The fans get to hear a preview of the newly-formed trio, Center Edge Territory, as the New Orleans natives, Curren$y and Jay Electronica deliver over a Ski beat.
The album’s standout track, “ The Day,” comes with the assistance of Mos Def and Jay Electronica. Backed by an uplifting beat, Curren$y laces the track with a dope flow while The Cool Kids’ Mikey Rocks remains laidback as ever. also remain on topic, with DZA delivering some cleaver one-liners (“ make a living off Sour D/they lied, money really do grow off trees.“) “ The Hangover” is anything, but head-pounding. Spitta uses some intricate wordplay to brag, “ the hearts of women melt/when trilla lyrics are felt/Olympic swimming in bitches, Michael slash Leon Phelps.” Getting high comes into play once again on the aptly-titled “Skybourne.” Ski returns with a soulful sample reminiscent of ’90s Outkast, as Smoke DZA and Big K.R.I.T. While Ski Beatz steps aside, Monsta Beatz provides a solid production on “ Roasted” featuring well-placed appearances by Trademark and Young Roddy. Listeners of Curren$y expect intoxicants to be the theme of most of his songs, and he delivers on that. At times he just slurs through words without enthusiasm while at other times it works perfectly with his delivery. In addition, it’s apparent that Curren$y’s drawl is both his biggest strength and weakness. “Audio Dope” is smoked out, but the production is not particularly impressive.
Boasting like Denzel in Training Day that “ King Kong ain’t got sh*t on me,” Curren$y transitions from equally lavish bars such as “ holding the title with the precision of a hunter’s rifle/shots fired/the forest too quiet/trees ignited/fall back baby girl, let me get high chick.” In the midst of this, the album does have some blunders. He goes on to use the album’s lead single, “King Kong,” to prove why he’s worthy of being called Spitta. Curren$y chalks his success up to taking chances, boasting, “ I’m an example/ of what can happen when you quit being afraid to gamble/shook the dice and rolled/when n*ggas like you would’ve stayed shook and froze.” Ski Beatz brings back a similar guitar sample with precise execution on the Snoop Dogg assisted “ Seat Change.” Touching on relationship quarrels, Curren$y spits about leaving a girl behind, while masking it in the metaphor of an occupied seat. Ski sets the album off with an epic vibe as a melodically overdriven guitar guides Curren$y smoothly over the beat. With undeniable chemistry between Curren$y and Ski, the two manage to bring out the best in each other’s work throughout the course of Pilot Talk.
The album is comprised almost solely on production provided by Ski Beatz, most renowned for his work on Reasonable Doubt. The duo decided to take it back to the essence on Spitta’s major label debut, Pilot Talk, with production tracing its roots back to Dash’s early business partner, Jay-Z.
Dash acquired Curren$y as one of his flagship artists for the newly revived Roc-A-Fella brand (now coined BluRoc). After a slew of independent releases and recognition from XXL, Mr. Although dealings with Master P’s No Limit Records were met with brushes of success, it took eastern exposure on behalf of music mogul Dame Dash to put the man dubbed “ Spitta” into a more prolific arena. Curren$y has been bubbling on the New Orleans underground circuit for quite a while.
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