Don't miss Hip Hop Today Red Cup Radio epic show experience as Tha Homie Chuck Jones and D.D. Turner will discuss the life and legacy of hip hop's deep thinker Eyedea with one of the most underrated and influential producer of all-times Dj Abilities
Eyedea & Abilities was founded in 1993 and became a prominent duo of the indie rap scene, Eyedea brought the philosophical and socially conscious flow and Dj Abilities brought the dynamic experimental fusion stylistic elements from both rap, rock, and electronic music. Over two decades Eyedea & Abilities played a prominent role in the ever growing indie rap scene. Eyedea was better known as freestyle and battle rapper, battling emcee like Brother Ali, Immortal Techniques, RK, P.E.A.C.E, Prime, allegedly there is a rumor going on he battled Emimen.
He won the Scribble Jam '99 and Blaze Battle in 2000, also supposedly P.Diddy tried to sign him to Bad Boys Records , but he declined to stay true to his convictions and then later mocked on record. He was not only a lyrical beast on the mic, his philosophical and literary made him the "Albert Camus Of Hip Hop."
Purpose, perseverance, wordless amoeba
surface
To lead the first coherent Paleolithic
circus
Specific neuro-circuits link man and
Neanderthal
However, recent bio-chemical imprints
conflict with primitive urges
Eyedea symbolized passion, pain, joy, truth, and contradiction. These were the attributes that gifted this musical prodigy of our generation and he will forever be missed.
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