That Sound?" (the sentences actually picked up from "For What It's Worth" by Buffalo Springfield) and is sampled on the 2 Many DJs album, As Heard On Radio Soulwax Pt. 2.

[edit] Discography

Singles

• "I Wish" (1995)
• "Top of the Stairs" (1995)
• "I Wish (European Remixes)" (1995)
• "Superman" (1996)
• "Holdin' On" (1996)

Albums

Skee-Lo has released two albums, I Wish (1995) and I Can't Stop (2000).

[edit] I Wish

1. Superman
2. I Wish
3. Never Crossed My Mind
4. Top of the stairs
5. Come Back to Me
6. Waitin' for You
7. Holdin' On
8. You Ain't Down
9. Crenshaw
10. This Is How It Sounds
11. Burger Song
12. I Wish [Bonus "Street" Mix]

[edit] I Can't Stop

1. Bounce Back
2. I Can't Stop
3. At the Mall
4. R-U-A Player
5. Dime Piece
6. Got What You Like
7. Do It Tonight
8. Part of the Game
9. Street Life
10. Done Done It
11. Do It Tonight [Bonus Mix]

[edit] External links

• 1995 interview with Skee-Lo
• Artist profile and discography on Discogs