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Skyzoo and Torae have never shied away from their hometown pride. In fact, they embrace being proud New Yorkers in unison on a track titled “Blue Yankee Fitted.”

The record appears on the Brooklyn duo’s upcoming collaborative album, Barrell Brothers, due May 27. Produced by !llmind, the song is further proof that both Skyzoo and Torae are criminally slept one. For shame “Hip-Hop fans.” Below you’ll find “Blue Yankee Fitted” and a quote from each wordsmith. 

SKYZOO: “When putting together the first single, we knew we wanted it to be something that checked everything off of the list as far as the album goes. The list consisting of witty lyricism, true to heart NYC production, and most importantly the feel of New York, but the New York that we grew up in and know so well. Whatever the ‘new New York’ may be is up for debate, but the NYC that shaped us is what this album is based on. What better way to set the album up than with a song centered around the face of NY sports and the greatest hat ever. We covered all bases. No pun intended.”

TORAE: “This is bigger than just a song. The Blue Yankee Fitted is a hip-hop mandate. No matter where I am in the world from Germany to Russia to Thailand there’s always a common thread, that Yankees cap. It’s part of the hip-hop uniform. For us as MCs we’re always inventing the new slang, the new fashion statements, the new literature and Blue Yankee Fitted is gonna be like an anthem. It’s most definitely a New York thing for Sky & I, but bigger than that it’s a hip-hop thing. There are folks that don’t care nothing about the Bronx Bombers but they rock a Blue Yankee Fitted on the daily, now they have a theme song to sing along.”

 

 

[via 2BZ]

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