Aceyalone

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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Edwin Maximilian "Eddie" Hayes, Jr. (born September 30, 1970), better known by his stage name Aceyalone,[1] is an American rapper from Los Angeles, California, United States. He is a member of Freestyle Fellowship, Haiku D'Etat and The A-Team. He is also a co-founder of Project Blowed.[2] Aceyalone is best known for his role in evolving left-field hip-hop on the West Coast at a time when the West Coast was dominated by gangsta rap.[1][3]

Career

Project Blowed and Freestyle Fellowship

Aceyalone emerged from the Project Blowed collective, considered to be the longest-running open mic hip-hop workshop.[4] He began rapping as part of the group Freestyle Fellowship, which consisted of Aceyalone, Myka 9, and Self Jupiter. Later, P.E.A.C.E. Freestyle Fellowship developed a reputation for influencing a style of fast double-time rap used by rappers like Busta Rhymes, Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, and Migos.[5]

Aceyalone was part of Freestyle Fellowship releases of To Whom It May Concern... and Innercity Griots and a Project Blowed compilation in 1994.

Solo projects

Aceyalone signed as a solo artist to Capitol Records after the Freestyle Fellowship failed to break into mainstream radio with Island Records.[5]

Aceyalone released his debut solo album, All Balls Don't Bounce, in 1995.[3] He returned three years later with the dark concept album A Book of Human Language, which was a collaboration with producer Mumbles.[6][7] His third solo album, Accepted Eclectic, was released in 2001 and featured Abstract Rude with production from Evidence.[8][9][10] He released Hip Hop and the World We Live In in 2002.[11] Aceyalone's next offering came a year later, and was titled Love & Hate.[12][13][14] The track "Find Out" was featured on the soundtrack to You Got Served.[15] In 2006, Aceyalone released Magnificent City, a collaborative album with producer RJD2,[16][17] followed by the Grand Imperial mixtape.[18]

Aceyalone frequently collaborates with producer Bionik, including on the 2007 release Lightning Strikes and the 2009 release Aceyalone & the Lonely Ones. Both albums explored different genres – dancehall and doo-wop, respectively – as part of Aceyalone's goal of "exploring the world of music through hip hop."[15] The Phil Spector-inspired Aceyalone & the Lonely Ones followed.[19] Inspired by Spector's Wall of Sound, Motown and Bo Diddley, Aceyalone said: "I'm not from that era, but this is my ode to it. I'm just putting myself into that character as a showman and bandleader."[19] Leanin' on Slick, released in 2013 with Decon Records, continued the retro flow of the previous release, this time taking inspiration from 1960s style-R&B and hot buttered soul.[20][21]

Style and influences

Aceyalone has been noted particularly for his innovative lyrical style and content. Some attribute the double-time rap styles that emerged in the mid-1990s to Aceyalone and Freestyle Fellowship, although this is disputed by others.[22]

Aceyalone and Freestyle Fellowship were noted for their rejection of the West Coast trend of gangsta rap. Aceyalone developed strong critiques of rap music's commercialization and glorification of violence.[6]

Discography

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Studio albums

Aceyalone

Freestyle Fellowship (Aceyalone with Myka 9, P.E.A.C.E. & Self Jupiter)

Haiku d'Etat (Aceyalone with Abstract Rude and Myka 9)

The A-Team (Aceyalone with Abstract Rude)

  • Who Framed the A-Team? (1999)
  • Lab Down Under (2003)

Other releases

  • Version 2.0: To Whom It May Concern... Remixed by J. Sumbi (2001) [remixes of tracks from To Whom It May Concern...]
  • The Lost Tapes (2003) [mixtape]
  • Grade A (2004) [rarities collection]
  • Grand Imperial (2006) [rarities collection]
  • Who Reframed the A-Team? (2006) ['best of' compilation by The A-Team]
  • Power Plant (2011) [mixtape by Freestyle Fellowship]
  • Aceyalone 101 (2013) [rarities collection]
  • Action Accessed Remixes (2017) [remixes of tracks from Action]

References

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External links

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