Eyedea - Interview Pt. 1 (7/12/09) (HD)

[@danteconsonero2315]

"I'm most comfortable not being comfortable" . . . i understand that struggle all to well

[@anthonyreynoso7275]

Please come back Mikey! Earth still needs your brilliance because the world has no Eyedea.

[@trailz520]

R.I.P Eyedea, Notorious B.I.G , Mac Miller, Capital Steez we are truly lucky that you gave us your beautiful music that will last forever!

[@Respect2theFallen]

A man of Culture I see. Long live Steez,Mac,Mikey, and Big, imma add Proof and Viro the Virus to that list but those are some of my top artists that if you know you know the impact they had.

[@MarssOner]

and Prodigy of Mobb Deep + Guru of Ganstarr

[@rahkielsingh6028]

RIP Big L, M03, Chino XL, and Zumbi

[@itsmikecbaby]

This guy actually used his own mind and thought for himself. That's what i admire him for,RIP Eyedea truly an inspiration.

[@benjohnson7950]

I love this guy. God damn I wish he was still around.

[@BlackStarNain]

Wow I just got mind fucked in the first minute of hearing him talk. This guy was deep as fuuuuuck. RIP

[@Krafty]

Same here! That description of space and time just blew my mind. What a great mind.

[@broderjakob8594]

He's only deep enough to understand that he's shallow :D

[@GodsavedmefromhellChristisreal]

BlackStarNain BSN R.eye.P

[@GabrielLopez-pi4xs]

Noah Bromarf 😂😂😂 Thanks for the refrence

[@xx7clintone]

Eyedea is the only artists who gets questions this awsome, id love to see a mainstream artists response to one of theese questions hahaha

[@topherx25]

dont think i have never seen a artist being so truthful! brilliant rapper, brilliant mind.... brilliant guy! we'll miss you. be at peace!

[@OpticalDecoy]

"Rather than eating the food, you're reading the menu." Wow.

[@carolinethomas9176]

+Bebop XVII ya see powdered water too part 1 "It makes a map of the territory that gives us The topic of the Copenhagen interpretation of modern quantum Physics which states we don't know the meal We only know the menu that our brains tells us is real"

[@GabrielLopez-pi4xs]

Paused it for a sec then unpaused it while I was reading the comment. The fucking coincidence

[@shayramilette4418]

Bebop XVII I loved that part. such a smart guy

[@salazam]

This nigga don't even know what that means.

[@salazam]

Don't knock heroin, nigga. Don't knock it till you've tried it. Shit's bomb.

[@jaspersnod]

RIP Eyedea, One of the greatest minds of Our time.

[@paulbauer6175]

Eyedea has been a philosophical idol and musical idol for me, I was interested in his thoughts on reincarnation, and personally, I believe in it, but I don't consider it a way to hold on to my identity, once you pass on you'll never live the life you did again, you wear this identity for a millisecond in the grand scale of time and then pass on, you're always just changing faces. The many faces of Oliver Hart.

[@labellavitalove1]

THE WORLD NEEDS MORE EYEDEA

[@mfdoom163]

R.i.P one of the greatest lyricist ever

[@thehanz123]

this is why eyedea is my favorite mc dude... its like everything that goes on in my mind... everything i believe in.. all put into words

[@casper956illest]

Eyedea and Canibus my Fav. underground Rappers/Emcees of all time, R.I.P eyedea, your in a better place now!!!

[@GoodxJ]

🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@lagginswag]

"if it keeps a guy from sticking needles in his arms" RIP mikey,

[@RyanGiggsOBE]

eyedea blows my mind, i wish i could have met him and chat with him

[@NavarroTheLegend]

I would do whatever it takes to sit down face to face with this man and engage in a free conversation about anything. His intellectualism and idealism's the source of illumination more powerful than the idea of conditioning the sun as illumination, regret not encountering the man at an earlier time... Rest In Piece Michael

[@Dirtbiker463]

Michael saved my life many times

[@MasamuneStreams]

Loved Eyedea. Still do. ReyeP

[@danielvoltaire5581]

Chris Masamune that last bit was beautiful I share your sentiment

[@salazam]

R. EYE. P. (get it? I substituted the "i" in RIP for "eye" because that was his name. It was "eyedea" instead of "idea" so I basically did the same thing. I pulled the ol' switcheroo. I'm so clever!)

[@MrMikemau5]

You will forever live on

[@Skinny.Steve1991]

What a intelligent human being. R.I.P

[@brynnplant]

I'm getting emotional just watching the fucking video. It's weird how you feel like you know someone, just through their music and random interviews that they did. I wish I could've met him. I know everybody says that but I mean it. I don't believe in an afterlife either, but fuck it I'd try to be Christian or something just to get to the other side and find where Eyedea ended up, so I could talk to him for a little while.

[@justinfischer5555]

Its a crime that the music is so loud over this

[@Okillydokilly69]

Miss you Mikey

[@autumnfury6544]

Miss this beautiful human being every damn day

[@aron4251]

eyedea interviewed on his back better than any other artist on their two feet...

[@chuckJID]

Van: "where does all your tour money go?" Eyedea: "...heh...thats a secret"

[@BRILLiantMindzMedia666]

😭😂😭

[@UnkleKnuck]

“Post mathcore grunge hop” bro was ahead of the meme world with making up genres

[@BonIvermectin]

This man was my soul mate

[@OM3N1R]

New favorite quote "When describing the universe, we are reading the menu, as opposed to eating the food" paraphrased

[@dc8959]

Alan watts quote. Eyedea studied many philosophies and teachings.

[@igotssssoul]

Just saw Eyedea & Abilities last night at the Echoplex. They haven't skipped a beat. They don't get the love they deserve...

[@CT99999]

Oh man, it's wild to look back at these comments from when Eyedea was alive.

[@kingayy9267]

@ChrisTanner Soon, KZbin and Facebook will be graveyards full of photos of and words from those long departed saved forever. Alternately depressing and sweet to think about.

[@yaeli_i_guess]

yeah :( it's so haunting@@CT99999

[@brandihaugen1705]

A very beautiful mind.

[@lisakarson3279]

It just goes to show how the media loves gossip and drama. The picture of this post makes it look like Eyedea was all high and laying on the ground for the interview but realistically he was just lookin up and relaxing while doing Q's and A's..still, I do love his theories about life they seem to not only have depth but are true as well

[@davebmud1482]

sah true

[@EthosF4ded]

Still here bro.

[@harishsn4866]

His philosophical mentor is Krishnamurti. Not Christian marty.

[@RatIceCream]

Wow this guy was an intellectual too. He could do it all! RIP

[@PennyShortProduction]

Tairy! good to see you man.

[@CriticallyInsane]

How can he feel like an outsider in hip-hop?! From what I've seen, he brought people more together!

[@doblese100]

Eyedea is best in the whole world will never find a building, a style, a person, a role model beyond the drugs. Maybe a little acid but much freestyle was his way out of this reality conscious and shitty! Eyedea is alive, in his lyrics in our ears bitches! From Chile !

[@jwalidea]

I respect the hell out of Eyedea but most of the knowledge he's droppin in this vid is straight out of Krishnamurti's writings, not original ideas. But still mad respect that he even knew about it. Eyedea woke me up to a lot a decade ago and his music is still a medication at times. One thing he was was a true artist and talent and his music lives on.

[@Oneluvv25]

I can't even watch this without tearing up. It's almost painful to watch all the way through.. r EYE p Mike!

[@rileyvalentine2031]

I'm most comfortable being not comfortable. Same.

[@morales1949]

Personally SPEAKING,eyedea was and always will be a genious,knowledgeable,highly intelligent,one of a kind human being...It's a blessing to know that over all the years,i can say,yep that's my friend,and on that note,to all that hate on someone,you only hate,why you ask cause you don't know how to apply your self and truely seek inside yourself,cause one day when you get that chance to open a door to success,it may contain NOTHING... PEACE DANNY...

[@barnumeffect5]

wow/ best interview ever/ this is a real connection/ get to know the artist/ lye on the grass with him/ open conversation/ he got a lot out of eyedea that i didn't know myself/

[@Captinhooke]

man, the music in the background is so fitting.

[@2m7b5]

Alan Watts - The Book. Great read. It's kind of about what he's talking about in the beginning.

[@salazam]

Alan Watts is a rambling huckster.

[@onyxaddison]

love him dearly.

[@staphinfection]

Deep. RIP eyedea. Legendary.

[@beyondz55]

You can hear that on his Oliver Hart record. He did great instrumentation and producing on that record. And after he turned down that big record deal from blaze battle. Much respect. Just wish he didnt fuck around with opioids like my cousin RIP both of em.

[@rahkielsingh6028]

He knew better than to mess with diddler

[@JorgeH891]

I love Eyedea's music now because digs Krishmanurti..i love that man!

[@phoneybigfat]

R EYE P

[@salazam]

R. EYE. P. (get it? I substituted the "i" in RIP for "eye" because that was his name. It was "eyedea" instead of "idea" so I basically did the same thing. I pulled the ol' switcheroo. I'm so clever!)

[@ScratchMasterSPAZZ]

This is soooooo DEEP Bro.

[@RamonGarcia-md4ix]

You van never die Eyedea you are the greaest.

[@GiftedFiasco]

So down to earth. I wish could have spoken to him.

[@aceyoshy6]

3:45 When my mom asks me where my paycheck goes....

[@kileNoe]

+Lord Canti no disrespect but the secret is what killed him- opiate toxicity. I love eyedea but, those drugs are very bad :( i smoke weed every 3 hours.

[@alexxjenkins]

+Kile Noe No disrespect, but please stop acting like you know how he died when you clearly don't. Just love and appreciate the art and philosophy, man.

[@kileNoe]

Alejandro LOL ok

[@ozkuz4321]

@@alexxjenkins he died from opiates it was confirmed. His mom just wanted to deny it. If you watch his last live performances it was obvious he was shooting up.

[@uncleclem7381]

Os They were sleeping pills that he used daily. Not like he was using it for pleasure

[@SEKTION]

RIP EYEDEA homie... see you in the cypher in heaven

[@snoop_tig3r]

here in 2023. dude was gone too soon.

[@rahkielsingh6028]

1Love R.est I.n P.ower Mikey Larsen

[@honestabe9233]

He didn’t believe in the Afterlife so they were able to take him out.

[@Midnight7Marauder]

I wish this interview was 2 hours long

[@jeremythomas9053]

need your beautiful mind now more then ever R.eye.P

[@TheHeathersphere]

What I mean is...he could have done so much more, given SO much more. It's sad that he's gone. That is all.

[@FightScienceAa82]

@NotMLG He's always been hyper intelligent. This conversation is based on things he intensively looked into at one point or another. He is and was intelligent long before he started smoking "weed".

[@timnewman179]

"where does most of your money on tour go?" The ink that signed your death certificate. Kids don't use heroine there are much safer, natural alturnitives to get you high. No need to loose another great mind. RIP Eyedea (Rhymesayers will never be the same)

[@wildflower3624]

Right when he asked that question and Eyedea stuttered to answer i was so like ahh its hard to say..um i was somewhat "disappointed" because i knew he wouldnt wanna say it went to heroin which is the thing that led to his dead

[@yvindiversen9414]

+1

[@alt-tiztik]

Great alternatives to drugs and alcohol are: Spinning in circles and Walking with your eyes closed!

[@Clempt90]

Rest in Peace brother

[@superinfinite88]

@akiainnuksuk It might be 2009, because in the description it says ROCK THE BELLS 2009!!!

[@godsmackhudejo]

he's my favorite postmathcoregrungehop artist:))

[@emilyshea9475]

LOL. Love you mike.

[@deadpeasantmoon]

@18bulldog18 "Junk" -Eyedea & Abilities, "By The Throat" 2009

[@TheSatyricon11]

necro was on the rock the bells tour with eyedea,pretty sick

[@TheMadnessFlow]

Such a cool interview, just chilling on the grass not givin a fuck

[@Hellrun1]

"We don't know the meal, we only know the menu that our brain tells us is real" Eyedea -> cubicle ->awesome

[@BongDylan]

I have always loved Post Mathcore Grunge Hop. Haha. Rhyme In Peace eyedea.

[@ruthlessCsL]

BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY RIP EYEDEA HE WAS SO DOPE HE MADE WHITE EMCEES ACCEPTABLE NOT EMINEM HE WAS A GENIUS WITH HIS MUSIC AND EVEN DEATH CANT TAKE THAT AWAY FROM HIM

[@HeresASeatHD]

@theycallmechili I've only recently discovered Krishnamurti. I was, for a long period of time, under the impression that on 'Soundtrack of A Romance' Eyedea said Christian Amerdy, due to several faulty lyrics pages :(

[@ResinLove]

That show flyer it showed at the end had the most dank lineup i've ever seen.

[@naffunnel]

there can be no objective time though eg. if another galaxy is past the point of entropy and is declining would its time begin to flow backwards?

[@artcycle42]

Funny enough about him not believing in an afterlife and the quote about the universe, "We're reading the menu and not eating the food." I believe that after this life on earth, "we eat the food." The universe is infinite which is why physically we're limited, but on another level we exist in an infinite universe and so that makes us infinitely existing. There's a reason for everything somehow and the unknown. We can imagine what could happen tomorrow, but will never truly know until we're there. We are spiritual beings having a human experience.

[@benjohnson7950]

I look at the evidence: no pre-life, this life, no after-life.

[@artcycle42]

It's not what you see, but what you believe, life isn't just logic there's a reason for the unknown and not knowing what your next step may be. (lol whata contradiction, logic is the definition of reason, ha. Then again doesn't life just contradict itself all the time.) Think about it.

[@regalpinion4201]

Only on an Eyedea video, will we discuss the philosophy of life as a whole and everything before and after it... on KZbin. I think he'd be proud.

[@artcycle42]

Yeah, we're here to find our faith in a way, but principles in life are important, especially in this human experience that we're going through. Read up on Socrates, he had a lot of questions which led to his wisdom, not the answers. Of course there's a lot to his philosophies such as metaphysics, cosmology, etc. but yeah, life is definitely a journey.

[@billibob313]

I like spirituality, but there's a differnce between spirituality and metaphysical woo woo. As a matter of fact, the brain is a computer, and computers don't join infinity when they're broken. They cease to be, like the parrot on the Monty Python sketch :)

[@shadowyfigure4975]

I love the underground

[@187jacktheripper]

A beautiful mind........

[@regularasselo]

amen amen

[@TURBO1CHGO]

R.I.P EYEDEA FROM CHICAGO

[@RyanGiggsOBE]

i would have loved to have had a conversation with eyedea. well when i say conversation is i mean eyedea talking and me just being amazed by his mind and the way he thinks.

[@g0tcadaver]

R.I.P. truly a genious

[@Niacin1]

@nickolaswarner why do his opinions in interviews affect whether or not his music is enjoyable?

[@aron4251]

I wish eyedea was over at my house right now so I could bullshit with him about philosophical subjects. plus that dude interviewed on his back better than any other artist on their two feet.

[@inamoratasamazing]

Dude was just too damn intelligent for his own good... So sad when gifted geniouses like him die early, what a waste of what he could have accomplished had he lived on. At least we have what he gave to the world, I guess it's more than enough to tide me over for the rest of my life... RIP

[@MrWigglyyy]

"Post-mathcore grunge hop" wut lol

[@spacemanspiff6332]

Every time he adjusts his shades take a shot.

[@prime15able]

this gave me the chills /: when he didnt wanna say where the money was going to. and the whole "if it keeps a guy from stcking needles in his arms" dammm, r.i.p larson

[@RyanGiggsOBE]

did anyone else have the Burn Fetish lyrics go through their head as they watched this

[@blazenuggz39]

Fuck, this is so fucking awesome, Eyedea was a messiah

[@chrisraymond9867]

I guess we'll find out when we die wont we

[@danielvoltaire5581]

I miss him so bad

[@ReinaMichel]

RIP Micheal "Eyedea" Larsen xo

[@mrhighspeedman]

That line-up at the end. Damn.

[@aaaaaaaaa3426]

Eyedea was so cool and funny I would have loved to philosophize with him.

[@justicewalking]

could someone please post the name of the philosopher eyedea was talking about. sounds like a very interesting person. I tried to google his name but i guess im not spelling it right. R.I.P. Michael Larsen.

[@xxxblackenedrosexxx]

at a loss for words