SKEE-LO

'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 Chicago, IL, and grew up in Riverside, California. ^[1]
He is best known for the 1995 hit single "I Wish", in which he wishes he were taller, a good basketball player ("baller") and had a good-looking girl he could call up on the telephone. 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.

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Other works

Samples

Discography

''I Wish''

''Holdin' On''

''I Can't Stop''

External links

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.

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''.

Discography

'Singles'

★ "I Wish" (1995)

★ "Top of the Stairs" (1995)

★ "I Wish" (1995)

★ "Superman" (1996)

★ "At The Mall" (1999-2000)

★ "Bounce Back" (1999-2000)
'Albums'
Skee-Lo has released two albums, ''I Wish'' (1995) and ''I Can't Stop'' (2000). There Is Also Another Album Called "Holdin' On", which is the "I Wish" Album with additional remixes. Skee-Lo also contributed a cover of the song "The Tale of Mr. Morton" to the Record ''School House Rock! Rocks'' in 1995.3

''I Wish''

#Superman
#I Wish
#Never Crossed My Mind
#Top of the stairs
#Come Back to Me
#Waitin' for You
#Holdin' On
#You Ain't Down
#Crenshaw
#This Is How It Sounds
#Burger Song
#I Wish [Street REMIX]

''Holdin' On''

#Superman
#I Wish
#Never Crossed My Mind
#Top Of The Stairs
#Come Back To Me
#Waitin' For You
#Holdin' On
#You Aint Down
#Crenshaw
#This Is How It Sounds
#The Burger Song
#I Wish [Street REMIX]
#Holdin' On [The Flip Da Scrip REMIX]
#Superman [SuperMIX]
#Top Os The Stairs [HoodMIX]
#I Wish [The Stylus Flava MIX]
#Holdin' On [Cooly's Jazz MIX]

''I Can't Stop''

#Bounce Back
#I Can't Stop
#At the Mall
#R-U-A Player
#Dime Piece
#Got What You Like
#Do It Tonight
#Part of the Game
#Street Life
#Done Done It
#Do It Tonight

External links

★ 1995 interview with Skee-Lo

★ Artist profile and discography on Discogs