Search - Eyedea :: The Many Faces of Oliver Hart

With every album, Eyedea is realizing his potential.

jesse luke | Salt Lake City, Utah United States | 03/08/2004

(4 out of 5 stars)

"The best song on the CD is "Bottle dreams", a poetic, vivid and depressing masterpeice. I know you might think that's a bull$hit, that an underground rapper could make a "masterpeice", but it's not an exageration, this song is a masterpeice. The song is about a 10 year old girl, a prodigy violinist, who in desperation writes God, asking It to help her, and putting her written prayers in bottles throws them into a river. The song builds up beautifully to a horrific, yet gentle end. This song is a perfect display of Eyedeas poetic abillity and of his potential as a great rapper. One thing Eyedea lacked on his first album, and perhaps this one in some places as well, is making songs that are pleasing to the uninterested ear. Eyedea shows with Bottle Dreams that he has grown in that respect, as well as others. The melody on this track is great, and I hope in the future he does more singing/rapping. "Here for you" is my second fav. track on the album. Eyedea rapps his best style, in my opinion, at the begining of the second verse. A mellow, soft and smooth voice that glides over the beat. He should do more of that, I think. "Weird side" was weird, in that I have never heard an Eyedea track that I thought could be a single on the radio. This song is fresh as hell and is very easy to listen to. Ill track! "How much do you pay?" is dope too! I like Eyedea's style when he raps agressivly, as he does on the hook of this song. "Step by Step" is a great track. The only flaw is it is a one verse story, and would have benifited with a hook and a format. "Forget me" feat. slug is ill too. I don't get why Slug, it seems, is always mentioned when the subject of dope underground rappers comes up before Eyedea's. On this track, atleast, it's clear that Eyedea is on another level than Slug. But I guess that's arguable. "Soundtrack of a romance" is a great song with a not so great hook. Well, the hook is good, it just doesn't seem to fit the melody of the song. "Ode to the Wall" is an ill ass beat, I don't know why Eyedea didn't rap over it, it seems like such a waste. "How EYE ONE the WRITE TOO Think" is ill too. There are very few times on the CD where EYEDEA seems to be lacking in lyrics. The problem Eyedea faces is trying to get people to listen to them. Most of the beats on the Album really aren't that good, with the exception of "Bottle Dreams" "Step by step" "Wierd Side" "Here for you" and perhaps a few others. "A song about a song" is creative and great lyrically but there is a lot of dissonance between the 'beat' and the words. Same with "Motormouth's Anonymous" "Infared Roses" and others. Great Lyrics, but not that easy to listen to. Over all this is a awesome CD, and I highly recomend it to anybody who appreciates great lyrics. Just be sure not to judge too quickly, Eydea is different, but increadably gifted. I love the names of the songs too, very creative."

Oliver Hart Challenges You To Polish Your Art

C. Thomas | HOUSTON, TX | 04/10/2008

(4 out of 5 stars)

"I tend to buy a lot of albums by artists who produce thier own tracks cause I figure only you know exactly how you want to sound, and if you have the means to do it, go right ahead. But now I really have to admit, you have to be just a little wierd yourself to truly enjoy this album, hell Eyedea even gives you a disclaimer somewhere in the first 15 minutes. Every single track is filled with quotable lines and brain teasing metaphors, so much that it almost starts to make me jealous of his extraordinary writing skills and super-unique delivery; he sounds like a cartoon character that popped about thirty extacy pills and made an album as the trip wore out, nonetheless, he is being himself in the midst of the influence left over by Dj Abilities. To the person that only knows mainstream, and sorta somewhat has his baby toe in the wasteland of underground hip hop, let me tell you, Eminem is far from being the best white rapper of all time. Best selling, yes, but just disect some of these heads in the Rhymesayers camp and see if it doesn't change your perception just a little. Now, I know you're curious cuz you've already clicked on this CD AND scrolled down to look @ the reviews, so go ahead and take that final leap son.



- Chris BlaQ"

4.5 Stars - Eyedea in top freestyling and abstract form

7th Angl | Ontario, Canada | 04/19/2006

(4 out of 5 stars)

"The Many Faces of... is a spectacular album that rarely buckles under the weight of its own creativity. Eyedea is in fine form here as he displays his pananche for freestyling that is carefully balanced with heavier content-laden tracks. He is satirical without being too wishy-washy or disenchanted (luckily this album was recorded pre-war on Iraq), and is quite introspective. Eyedea craftily segues each track, so that the varied themes conjoin nicely. "message in a bottle" is truly a heartbreaking, albeit poetic, song and "here for you" is equally moving. I can't pick a favourite song among these brilliant tracks, but "walking" really hits home for me as Mr. Oliver Hart ponders his restless nature: "...its like my soul holds a song that eternity has left undone.." and "Im eager to unplug my speakers, let my heart be my teacher". In my opinion, The Many Faces Of... is indeed one of the finest releases from Rhymesayers Entertainment."