Beauty and The Beat

"Edan may be hip hop's proverbial best kept secret - songs paying homage to Ultramagnetic MCs and Schooly D."
- All Hip Hop

While Edan's critically acclaimed debut 'Primitive Plus' was a celebration of hip hop's golden age and a true throwback, his new album 'Beauty and The Beat' is a vast musical collage that contains many different influences: hip hop, rock, pop, dusty breaks, hazy loops, luxurious off-kilter samples and curveball tempo changes, all crafted into one cohesive piece of art.

Though Edan's wide lyrical imagination and technical wizardry alone make 'Beauty and The Beat' a standout, it also illustrates what an artist can accomplish when he refuses to accept, or be boxed in by, the limitations and genre stereotypes placed upon artists by labels, radio programmers, critics and fans alike. Here, Edan stretches out and the results are more than impressive.

The underlying essence of 'Beauty and The Beat' is the symbolism of imagination and its power to overcome all that is perilous with positivity, patience and understanding. All this with clever, slick lyrical interplay and addictive, body rockin' soundscapes.