Amazing Eyedea Freestyle In-Store w/ Slug & One Be Lo - Seattle, WA. 2002

Eyedea (Michael Larsen) Incredible freestyle during an in-store promo with Slug from Atmosphere, & One Be Lo (One Man Army back then). February 24, 2002 . Seattle, Washington. This was the day of the Brainstorm 2 battle finals, which One Be Lo hosted and Eyedea was a judge...

[@KhariShootYourShot92]

Nothing like closing your eyes during your freestyle, and watching your mind create a story.

[@gonfreecs-uu7id]

Never tried that before. Thanks !

[@KhariShootYourShot92]

@@gonfreecs-uu7id Gon you can do it! Matter of fact, I was just thinking of freestyling on the harmonic intro, do you posts freestyles on here?

[@staysmuth]

@@gonfreecs-uu7id when I practice to youtube Beats I always go chorus verse chorus verse verse If the chorus is trash I don’t care I’ll repeat it like it’s the bomb and it allows me to structure my ideas like layers if you make that the norm you will be leaps & bounds above anyone else

[@BiggzTheJuicerTv]

Real shit

[@KhariShootYourShot92]

I’m about to a live freestyle show literally in about 5 hours

[@michaeldangelo27]

"i don't even need to enter battles, i just sit and freestyle and talk about what's goin on in my head and it better than any type of competitive thing they can come up with. because when i grab the mic i show them a gift."

[@brunalaura570]

1:16 :)

[@bobopatchnosuke229]

Can you post the lyrics of this freestyle

[@vincentemerzian29]

i can recite this entire freestlye been watching it since i was 14, always good to come back to this as my 22 year old self

[@InternetHandle123]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/p4Syg3SoqNVlbJo on the same channel, I bet good money you ain’t seen it, I scoured the internet for every Eyedea freestyle and song. On dudes channel there’s one other freestyle

[@GVNZXLEZ]

You and me both my g!! Idk if you make music but check me playa !

[@bobopatchnosuke229]

@@GVNZXLEZ Can you post the lyrics for this verse since you know it

[@justincase1853]

I’m two/three years older than you but following the exact same timeline in terms of Eyedea, started listening at 17 and love him to this day. Maybe there’s a zeitgeist to it, a spirit about it. Warms my heart to know that my favorite niche idols continue to inspire and live in the hearts of others

[@godspeed9216]

Same here

[@urcousinfromboston9052]

when times were simpler , music was better, and legends were here :(

[@dontmugurself]

"I rape, weakness... and turn it into dopeness. I'm focused, cuz I hate weak shit... Peep it. Openin' up my eyes now, realizin' that everyone's sittin around while I'm grippin' the sound. Now I feel weird...peace!" That is just fantastic. Nuff said. Completely off the top. Goes with a weird transition and makes it work. And then turns it into something self-referential and conscious at the end by addressing his current actions, emotions, thoughts and surroundings. Those couple bars are the epitome of a true rapper.

[@peacepeace01]

Ripping the sound

[@BOWS3R]

The best of all time, no question.

[@michaelplascencia7014]

jamesskeezy yes one of the best freestyles that's for sure. Have listened to most of his content and wishin he was around to give us more

[@bobopatchnosuke229]

Charron, Eyedea second place

[@alanbrady420]

Harry Mack is levels ahead of eyedea 🐐🐐🐐 new goat in town and he’s the best dead or alive off top rapper, and it’ll be a long time before anyone can surpass him if that’s even possible lol

[@Jesterian]

@@alanbrady420 yeah Eyedea wins his era. Harry Mack probably wins this one. MC Juice is definitely the best to cover both

[@LorFire]

@@alanbrady420Eyedea was levels ahead of Harry Mack LMAOOO tf u mean?

[@Jopsey]

Best off the top freestyle I've heard to this day. RIP Eyedea... No one could do it like you did

[@michaelconti7431]

Never take this down please .. Always come back to this amazed even after the 146th time Rip Michael you were truly amazing

[@rbalducci8888]

I've listened to this hundreds of times.... never seems to get old.

[@BeatsByKal]

Fun fact: Windex has not changed their bottle appearance since this taping

[@grainbeltdrinker]

About a minute into this, he goes straight into a trance. Like Jordan with his tongue out zone. Honored to have seen him and abilities back in the Sixth Sense days and through the early 2000s.

[@slickdude6925]

Paul Hartzheim you're a lucky lucky man

[@jonatello2036]

I stop by this video every once in a while for the last few years 🔥🔥

[@j.dubyou]

Now THIS is an actual freestyle.. See that's that shit I hate is watchin videos that say rappers are "freestyling," when, in all actuality, you can just tell that they're just spittin somethin they've written before.. granted, that does take a high level of skill to hear an instrumental and quickly reach down into your memory banks to find something that'll work over the beat, BUT.. you can tell when Eyedea freestyles that he's actually FREESTYLING off the top, unscripted.. and THAT takes way more skill.. R.I.P., Eyedea..

[@3kgetmoney294]

wtf he freestyles just as easy as you say your abcs

[@brandonboydstun6501]

What happened to him, he seems good :/

[@kyleeaton2717]

He died, sucks because he was one of the greatest to ever do it. Sadistik made a tribute song to him, it's called Micheal.

[@reiplush8769]

Brandon Boydston, he like many of the great musicians and artists of modern music died from an overdose. Wikipedia states that it was opiate based but declines to specify which specific opioid of the very large grouping labeled "opiates" that it was. Ive heard it was heroin but that might just be because I know alot of junkies

[@Myceliumification]

kyle eaton Atmosphere has a song about him too, it’s called Flicker

[@strawberrycoughdrops7650]

I'm glad I got into eyedea at a young age

[@BrandonBuckingham]

always come back to this. unreal, raw talent, tapping into the creative infinite.

[@mar15115]

damnnn didnt expect you here

[@chizushuynh1]

Love watching old footages of Eyedea and Slug.......... takes me away from reality and forget all the pains and shit that comes with life.......... the live performance at a university is also a real good one that I keep coming back to

[@SleepyTaylor]

I did not expect this just to be one whole Eyedea freestyle, what a legend. RIP Eyedea.

[@poorks]

still listening to you eyedea, 2018. Missed, missed talent

[@ChefBurns1]

I just wish everyone could listen to this. Such an amazing dude

[@OracleTheRonin]

this is the greatest freestyle recorded

[@johnauner5139]

Imagine having to follow that up.

[@amberdavis7199]

Avery Cecil followed by laughs and good warm feelings💗

[@capitalg5460]

The guy behind him was OneBeLo. An absolute legend. He would probably have to spit a written or he would look like garbage.

[@jasonrodman9015]

I would have just left town.

[@MiiMagus93]

this guy can seriously spit some bars on that next level real shit

[@MrChaiguy]

Listening to him transition from one track to the next along with the mix is just, sick. No one before or since has had those skills.

[@WachoASMR]

i just read this at the same time as he transitioned seamlessly to another track

[@dragon53777]

He was one of a kind. Eyedeas never die though.

[@slickdude6925]

I always come back here. Fuuuuuck we lost this great man R.EYE.P

[@Alnilam8888]

Im so thankful for the amount of videos we have of Mikey freestyling/battling. R.EYE.P 😪

[@Jaryism]

I love Sway, but even when I see people do "5 Fingers of Death" and ppl freaking out when a rapper can ACTUALLY just spit for a good 2 minutes at like 1/3 the speed of Eyedea here is a joke... Eyedea basically did 5 Fingers of Death like 4 times over just for shits and giggles here... THIS is true talent

[@51AM_]

JARY look up slug and eyedea on the wake up show

[@0oidiedinatimemachineo024]

i agree with what you are saying but speed has nothing to do with it.. not everyone has to do the fast flow. its actually kinda harder to rap slow (and make it sound good) then it is to rap fast.

[@Jaryism]

@@51AM_ watched it many times, but yeah it's dope

[@quietlike]

harry mack.. GOAT of off the top

[@hongkongsloth]

I just found this what does all of this mean?

[@BR4D2THEBONE]

This dude could show up to a concert and not even have asong picked out and put on a better show then any rapper. He is a TRUE freestylist. Unscripted. Sucks he is no longer here.

[@keshane1013]

Hell no

[@dolphinking1417]

keshane1013 what?

[@rapmetaldemon09]

Yes he definitely could.

[@BillylekidTv]

Bradly Miller Yeah he should still be there and deserv an eternal Life lol He he is so Amazing I miss him so much :(

[@dragon53777]

Bradly Miller Yeah sadly he was the same age as me....or still would be if he was alive. And he was born near me. He is missed.

[@cameraguy456]

wish he was still alive..such an inspiration...

[@thatguy-mp3vz]

ppl who think Eminem is the greatest have no Eyedea

[@Investigamer]

Em's actually really good too, but I agree Eyedea would have probly shredded him in a freestyle. I wish we could have seen that battle

[@frankymoreno1287]

i heard they battled and that theres a video somewhere but apparently eyedea tour him a new one

[@johnnydoughboy1985]

InternetKraken Greg facts eyedea ate those who ate em so it never went down

[@maxadius1]

Ex em fab got it.. it's an

[@maxadius1]

Omg you exist....pfoooof

[@lydellb]

Thank GOD somebody recorded this.

[@vipxtrmn8r]

Watched this more times than I can count. An actual real freestyle. Amazing and I miss him... Eyedea, RIP.

[@_SHADOWMAN4EVER]

EYEDEA JUST CAPTURES THE WHOLE ESSENCE OF TRUE EMCEEING I MISS JUST HANGING OUT AND FREE STYLING ABOUT ANYTHING DIDNT EVEN MATTER IF I SLIPPED UP AS LONG AS I KEPT RAPPING

[@xenakron]

This is easily one of the best recorded freestyles of all time... and the crazy thing is that was just a daily thing for Eyedea to spit this stuff. I miss him but know he lives on by inspiring others... damn.

[@belak1551]

He did this in front of One B low from Binary star. Who is a legends in his own right.

[@khobsupsk]

I was there!! That was the first time I ever heard of Eyedea! RiP!

[@Eagles4life221]

4:25 “Whore’s smile like hmm...I like the way you be tellin’ and usin’ that voice/I’m Bruisin’ you boys, abusin’ the choice/these rappers on the microphone confusin’ their noise with dopeness. Holy shit, that mult-syllabic rhyme scheme was crazy. It was off the top too!

[@InternetHandle123]

He had like 6 or 7 crazy multisyllabic rhyme schemes in this freestyle, the rest was good too but like 7 insane crazy rhyme schemes. Hard enough to do with a pen for most of these rappers, legendary flow off the dome

[@s.b.2921]

Reading comments, get to yours right as Eyedea does. Dope.

[@scladoffle2472]

He is obviously nuts, but I've noticed a significant amount of his bars are different ways of saying 'when i grab the mic i show how bad everyone else is'. Even him and Slug on the wake up show was a 10/10 performance, but it's all I could notice for most of his freestyling, just lots of variations of 'i'm the best, people think they're better but they're not' type statements, so it makes me think it's not quite as 'off the dome' everyone's making out.

[@Respect2theFallen]

Damn That's so ill I Highly Respect One Be Lo and Eyedea and I never even knew this video existed or that they met eachother. That's dope.

[@InternetHandle123]

Respect2theFallen I found Lo through this video I was like 15 when I watched every single Eyedea video I could find even the under 30 view ones which still under 50 I found this saw the name One Be Lo and was hungry for another dude with insane innovative conscious lyricism and I stumbled upon back on the scene sonogram. Wonder if there’s any other dudes in this video like that

[@kylef8703]

Respect2theFallen binary star is fucking dope .

[@InternetHandle123]

Yo kzbin.info/www/bejne/p4Syg3SoqNVlbJo this is another store freestyle that has like no views slug and Eyedea rhyme, if you go into dudes channel you’ll find another Eyedea freestyle and One Be Lo freestyling. They must have done this a few times by the way the rest of this one is on a dvd you can buy on eyedeas Facebook page

[@nuzh1981]

damn this ish crazy..man I grew up like 5 blocks down the street from eyedea,,,went to the same public schools,,dude was always funny as hell and very whitty...back in them days his last name was averill..damn sorry he is gone..rip mikey

[@Vextos]

Damn, that's sick. Do you have any memorable moments with him?

[@nuzh1981]

Vextos yea I remember dude very well...I remember him being funny as funk cappin on kids,,I mean u know how kids are in elementary and junior high...I mean let's be honest everyone has experienced how cruel we can be,,I recal Mike being super funny and nobody being able to cap on him..I remember distinctly every one trying to cap on his gap teeth and him looking like is that all u got and then str8 murkin them with the funniest ish u ever heard..oh shit I remember this true story kinda off topic but oh well,when I was like in 5th or 6th grade I had a bulls starter trench coat on and Mike,Tony and I were walking back from this rec center after playing b ball,,I got approached by this old ads drunk dude trying to Jack my coat and he socked me in the eye,i'm like thinking there is 3 of us and 1 of him and as I fall down I look back and Mike and Tony are running the other way..lol...that's funny as hell now that I'm older..

[@Vextos]

Richard Bevins Lmao that's awesome man, from all the stories I've heard about Mike, it sounds like he was a cool as dude. Thanks for sharing.

[@addled_catalyst]

Richard Bevins are you saying...you were friends...with eyedea ....

[@Ry-dn5xd]

Was Mike good at basketball? Ive always wondered how good he was at sports lol

[@loganchavez4773]

Wish he didn't go out like he did still shed a tear every time I hear sadistiks song. Long live underground true love to music hip hop

[@jeremeeeut6815]

Still bump this every single day. #2019

[@dudewhyfi]

seriously one of the best freestylers ever, there needs to be a cd of just his freestyles

[@TheOregonducksbaby1]

One of the greatest things I've ever witnessed..that was all off top. RIP Eyedea

[@jessicajaynenc1202]

Absolutely!NEVER gets old!!!

[@Eradinus]

Dammit i can watch this 10 times a day and still get AMAZED by this inhuman freestyle what a monster...eyedea #1

[@echad6259]

thumbs up just cuz I miss the guy

[@RuinedPk3rs]

I still watch this all the time, 9 years later. Eyedea's off the top flow is still unmatched.

[@user-kk5iw2mm9i]

Damn OneBeLo was with Eyedea and Slug I wish they worked together

[@ulov7728]

I. Trying to find the rest of this video...

[@InternetHandle123]

UloV 7 Yeah I wish, if you order merch off One Be lo’s bandcamp you can send a personal message that he’ll see. Was thinking of doing it as I want the 1BLo sweater and asking if he had the rest of the vid

[@InternetHandle123]

Plus he has more albums that you can only buy, Spotify doesn’t have all of his shit. Gonna do that aswell wish sonogram was on vinyl only waterworld

[@laserpig]

There is a man who was just plugged in to something else. The clearest possible example of pure inspiration.

[@alexbennett5526]

yo this man is vicious at freestyling

[@DoritosAndPizza]

It doesn't matter what I come on KZbin for, I always end up here.

[@Patrick-de8qg]

1:47 is crazy. He said "I'm going to your tenement and breaking down you and your neighbor". That's next level shit for being completely improvised

[@denyhimself_]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/oZfRiZJ5a7ifeJY

[@VanPebble]

this is probably the best freestyles I've ever heard period.

[@xhibitmusic]

Man, Eyedea would have been proud of our boy Harry Mack! ❤️

[@glass509]

this is the sickest freestyle ever...i think this is the second time i've posted this too, like weeks apart. somehow i find myself here 3 weeks later, saying the same thing. wow, thank you for inspiring me to make music.

[@treedogg]

Fucking insane, you can see when is brain really warms up. Just insane. And at 20 years old? What...

[@1nfinite972]

man is a true artist, NO ONE in hiphop can freestyle like this

[@Eziokilla9595]

Even One.Be.Lo was like, "Damn!"

[@osw7241]

Eziokilla9595 And he was picking the mic next to Eyedea kinda hard beat that free! xD

[@msalanam8276]

Eyedea is so amazing!

[@Vyes]

I’m this many years old

[@beautylys7942]

R.i.p to one of the best, no label telling him what to do and say. Nothing but his mind, if you ask me top 5 dead or alive i say eyedea, aesop rock, el-p, immortal tech, and eyedea again

[@spiderthatsinyourbed5735]

no slug?

[@beautylys7942]

slugs great too

[@more12312]

K-Rino and beast 1333

[@InternetHandle123]

In this video black dude with the du rag, one of the illest ever. If you like rhymesayers you’ll probably like one be lo /binary star. Just listen to the first ten to fifteen seconds of any one be lo song you find if you actually look him up. Crazy nice

[@powderedwaterpudding]

This is one of his better freestyles I've seen captured. Wow. Shit. Fuck. Amazing. Thank you for sharing.

[@LegendarySpartan117]

nevermind you can find more of the video on the "then and now" dvd with one be lo and slugs freestyle being sold on eyedea's facebook

[@InternetHandle123]

LegendarySpartan117 thanks. kzbin.info/www/bejne/p4Syg3SoqNVlbJo check this other one with him one be lo and slug, rare as fuck, you put me onto Eyedea so hopefully you never seen it, I scoured the internet looking for this guys music. There’s two Eyedea freestyles on that channel less than 300 views slug and one be lo freestyle aswell.

[@johnmolefe3380]

2018 Dec 11 since 2012. Back to regenerate true freestyle rap. Eyedea was just amazing. Rip bro

[@jsnike57]

Now I feel weird, peace

[@shanes5671]

Incredible and beautiful ✨

[@carolgardella2606]

sorry your gone...much loved

[@alberts1985]

Carol Gardella lol

[@mdr1817]

probably the best hip hop ive ever seen. written or unwritten. DOPE!

[@yaboiaintcoy6201]

"Too much marketing and not enough artistry"..... What ??..... Speechless

[@giorgimeskhi3624]

The best when it comes to spittin off the dome. Such a talent, R EYE P

[@nickgraveland5860]

I would've loved to see him trash today's "rappers"

[@kevinmadden5517]

Michael was 20 here. R EYE P

[@HenryFlamez]

21

[@malicioustactics6846]

22. He died at 28 in 2010.

[@animalkrackers]

mad dope thanks for the footage back when hiphop was dope!

[@WallyPDoyle111]

Was anyone else at this? I can't remember the name of that fucking record store. Right by the Sit & Spin where they performed that night. This was my B-Day weekend and a 3 day MC battle in Seattle.

[@Nirvanarules45]

this will never get old to me, ts like he just goes to whole other place eyedeas always the dopest in the room !

[@ethanopdyke847]

What is the first beat? What a chill track.

[@wushish]

The amazing thing about Eyedea is he went from one of the best freestyle/battlers to a recording artist who made beautiful poetic and introspective music.

[@jigger222]

No MC will ever come close.

[@thatguy-mp3vz]

This dude was not just an MC but a modern day philosopher

[@peterpemrich6962]

+that guy great someone noticed

[@slickdude6925]

No fucking question man👌

[@ciuracristi9229]

Sorry...Loaded Lux is the best, but, this shit is dope !

[@clamcake1564]

Meh

[@celt29]

Crazy! Thank you for uploading.

[@89tilinfinity29]

the very first NPR tiny desk concert lol

[@FreeDevelope]

love this freestyle. in fact, i love all of eyedeas freestyles. if you havent seen the one on the wake up show, one of my personal favorites. this man was, is, will be a legend. forever.

[@tac6044]

I am contacting you from 12 years into the future.

[@Furthericity]

You are missed.

[@johnmolefe3380]

2022 we still banging

[@jrodagormykid9063]

Eyedea up in heaven freestyle battling with God

[@Takumeh]

Wow, thank you SOOOOO MUCH.

[@bruceyboysvideos]

Started off slow but saved all his microphone powers for the middle on. Rip eye

[@bobopatchnosuke229]

I don't agree. My favourite portion is the first instrumental half.

[@RyanGiggsOBE]

i heard an awesome story about mikey from his website. his mum wanted him to go to college, but he wanted to tour with slug, but his mum said do 1 class, he chose philosophy, after the first day he asked the teacher if he could tour and do the work. the teacher said no saying you cant pass without the lessons. So eyedea took the final test there and then and passed, saying he is smarted than the teacher, he then walked off. what a lad

[@collateraldabbage3280]

I still can't watch this without shedding a tear, and half the views on this video are probably mine lol. Gahhh wtf

[@amberdavis7199]

Collateral Dabbage where tha dabs at??? Im jus asking for a friend....you kno I don't DAB😞

[@Eziokilla9595]

I agree. Its very rare to see a battle MC who can get that deep, and still balance it out with punchlines.

[@bobopatchnosuke229]

Charron, Eyedea, The greatest freestylers of all time.

[@joeywantstoplay]

Greatest of all time, no question about it.........he was too insightful & aware for this hell realm. the tragedy is that he was isolated & burdened so much he had to escape, he should have been a national treasure......we didnt deserve his genius or his heart. he was a gift, that most ignore & never are aware enough to appreciate. I miss Eyedea.....Wish we could have seen him grow past 27 & develop like the real legend he is. this is what happens when we overlook angels & prophets chasing ill-U-zions & profits. We ignorant HUE-mans seem to never learn.

[@nope2190]

Does anyone know this sample/ beat?

[@matthewbrenneman5139]

No one could freestyle like Mikey! R.I.P. ❤

[@Akirsch16]

1:03 "that's why I'm bout to swoon, with the unit emcees is confused like a.......who?" "nothin on the slug line" almost like Eyedea was expecting slug to finish the last word in this rhyme, when he said "who". But slug didn't say anything or catch the rhyme in time. Which prompted Eyedea to say "nothin on the slug line". Anyone have any idea what word word Eyedea was trying to rhyme ?

[@peacepeace01]

I thought he said that's another slug line

[@Akirsch16]

@@peacepeace01 i think you're right. Came back to this and figured it out. The Slug line is from Multiples. "That leaves the average emcee confused like a eunuch"

[@freeflowrhythm]

Eyedea Saved My Life Many Times. Peace & One Love ♂Envision♀

[@fucklettuce8045]

What is that instrumental? Found it: Square one-my own world.

[@twolikedanumba4272]

Fuck Lettuce What about the one at 5:03? That one is dope too.

[@fucklettuce8045]

Two Like Da Numba That one I ain’t sure but it’s dope!

[@twolikedanumba4272]

Fuck Lettuce No doubt son!

[@hpebackwards]

thanks dude

[@InternetHandle123]

Yooo i've been looking for this for so long. How tf did u find it

[@khobsupsk]

Ohhh man I remember this! I was in the back and it was first time I heard eyedea

[@aba2185]

wow. he is great. can you upload the one be lo footage?

[@InternetHandle123]

You’d have to buy it on a DVD on Eyedeas Facebook. If you want another freestyle vid where Eyedea slug and one be lo go off probably years before this kzbin.info/www/bejne/p4Syg3SoqNVlbJo check the guys channel there’s two other vids.

[@keithrose4227]

One be lo and slug in the same room?????? Probably my two favorite emcees of all time, thats amazing

[@RedNosePitbullMT45]

eyedea r i p you were better than everybody

[@23dnell]

I think i come to this like once a day

[@ulov7728]

Who knows the video where slug and one man army do there thing? Or the rest of the video