Album Review: Sky’High - Forever Sky’High

Sky'High has been next cab off the rank for a while now. Near genre-less, she's simultaneously available to all yet totally alone. She has an accent and a background that could've easily seen her slide into obscurity as The Female Version Of Some Fair-To-Middling Aussie Rapper. Thankfully, it wasn't to be. You see, Sky is not one to settle. She rejected being the female version of whoever – instead her journey has been a clear, deliberate pursuit of excellence. Reaching sky high, and all that.

Okay, so why does she open her debut album with a song as pedestrian as Let's Just? As the buzzy guitars and monotonous flow wash over you, fear sets in. Has Sky settled? Is just doing enough all she's aiming for now? What happened to the young woman who could chew glass and breathe fire? Thankfully, we find she's still alive and kicking by the time Death Row rolls around. And, after building up to it for nearly 20 minutes, massive banger Don Dada is a welcome peak. Plus Sky's sing-song hook for Go Hard Or Go Home is perfection and Nuclear Love is hypnotic.

There are stumbles. Suggesting Robert De Niro's character in Casino was somehow tough, scary or admirable leads one to believe Sky may have been sky high herself when watching the film. And in an age where every music fan is a copyright expert, that Where Ya Head At even left the studio is mind-boggling. Through most of this album, though, there's a supremely talented young woman hinting at and partially realising her vast potential. So, on the one hand, this is good stuff. On the flipside, it could have been so much more.