Uploaded August 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
The left hand holds the mic, while the right DJ!
Probably six months ago now, I stumbled upon excellent rapper, DJ, producer, b-boy, and bedroom rocker EDAN. His album Beauty and the Beat is easily a top 50 hip-hop record of all time. Sadly, in his twenty-five years in the game, he's only put out two lyrical albums, a short collab EP and lots of very abstract mixtapes. One day, trolling thru his Discogs page, I found this mysterious recording listed. A live album by excellent Long Island MC and top-tier graffiti artist Oxygen, DJed by Edan and featuring several songs of his both old and totally new!
I searched for months for this CD, finding myself in PM chains with the likes of both Edan and Oxygen, DJ Muggs, and several fans who were in the right place at the right time. A common theme was that no one who owned a copy was willing to part. Not that I blame them. Finally, over vacation in OBX, I tracked down a guy who was at the show himself and got him to sell me his copy.
This tape is really something special. Ox and Edan have some really fantastic chemistry together (and if their previous tape together is to be believed, they'd been rehearsing this set for at least two years). Several new songs from the legend Oxygen (as well as a great rendition of Gone Diggin'), and a great collection of Edan classics, with four totally new routines! Including finally a clean recording of the mysterious Johnny the Fox. Tap in like Bobby Fisher.
Oxygen: Rhymes
EDAN: Cuts and Rhymes
0:00 Idealism ^
3:21 Brilliance ^
5:25 Mic Manipulator *^
8:11 Freestyle *
9:18 Gone Diggin' ^
10:33 33.3 ^
12:03 Syllable Practice *
13:32 U Havin' Fun Yet ^*
16:27 M.C.s Smoke Crack (routine) *^
19:27 Johnny the Fox *
21:58 Don't Do It! *^
25:50 Be Prepared For More *^
30:23 Torture Chamber *^
31:56 Making Planets *
33:20 Monologue *
35:02 I See Colours *
37:46 Mastermind's In Effect ^
^Oxygen vocals
*Edan Vocals
The left hand holds the mic, while the right DJ!
Probably six months ago now, I stumbled upon excellent rapper, DJ, producer, b-boy, and bedroom rocker EDAN. His album Beauty and the Beat is easily a top 50 hip-hop record of all time. Sadly, in his twenty-five years in the game, he's only put out two lyrical albums, a short collab EP and lots of very abstract mixtapes. One day, trolling thru his Discogs page, I found this mysterious recording listed. A live album by excellent Long Island MC and top-tier graffiti artist Oxygen, DJed by Edan and featuring several songs of his both old and totally new!
I searched for months for this CD, finding myself in PM chains with the likes of both Edan and Oxygen, DJ Muggs, and several fans who were in the right place at the right time. A common theme was that no one who owned a copy was willing to part. Not that I blame them. Finally, over vacation in OBX, I tracked down a guy who was at the show himself and got him to sell me his copy.
This tape is really something special. Ox and Edan have some really fantastic chemistry together (and if their previous tape together is to be believed, they'd been rehearsing this set for at least two years). Several new songs from the legend Oxygen (as well as a great rendition of Gone Diggin'), and a great collection of Edan classics, with four totally new routines! Including finally a clean recording of the mysterious Johnny the Fox. Tap in like Bobby Fisher.
Oxygen: Rhymes
EDAN: Cuts and Rhymes
0:00 Idealism ^
3:21 Brilliance ^
5:25 Mic Manipulator *^
8:11 Freestyle *
9:18 Gone Diggin' ^
10:33 33.3 ^
12:03 Syllable Practice *
13:32 U Havin' Fun Yet ^*
16:27 M.C.s Smoke Crack (routine) *^
19:27 Johnny the Fox *
21:58 Don't Do It! *^
25:50 Be Prepared For More *^
30:23 Torture Chamber *^
31:56 Making Planets *
33:20 Monologue *
35:02 I See Colours *
37:46 Mastermind's In Effect ^
^Oxygen vocals
*Edan Vocals
