Eyedea Abilities | ms
DJ Abilities is known for being half of the hip-hop duo Eyedea & Abilities, winning three DMC awards and for his work on his mixtapes with the 1200 Hobos. .
Eyedea (born Micheal Larsen on November 9, 1981 – October 16, 2010) was a well-known freestyle battle champion and underground hip-hop emcee. His notable wins include the televised Blaze Battle sponsored by HBO (2000) and a victory at Scribble Jam (1999).
He had appeared as a solo artist and as the emcee half of the duo Eyedea & Abilities (along with long-time friend and collaborator DJ Abilities). His non-battle rhymes were generally very philosophically or thematically based, and often tell a definite narrative. His song "Bottle Dreams" is a well known piece about a young sexually abused violin prodigy who...
When you were born in the Appalachian overcast of West Virginia, transplanted to the heart of Georgia as a boy in a working man's family, raised on the timeless 50's tunes that jumpstarted rock and roll and given a guitar as a young teen with rebel dreams, cutting your teeth playing rockabilly in a college town would only seem right. And while you make a few fans and learn your way around the barstools, a wrench gets thrown and knocks you into a couple of surf-savvy punk players. Next thing you know, youve traded your blue collar for a spiked...
