– Today, Cincinnati born rapper Skylar Blatt releases her motivational new single “I Look Good” out now via Saint Ka$h and Arista Records. The genre bending artist is back with her affirmation anthem blending equal parts throwback and her signature original flow.
Listen to “I Look Good” Here
On the feel good track, Skylar shares, “‘I Look Good’ is a record that has this bop to it. It’s literally made to boost and build up people’s self-esteem and get them hype. Very often we, as humans, feel that other people be trying to play us in certain situations. This record was made for the haters in the back. The theme is to wake up feeling like you looking good,and knowing that you are looking good!!”
Following the momentum of March’s “Major League,” which also coincided with the newly coined “Skylar Blatt Day” in her hometown city of Cincinnati, Skylar continues to prove she is in a league of her own. Skylar keeps the haters blocked rapping, “Haters be yelling at the crowd / I don’t come down that’s low vibration / I ain’t tryna lose my patience / Don’t ever play me like an average bitch. Drop dead gorgeous like these prezzies.” Skylar is keeping us confident and unbothered.
Fans will recognize the same signature swagger, humor, and heat as Skylar’s previous team-ups including Brooklyn’s Lola Brooke on “F**k Fame, Pt. 2,” “Super Bowl” with Doe Boy, and “God Forbid” with Icewear Vezzo. Last year’s “Hold Me Down,” put her melodic charm on full display over a sexy drill-inspired production — a fitting followup to R&B-inflected “Wake Up,” whose official video (shot at Brown’s mansion) recently surpassed 13 million views.
“Wake Up” dropped last April to much fanfare, with TMZ Hip-Hop calling it a “song of the summer,” ESSENCE crowning it a “banger” and one of the “Best New Music” releases that week, and Angela Yee tapping Skylar for a wide-ranging chat on Lip Service. Meanwhile, Billboard selected “Hold Me Down” as one of its R&B/Hip-Hop Fresh Picks, writing, “Blatt is always cool, calm and collected. No matter the tempo of a track, the Cincinnati-bred artist remains in control of the steering wheel.” Before that came “Laughin to tha Bank.”
When a lane doesn’t exist, Skylar Blatt will create one. The Cincinnati-born rapper has always thought beyond the confines of her circumstances and her city. She spits raw truth about the struggle, holding nothing back as she recollects trials, tribulations, and triumphs via her music. As the second oldest of six kids raised by a single mother, she and her family endured everything life threw at them. Strife at home would be compounded with the unforgiving nature of a flawed system. Eventually, she and her siblings settled in with her grandmother. Regardless of where she went, hip-hop always provided safe harbor as she listened to the likes of Lil Wayne, Nicki Minaj, Future, Young Thug, Gucci Mane, 50 Cent, Jadakiss, and Juelz Santana. Picking up a mic, she uploaded freestyles of her own to Facebook. She slowly but surely built an audience through consistent posts, gaining serious traction with originals “I Can Tell” and “Urgent Care.” Around the same time, Meek Mill cosigned her. She generated north of 738K YouTube views on “Exactly” [feat. Babyface Ray & Midwest Milly] followed by “God Forbid” [feat. Icewear Vezzo] and “Superbowl (BENGALS)” [feat. Doe Boy]. Reflective of Skylar’s burgeoning buzz throughout 2022, Lyrical Lemonade professed, “her story is so raw and genuine, that it’s hard not to fall in love with her aura,” and Respect My Region pegged her as “Cincinnati’s next big female.” Her hunger has no comparison on a series of releases this year including “F*ck Fame PT. 2” feat. Lola Brooke, “Laughin To Tha Bank” and “Wake Up” feat. Chris Brown, all via Saint Ka$h/Arista Records.