Eyedea & AbilitiesBest Eyedea & Abilities Albums Ranked

First Born

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7.9

“At 22, Minneapolis MC Eyedea's trophy case sports a fair amount of ghetto chic, featuring championships at the 2000 HBO World Blaze Battle, the 2000 Rocksteady MC Battle and the 1999 Scribble MC Battle. His DJ and producer, Abilities, has done fairly well himself, scoring two Regional DMC championships. Well decorated, however, does not always spell artistic excellence-- case in point, Sinbad and ”

E&A

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6.0

“The plight of Eyedea has been a long told hip-hop parable on how talent doesn't always produce good music. Both a Scribble Jam champion in 1999, and an HBO Blaze Battle winner a year later, Eyedea wields a variety of styles, ridiculous flow, a penchant for storytelling, and a distinctive nasal vocal. Meanwhile, partner DJ Abilities is a two-time regional DMC champion and arguably one of the underg”