Hieroglyphics - 3rd Eye Vision
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Artist: HieroglyphicsEdition: Music CD
Format: Explicit Lyrics
CD Release Date: 1998-03-31
Music Label: Black Music
Soundtracks:
- Intro
- You Never Knew
- All Things
- Casual
- The Who
- Dune Methane
- Phesto D
- At The Helm
- The Last One
- Tajai
- Oakland Blackouts
- Mics of the Roundtable
- See Delight
- Pep Love
- Off The Record
- A-Plus
- After Dark
- Opio
- No Nuts
- Del
- One Life One Love
- Miles To The Sun
Free Music Notes for 3rd Eye Vision
Free Music Review: One Of The Most Creative And Disrespected Albums Ever Created [5 stars]
Hit: 5 Stars
For years now the Hieroglyphics have released numorous albums estabolishing themselves a household name in the West Coast. But right before this album, many tragedies struck the Hiero Fam. First Del the Funkee Homosapien was cut from Electra's Record's Roster after the album "No Need For Alarm". Souls Of Mischief were also cut from their record label after their release "No Man's Land". Casual had a fall out with a good fiend Saafir which sparked the Hobo Junction/Hiero battle. And last Hiero member Snupe of Extra Prolific was cut during the making of this album. The whole Hiero fam would put their minds together to come out with an underground classic "Third Eye Vision" (believe it or not, this is their debut as a whole group). I have to say that this album blew my mind completely, because I didn't think that this group was going to come off with anything special on this album. Boy was I wrong.
One thing that many fans have an expectation is that each memeber to rhyme over some funky-jazzy type production, as was shown in previous Hiero albums. The majority of these songs fit that type of description. Mostly with some nice samples added to it. "You Never Knew" would be one of those songs, as most of the members open up the album, giving what you to expect. Another example is the low funky song "All Things" as Opio and Pep Love trade verses. Another great song that carries with a nice beat is "Miles To The Sun", the very last track on the album.
Also, the Hieroglyphics are known for comming off with some hard but at the same time creative lyrics. An example of what I can think of is on the song "No Nuts", Del The Funkee Homosapien says "Even if our demo tapes add to the myth of Hiero's gifts/ Those that don't agree is just pleading the Fifth...". Many of the members get their own chance to shine on their self-titled tracks, cutting a rhyme for about a minute in a half, possibly letting new fans know who is who if they didn't know. Aside from those, the members would also come off hard on normal tracks. Del is mostly known for his battle rhymes dissing wack emcees, head on the song "At The Helm", telling people if they don't have the rhymes, not to speak. Pep Love's dark and echo voice, carries on the dark song "After Dark". The Souls Of Mischief would come together to pass the mic around throughout the song "Mics Of The Roundtable". Another great song is when some of the members come togeher for the song "Off The Record" to show off their mic skills.
I believe that is one of the most under respected, and unappriciated albums that ever came out in the 90's. All of the Hieroglyphics related albums were heavily slept on, and this would be a fresh new independant start to gain some appriciation. I just so happened to read the magazine reviews that this album received, and saw that The Source called this album medicore and gave it 3 mics. It shouldn't suprise me, because this album came out in 1998, when mostly rappers from the east coast and the south were starting to blow up. So when something like this came from Oakland, the media didn't want anything like this to become national and stay underground. God forbid people to accept who you are, if you kept true to your mic skills, and didn't rhyme about cars, girls, or shooting someone like everyone else did back in '98. Also around that time, there was a saying that "The West Coast was dead", and I highly can prove that untrue. Comming from the south, I've always believed that The West Coast can come with some of the most creative music to hear, and the Hieroglyphics "Third Eye Vision" just proves that. I recommend this to anyone and everyone who like underground hip hop with creativity.
Lyrics: A
Production: A+
Musical Vibes: A+
Overall: A+
My favorites: You Never Knew, All Things, Duane Methane, Mics Of The Roundtable, Off The Record, Miles To The Sun
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