Its sound palette includes elements of funk, news reports, new jack swing, film scores, smooth jazz and 1980s rock and hip-hop.

[2] He described the virtual area he viewed as "lifeless and really void," and it inspired him to create the three-track extended play War (2015) shortly after using the software, around the same time he began writing Skid Row.

[1] Some parts of Los Angeles he saw are used on the record as metaphors, such as burning Toyota Prius cars, showcasing how consumerism have caused people to ruin climate.

[2] The films Colors (1988) and Boyz n the Hood (1991) were influences throughout the whole writing process when he the turned the poems into album lyrics and changed the name to Skid Row.

[2] Skid Row utilizes influences and sound palettes from Los Angeles' music culture, different from NYC, Hell 3:00 AM in the style of "cold and brittle" contemporary R&B.

"[7] Ferraro's lead singing on Skid Row serve as an internal monologue about the feeling of isolation while in a car, a vehicle that is a big part of the overall lifestyle of Los Angeles.

[1] God is in the TV described his voice on the album as a "slowed-down Maxi Jazz" with occasional influences of George Michael on tracks like "Sentinel Beast.

[1] On September 24, 2015, Vice Media's electronic music publication THUMP premiered Skid Row's title track, and announced that the album would be released on November 13, 2015 through Break World Records.

"[7] A review published in God Is in the TV spotlighted Ferraro's knowledge of Los Angeles which was unusual for a person who usually lives in New York, and described its "metallic" chopped and screwed style as "idiosyncratic".