#DJ Abilities

[todayinhiphophistory]

Today in Hip Hop History:

Eyedea & Abilities released their debut album First Born October 1, 2001

[worldsworstmusicnerd]

2023 Album A Day: Day 144/365

E&A • Eyedea & Abilities

Favorite Track: Now

Thoughts: I often get excited when you get a duo of emcee and producer than give themselves equal recognition for their collaborative work, and Eyedea & Abilities are a great example of why. There is a strong sense of give and take in the interactions that take place between the bars and the beats; between the lyrics and the instrumentation. Neither half of this album exists in a vacuum. Eyedea’s lyrics wouldn’t flow as effectively without DJ Abilities’ production driving it along, and the delivery of bars is often directly affected by the samples being used or the particular beat patterns of a track. Meanwhile, DJ Abilities utilizes Eyedea’s rapping as a tool in his toolbox, mixing and sampling vocals and integrating them into the beats themselves. The result is a highly synergistic hip hop album that really highlights what the underground hip hop scene is all about. Technically sound production, insane vocal flow that is able to shift gears at a moment’s notice, and a fire beneath it all that fuels every lyric and every beat. There are certainly some spots that show their age, lyrically, but this combination is an undeniable force within the underground rap scene, and a collaboration that shines among the best emcee/producer duos.

[rapmusicisgood]

[supraventriculart]

"What's your definition of dope? Cause I think our opinions differ.

I guess I don't know what's dope from the viewpoint of a listener.

So how's it sound? My new joints prove points.

Arousin' styles for a new noise in a thousand miles that any direction you point."

[supraventriculart]

I got my copy of E&A recently :3

eyedea and abilities

[upsidedownsmore]

okay okay takes from today's tennocon

first of all:

PEOPLE KNOW ME??????? LIKE ATTENDEES AS WELL AS DE????

THE WRITING TEAM RECOGNIZED ME AND BROUGHT ME TO THE STAGE TO SIGN MY HOLLOWFRAME PRINT AND THEN REBB MEGAN AND STEVE CAME OUT AND RECOGNIZED ME AND SIGNED IT TOO????

HUH?

and earlier in the day I GOT TO MEET GIANNI AND GET THIS THING SIGNED

he's such an amazing guy and HE'S SO RIGHT THEY ABSOLUTELY ARE KISSING AND THEY ARE DOING SO PASSIONATELY

AND THE ART BOOK

THE FUCKING ART BOOK

I HAVE THE ART BOOK

I OWN ONE

I'M GOING INSANE

legit this trip had been amazing with just how many amazing people I've met, from attendees to creators to DE staff I am blown away by just how positive this community is like holy hell you guys rock

I really need to sleep now but like man I wish I could like telepathically transfer all of my hype and excitement into your guys' skulls cause like words alone can't describe just how crazy this experience has been, love y'all

see you guys for the big day tomorrow :)

[dandelion-idk]

everyday I thank the devs for creating sunken scroll 16

[4lph4kidz]

i think i'll probably elaborate on this eventually because i'm not sure how well i can word this right now, but essentially one reason i keep coming back to homestuck is that to some degree it's also an excercise in self examination? i enjoy it as a work, but i also feel compelled to dissect my response to it, for a variety of reasons. if you think that sounds like a nightmarish ouroborous of OCD-fueled pointlessly mastubatory overthinking then you'd be right

[thebananaiscold]

I kinda always wanted to make a buds in toyland oc, but never really did it before because I didn’t want it to come off as being weird or anything. I saw @sillysarahsthings post their budsintoyland oc and said ya know what? Count me in. I want to join in on this! Also, you designing tulip based off a fisher price toy seemed like fun and legitimately made me want to try and design an oc based off an already existing toy so I did. This is Zia Stardust, I designed her based off this fisher price “DJ Bouncing Star” toy and also decided to make her into a DJ because why not? I feel like she would live in Duskshire and her assigned kids would be other aspiring DJs and other musically gifted kids. I even made her a kid named Minnie! @budsintoyland

[angelicartemis]

Drew on a Hello Paint board with @artastic-friend and a few others!

A couple of DJs. 😳 The fully body DJ is literally one of my best DJ drawings out there I swear. Idk what possessed me to draw him that well, but damn I'm so glad I did get possessed. 😫✨‼️

I'm not too proud of the second DJ, but March seemed to like it regardless. ^^💕

March did share this drawing in their own post as well. 👀 The middle Wally is mine, and the other two sillies were drawn by them. :D

Random Dr. Habit dooble- March ended up getting tangled in his hair. 😔

Some smaller sillies- Can you guess who drew the shrimpton. 💀

[todayinhiphophistory]

Today in Hip Hop History:

Eyedea & Abilities released their second album E&A March 23, 2004

[imsorryimlate]

the terror, 1x09 “the c, the c, the open c”, 1x10 “we are gone” // the vassal-treaties of esarhaddon, lines 450–451 (trans. d.j. wiseman)

[nicoscheer]

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[hoperaypegasus]

OC: Savannah’s DJ

Savannah didn’t really seem to have anything set up for beyblade before the world championships. They had a few collapsable stadiums that could have been loaned from the WBBA but literally nothing else. They end up using a city as a battle ground and I’m pretty sure that that got pretty badly damaged from Kyoya and Nile alone.

So, headcanon that that problem that was quickly pointed out by Team Wild Fang. Savannah’s government started doing more research into what other countries that were competing had, to give their reps a better fighting chance in the tournament. This caused them to not only build several practice areas but to also hire a DJ, DJ Savannah.

Cue Adwoa Zuhrah Boateng!

Name: Adwoa Zuhrah Boateng (Ad-ja-wa Zuh-rah Boa-teng)

Pronouns: She/Her

Sexuality: Saturnic

Gender Identity: Cisgender

Age in Masters: 19

Profession: DJ Savannah and radio DJ

Bey: Storm Eurycerus (based off of the animal, the Bongo)

Personality: Out-going, charismatic, impatient, energetic

Languages Spoken: Twi, Swahili, English

Adwoa moved to Savannah from Ghana at 19, right after finishing her training. upon hearing that they opening up auditions for a beyblade DJ. She ended up being selected in an unanimous decision by both Team Wild Fang (who were asked for their opinion due to their experience beyblading) and Savannah officials.

Adwoa was largely responsible for building up national support around Team Wild Fang, as the country did not have many bladers and therefore wasn’t overtly interested in them at first. She was the one who made sure they were well loved in Savannah and continued that support through the World Championships and afterwards, wearing a fang charm in their honor. She is also very close with all members of the team, considering them her younger siblings and calling them “her team” every time she sees them.

Adwoa not only is a beyblade DJ, but an actual one as well and runs a radio show in Savannah that plays music as well as reporting beyblade news. There is also a club she regularly plays at in downtown Rock City. She’s pretty well known for this within DJs themselves, as well as being given the position so young in comparison to the others, as she is the youngest after American DJ and Blader DJ.