Detroit rapper Skilla Baby leans into his smooth side on “Face Card,” featuring Chris Brown and Bryson Tiller.
The slinky bedroom cut reminds us that Skilla is ambitious in every mode, whether spitting raw bars or holding his own with two modern R&B giants. The new single hails from Skilla’s highly anticipated new album The Price Of Fame, dropping July 31 via Geffen Records.
With production from Hitmaka (Big Sean, Lil Wayne) and Aye YB (Ty Dolla $ign, Kevin Gates), “Face Card” is about as luxe as it gets: pillowy layers of deep bass, aqueous melody, and silken vocals. Tiller takes the hook (“Said her face card 10, you the baddest one”), and Brown delivers the soaring final verse, but Skilla anchors the whole thing. His cool delivery lands between their fiery come-ons, making his pick-up lines hit different: “You too pretty to be trippin’, you ain’t post to be crying / If they ever say you ugly, tell them b—–s they lyin’ / I turned your Cartier to a Patek, I ain’t wasting your time / Girl, you only twentysomething, it ain’t even your prime.”