I miss Eyedea
 

Such raw talent, I dedicate today to him. Anyone not heard this song?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBPfs8Pmkgk

Not feeling it

How dare you

Listen to the whole album.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ci2z4osApE

Eyedea was dope track wise n battle too

Some of u may b to young to rmbr the blaze battles n sht tho

rip

I never liked him as much with Abilities. Anyone who does text, regardless of the type, should listen to him. His lyrics translate better to written word than just about anyone's.

"Bottle Dreams," maybe my favorite story track in rap (though "Indian Girl (An Adult Story)" by Slick Rick is close):

Everyone knew she was a special young girl
From her neighbors to her teachers
Some labeled her a prodigy, others called her a genius
It was amazing the way she could play the violin
It made it hard for people to believe that she only ten
But behind every brilliant mind there lies a monster
This one just so happened to be her father
See daddy was sick, he'd get a rush by playin touchy touch
And tellin her to keep it hush
It was his seceret way of loving that he needed someone he could trust
Fucked her head up, sayin if Momma was alive she'd be so proud of us
So she'd hide the desire to die
But if you paid close attention you could see the sorrow in her eyes
Walking around in the only real hell
No one would ever think she'd have such a story to tell
Afraid to go home, afraid to talk, afraid of cryin
She was too young to even know why

[Chorus]
And everyday she'd go to the river with a message in a bottle sayin
'Please, God help me I don't wanna live to see tommarow'
Each day she'd scrounge for a tiny shread of hope
Just to wish the bottle would stay afloat
But every single solitary day, the bottle seems to sink
I don't know why but the bottle always sinks
She never sees it happen, but the bottle always sinks
Now only the bottom of the river knows what she really thinks

She made that violin sing with so much pain
You could almost hear her scream through the strange vibrations
What was once sweet and innocent
Is now riding with the phsychotic father
Chose to probe the flowers of the pure and sacred
Her instrument was a rolly tongue
To express the infinite abuse in it's depths
At night the footsteps crept to her door and she'd begin to shake and weap
And with tears rolling down her cheeks she's pretend she was asleep
When the nightmare was over, and the sun dawn is light
She'd retreat to the same place she always did
Rip a page from her diary, and write with all her might
Then send it off into the current, determined to find a way to live

[Chorus]

Being a victim of her daddy's hands for so long
She lost the will to move on
Sick of picking up her violin to hide from what's wrong
Exausted, but stayin strong
She tried to play the bright side, but couldn't bring herself to make
nothing but sad songs
Sick of that sick feeling that stays in her stomach
Sick of waiting for a rescue by someone who found one of her bottles
Sick of being daddy's little seceret
She got up at the crack of day and smashed her violin into pieces
Then proceeded to walk towards the river with a plan
Only this time the diary and bottle was in her hand
Just walk with herself, away from the hell
Not knowing at the river bottom lied all the cries for help
It was weeks before they found her dead body
Some fisherman reeled it from the water
like something from a detective novel
Diagonosis: suicide, stemed from desperation
Was near where she drowned they found about 500 messages in sunken bottles

What's your alias pussy? Reveal yourself

Rip to Oliver hart as well

It isnt frank is it?

lol Eyedea always reminded me of a text person. Topical and battle. Star Destroyer was my ish

I was looking for him on datpiff last nite. Couldn't find shit tho lol

eyedea was a nerd

he seems like a cool dude tho. but word i dont like anything about him normally, like rap wise. he freestyle rapped which is cool but everyone is wack freestyling, and he made nerd music.

but word RIP for him as a person. who cares for him as a rapper tho

I respect all them dood who did the scribble jam sht Tbh

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VznZPlTpaig

One of the best freestyle battlers ever imo

I never heard him make nerd music lol wtf? Or do you mean it in the way he didn't rap about swag/bitches/guns/tough guy shit?

The latter I'd assume @Artemus

But that'd go for all like those ug type rapper's (anticon/rhymesayers)

RIP.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Bpk7S1k5rw

tell me this is nerd rap tho lol

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wb-tKKOiVtw

Fuck that album

He's better on collabs w/ Slug

Miss by a Mile to thread

No. Abilities production >

that is nerd rap

i dont mean content wise, the beat is fire. the rappers are nerds

im weird with hip hop. i dont listen to people i can beat up or who are just corny to me.

i mean you got dumbfounddead in your avy and macklemore in your sig. our hip hop tastes aren't gonna overlap. but im sure we'd dig alot of the same production.

Lol at I can beat up

I unno I can jam out to some adeem, sixtoo, slug, brother Ali n sht aryonce in a while

but ya

Lol I mean I like both. But i can't relate much to gats blattin

Brother Ali is a musical motherfucker, gotta respect him. His verse in the Immortal Techniques song Civil War was incredible

Ali is fire to me tbh

Eyedea is in MY top 10 list. Dude was unique, did his own shit and was lyrical as hell. Showed he could freestyle, won battle tourneys and definitely has at least 1 track that can relate to anyone or at least make you think. Dude's an allrounder and mad talented.

Word @ Shadows have Shadows, it's among my fav tracks by him as well.

I take it you love Chino XL and hate Lil Wayne.

nah i dont like chino xl, i like some of lil waynes older shit

i like brother ali, he's dope.

i just dont fuck with whiteboy rap really. like eyedea, slug, aesop, etc. even completely different whiteboy rap like mgk macklemore mac miller even eminem anymore

most white dudes are just corny. i'd fuck with riff raff before i would fuck with yelawolf

but i fuck with action bronson

i dunno lol

Chino XL could fuck up all your favorite rappers.

maybe but probably not

he'd get his big dumbass shot

Chino XL is my fav lyricist mans got mad bars. Hes a genius, active mensa member, hes done it all

I hate most white rappers

Eyedea/ Slug/ Cage are only exceptions really

word old em was dope as fuck

You couldn't beat up 150-pound Eminem?

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