Eyedea & Abilities - By The Throat - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Eyedea and Abilities is what you get when you combine the very best of two opposite ends of Hip Hop's musical spectrum. On one end you have the MC/Lyricist, Eyedea, who has proven himself time and time again, not only as an extraordinary song writer, but also as a master at battling and freestyling. On the other end you have Abilities, the DJ/Turntablist, whose talent from the battle, to the mixtape, to production has resonated on the underground for quite some time now. When you put these two extremes together, you get the new, innovative and exciting dynamic we like to call E&A.

On this twofer, the album 'Cozy' by Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme, sees the husband and wife singing duo celebrate the Great American Songbook. 'Two on the Aisle' takes the listener to the Great White Way with showstoppers such as InchThe Party's OverInch, InchMake Someone HappyInch and InchPut On A Happy FaceInch. Additional bonus tracks include Lawrence's chart-topper InchGo Away Little GirlInch and Gorme's InchBlame It On The Bossa NovaInch. Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme are the golden couple of show business. Both had successful solo careers before getting married and in the past 50 years have had their own TV shows, headlined Broadway and Vegas, and won Grammys. Lawrence topped the U.S. charts with InchGo Away Little GirlInch while Gorme had Top Ten success with InchBlame It On The Bossa NovaInch.

Micheal InchEyedeaInch Larsen and Gregory InchDJ AbilitiesInch Keltgen first met in the mid-90s and soon began a working relationship that would play a prominent role in the burgeoning Indie-Rap movement of the time. After numerous successes across nearly every notable MC or DJ battle of the late '90s and early '00s, including HBO's Blaze Battle, the Rocksteady Anniversary, Scribble Jam, the DMC's and more, they had already cemented their legacies both as individuals in the battle scene and as the dynamic duo, Eyedea & Abilities, for their live performances and showmanship. However, determined not to be dismissed as one-dimensional, they set out to prove they were to be taken just as seriously at writing and recording.The of their debut album, First Born, revealed their talents to be much more versatile and expansive than previously expected. The boastful arrogance and punchlines that had become synonymous with battling were notably scarce on the album. Eyedea chose to tackle subjects that were more conceptual and philosophical in nature, focusing on matters of reality and altered states of perception while pushing his urgent, dense delivery into darker, more abstract terrain. Meanwhile, DJ Abilities was able to craft worlds of depth and emotion, pairing hauntingly suspenseful beats with meticulous turntablism. The resulting album was rich in ambition, ideas and humanity. First Born came at the forefront of an exciting new era of underground hip-hop, delivering messages that emphasized questions over answers, ambiguity over certainty, and self-expression over exploitation, to an audience that was eager to expand their horizons beyond the commercial programming and clichés of the time.In honor of it's 20th anniversary, we've repackaged and re-produced the long out-of-print vinyl LP and CD with some exciting new features. This limited vinyl packaging includes 2-color