Accepted Eclectic

Aceyalone原名Eddie Hayes，是美国最著名的地下饶舌歌手之一。 他是西岸著名地下饶舌团体Freestyle Fellowship的创始者，除了Freestyle Fellowship以外，他同样也是Haiku D’Etat（另两人是Mikah 9和Abstract Rude）和The A-Team（另一人是Abstract Rude）组合的一员。 他和Freestyle Fellowship一起发行了两张专辑《To Whom It May Concern》和《Innercity Griots》之后，Aceyalone签约到了Capitol唱片公司，并于1995年发行了颇受好评的个人处子专辑《All Balls Don’t Bounce》。3年之后他和制作人Mumbles合作发行了他第二张个人专辑《A Book Of Human Language》。1999年，他作为Haiku D’Etat组合的一员推出了一张同名专辑。2001年，The A-Team发行了他们第一张也是唯一一张《Who Framed TheA-Team?》。 2001年，Aceyalone又以个人名义回归了，第三张个人专辑《AcceptedEclectic》成功发行。2002年，Freestyle Fellowship上张专辑推出9年后，他们终于又出专辑了，取名为《Shockadoom》。2002年和2003年Aceyalone分别发行了一张个人专辑《Hip Hop and the World We Live》和《Love &Hate》。 2006年，他和著名制作人RJD2合作的《Magnificent City》上市，紧随其后的是他另一张个人的b-sides选集《Grand Imperial》，2007，Aceyalone再发一张《Lightning Strikes》，也成为了Hip-Hop界最为多产的艺人之一。　　 By: Raffaello by Steve Huey By the time Aceyalone recorded his third solo album, he was recognized as a founding father of the L.A. underground. In an era dominated by gangsta rap, he'd posited an alternative based on intellectual lyrics and virtuosic microphone technique, and his work -- both solo and with Freestyle Fellowship -- helped inspire future crews to return to hip-hop's basic elements. Acey stuck around via a series of independent side projects and underground supergroup collaborations, and finally returned to his solo career with 2001's excellent Accepted Eclectic. For all his lyrical talent, Aceyalone has sometimes been plagued by erratic production, and Accepted Eclectic -- despite a few cheap-sounding drum machines in spots -- takes steps to remedy that situation with a stronger, funkier set of beats. It also backs off the overambitious concept of A Book of Human Language, instead simply letting Aceyalone's winning personality shine through. He's his usual reflective self on the excellent "I Never Knew," about how you have to experience the bad to appreciate the good, and "I Can't Complain," where he's grateful just to have his basic needs met. But there are plenty of exciting moments as well. "Rappers Rappers Rappers" and "Golden Mic" are showcases for his tremendous wordplay and rapid-fire rhyming skills, respectively, and the shifting classical samples of the title track make it one of the best productions in his catalog. "Master Your High" samples Slick Rick's "Hey Young World" as the basis for a witty riff on overindulgent kids who haven't learned to hold their liquor or drugs. Those are just the top highlights on a strikingly consistent album that's packed with imaginative, smooth-flowing rhymes, and a simple joy in creating them.