Eyedea

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Eyedea, 2001

Micheal Larsen (born November 9, 1981 in Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA ; † October 16, 2010 ), stage name Eyedea , was an American freestyle and underground rapper .

After some successes in the freestyle scene in the USA and the cooperation with Atmosphere , numerous recordings were made in which Larsen participated. His main work consists of the collaboration with the American DJ DJ Abilities (Gregory Keltgen) as Eyedea & Abilities , whose first album First Born was released in 2001.

Eyedea was a member of the improvisational jazz group Face Candy, together with rapper Kristoff Krane, bassist Casey O'Brien and drummer JT Bates, as well as the rap group The Orphanage together with Aesop Rock , Illogic , Blueprint and Slug .

He died on October 16, 2010 of a drug overdose. Almost all of his albums were released by Rhymesayers Entertainment .

Discography (excerpt)

Albums

  • First Born (2001) (with DJ Abilities, as Eyedea & Abilities)
  • The Many Faces of Oliver Hart (2001) (as Oliver Hart)
  • E&A (2004) (Eyedea & Abilities)
  • This Is Where We Were (2006) (with Face Candy )
  • By The Throat (2009) (Eyedea & Abilities)
  • Waste Age Teenland (2011) (Face Candy)
  • Grand's Sixth Sense (2011) (with DJ Abilities, as Sixth Sense , recorded in the nineties)

EPs

  • The Whereabouts of Hidden Bridges (2000) (with oddjobs )
  • The Some of All Things, or: The Healing Power of Scab Picking (2006) (with Carbon Carousel )
  • Duluth Is the Truth (2009) (Reissued as Freestyles (2010))
  • When in Rome, Kill the King (2010) (as Micheal Larsen)

Mix tapes

  • E&A Road Mix (2003) (Eyedea & Abilities)

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Peter S. Scholtes: What's the Big Eyedea? . City Pages. September 12, 2001. Archived from the original on October 23, 2010. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved July 20, 2008. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.citypages.com
  2. ↑ http://www.bloginity.com/2010/10/eyedea-dead-at-28-michael-larsen-indie-singer-of-rhymesayer/
  3. ↑ Boyles, Jen. Minneapolis City Pages , October 17, 2010. "Eyedea dead at 28" ( Memento of the original from May 18, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved October 17, 2010. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / blogs.citypages.com

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personal data
SURNAME Eyedea
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Larsen, Micheal (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American freestyle and underground rapper
DATE OF BIRTH November 9, 1981
PLACE OF BIRTH Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
DATE OF DEATH October 16, 2010