Eyedea & Abilities
By The Throat
Release Date: Jul 21, 2009
Genre(s): Rap
Record label: Rhymesayers
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Album Review: By The Throat by Eyedea & Abilities
Fantastic, Based on 1 Critic
PopMatters - 90
Based on rating 9/10
Based on rating 9/10
When Eyedea won HBO’s Blaze Battle in 2000 he seemed poised to launch a career of glitzy video shoots replete with booty, braggadocio, and bling. Instead he remained loyal to longtime friend and partner DJ Abilities and released the minimalist internal examination of self in the context of hip-hop, First Born. Thoughtful and reflective, it was hardly the swaggering banger expected of a freestyle battle champion.