Eyedollartree Explained

Eyedollartree
Type:album
Artist:Blood of Abraham
Cover:EyeDollarTree.jpg
Released:May 2, 2000
Recorded:1999–2000
Genre:Alternative hip hop, conscious hip hop, hardcore hip hop, West Coast hip hop
Label:Atomic Pop/MasterGrip
Producer:Blood of Abraham
Motiv8
will.i.am
Cyrus Melchor
Prev Title:Future Profits
Prev Year:1993

Eyedollartree is the second album by the rap duo Blood of Abraham.[1] It was released in 2000 via Atomic Pop and MasterGrip.[2] The album was rereleased in 2005.[3]

The album was accompanied by a DVD of a short film directed by the duo and Brian Beletic.[4]

Production

The album was produced by Blood of Abraham, will.i.am, Motiv8, and Cyrus Melchor.[5] Kool Keith, Divine Styler, and will.i.am made guest appearances on some of the tracks.[3]

Critical reception

The A.V. Club called the album "superb," writing that it "surveys a bleak world riddled with disease, warped values, corruption, and constant surveillance, but not without a sturdy sense of humor and a winning pop-art playfulness."[6] LA Weekly deemed it "a mixture of trippy, band-oriented backpack hip-hop with a few guitar-rock tunes thrown in, and at least three or four solid singles."[7]

Track listing

  1. "Know The Half"- 3:47
  2. "Only The Wise"- 4:38
  3. "99¢ Lighter" feat. will.i.am - 3:48
  4. "Paranoia Is Awareness"- 3:59
  5. "Velvet Glove, Iron Fist"- 4:50
  6. "-Tion"- 4:37
  7. "Calling All Citizens" feat. will.i.am - 4:49
  8. "Hurricane"- 3:48
  9. "Rosetta Stone"- 3:40
  10. "Giant Midgets"- 4:14
  11. "Eyedollartree"- 5:09
  12. "Dangerous Diseases"- 5:13
  13. "Omegaton" feat. Kool Keith, Divine Styler - 4:20

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Blood of Abraham | Biography & History. AllMusic.
  2. Web site: Hip-Hop. CMJ New Music Monthly. June 18, 2000. CMJ Network, Inc.. Google Books.
  3. Puckett . Jeffrey Lee . Also out this week . Courier-Journal . 23 Aug 2005 . E1.
  4. Web site: Experiencing Jewish Music in America: A Listener's Companion. Tina. Frühauf. June 13, 2018. Rowman & Littlefield. Google Books.
  5. Web site: Conscientious Objectors. MTV News.
  6. Web site: Blood Of Abraham: EyeDollarTree. Music.
  7. Web site: Rap and Revelation. November 15, 2000. LA Weekly.