Eyedollartree

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{{Infobox album

| name = Eyedollartree

| type = album

| artist = Blood of Abraham

| cover = EyeDollarTree.jpg

| alt =

| released = May 2, 2000

| recorded = 1999–2000

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Alternative hip hop, conscious hip hop, hardcore hip hop, West Coast hip hop

| length =

| label = Atomic Pop/MasterGrip

| producer = Blood of Abraham
Motiv8
will.i.am
Cyrus Melchor

| prev_title = Future Profits

| prev_year = 1993

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| next_year =

}}{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/eyedollartree-mw0000210764|title=Eyedollartree - Blood of Abraham | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic|via=www.allmusic.com}}

|rev2 = The Des Moines Register

|rev2score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite journal |last1=Munson |first1=Kyle |title=Jurassic 5 shows hip-hop stars how it's done |journal=The Des Moines Register |date=29 June 2000 |page=DB12}}

|rev3 = RapReviews

|rev3score = 8/10{{Cite web|url=https://www.rapreviews.com/archive/2005_09_eyedollar.html|title=Blood of Abraham :: EyeDollarTree :: Basement Records|website=www.rapreviews.com}}

}}

Eyedollartree is the second album by the rap duo Blood of Abraham.{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/blood-of-abraham-mn0000758313/biography|title=Blood of Abraham | Biography & History|website=AllMusic}} It was released in 2000 via Atomic Pop and MasterGrip.{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kCoEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA83|title=Hip-Hop|work=CMJ New Music Monthly|date=June 18, 2000|publisher=CMJ Network, Inc.|via=Google Books}} The album was rereleased in 2005.{{cite journal |last1=Puckett |first1=Jeffrey Lee |title=Also out this week |journal=Courier-Journal |date=23 Aug 2005 |page=E1}}

The album was accompanied by a DVD of a short film directed by the duo and Brian Beletic.{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PupXDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA153|title=Experiencing Jewish Music in America: A Listener's Companion|first=Tina|last=Frühauf|date=June 13, 2018|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|via=Google Books}}

Production

The album was produced by Blood of Abraham, will.i.am, Motiv8, and Cyrus Melchor.{{Cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1123324/conscientious-objectors/|title=Conscientious Objectors|website=MTV News}}{{dead link|date=June 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} Kool Keith, Divine Styler, and will.i.am made guest appearances on some of the tracks.

Critical reception

The A.V. Club called the album "superb," writing that it "surveys a bleak world riddled with disease, warped values, corruption, and constant surveillance, but not without a sturdy sense of humor and a winning pop-art playfulness."{{Cite web|url=https://www.avclub.com/blood-of-abraham-eyedollartree-1798200985|title=Blood Of Abraham: EyeDollarTree|website=Music}} LA Weekly deemed it "a mixture of trippy, band-oriented backpack hip-hop with a few guitar-rock tunes thrown in, and at least three or four solid singles."{{Cite web|url=https://www.laweekly.com/rap-and-revelation/|title=Rap and Revelation|date=November 15, 2000|website=LA Weekly}}

Track listing

  1. "Know The Half"- 3:47
  2. "Only The Wise"- 4:38
  3. "99¢ Lighter" feat. will.i.am - 3:48
  4. "Paranoia Is Awareness"- 3:59
  5. "Velvet Glove, Iron Fist"- 4:50
  6. "-Tion"- 4:37
  7. "Calling All Citizens" feat. will.i.am - 4:49
  8. "Hurricane"- 3:48
  9. "Rosetta Stone"- 3:40
  10. "Giant Midgets"- 4:14
  11. "Eyedollartree"- 5:09
  12. "Dangerous Diseases"- 5:13
  13. "Omegaton" feat. Kool Keith, Divine Styler - 4:20

References