Loner nerdy white boys into the psychedelic rock of ’60s like Boston native Edan Portnoy are not usually destined for a future in Rap… But that’s a wonderful thing about Hip-Hop music… it has grown & become so versatile & the preferred method of musically conveying a message around the world.
“Rap is something You DO
Hip-Hop is something You LIVE”
- KRS-ONE -
Portnoy definitely lives by that above sentiment. Inspired by Hip-Hop on one hand & the Beatles & Jimi Hendrix on the other, EDAN has crafted a childlike but compelling MC persona. Old school & oddball, EDAN’S warm & inviting aura that remains intact even as he Raps about his own greatness & the positive power of stealing shit. 👀
With EDAN behind the turntables, on the mic, or equipped with a studio mixing board… something special is about to happen.
A lot of projects will still have that demo tape feel to them. That raw hunger & eagerness. An often whimsical, absurd take on the sound track of the Hip-Hop Community that Rap plays the role of, but it’s the backdrop for Edan’s world & it’s perfect❗️
EDAN’S off-kilter doses of playground-level bragg’n & boast’n & using verbal acuity in the service of silliness is a refreshing throwback to what so many Us Heads most often miss in a lot of todays music. Simultaneously making fun of himself, other rappers & Hip-Hop itself all while paying sincere homage to it & being legit, seriously amazing at all of it❗️
Odd & likably unstable, like a college kid who got his 12-year-old brother high, weaving in & out of focus, returning to clarity with the sharp rhymes of his created concoctions… EDAN will always be interesting to spend Your time with.
EDAN A.K.A. “The Humble Magnificent” has a serious passion for Hip-Hop, elevating the music. He makes Fun, Funky Hip-Hop music &
EDAN is not only a DJ/Producer
EDAN is not only a RhymeSayer
EDAN forms together like a Hip-Hop Voltron, the sum of his parts becoming something other than any of these individual parts.
He has a Philosophy that We should all…
“Listen To More James Brown”
Fumbling Over Words That Rhyme
This is one of My favorite EDAN records. Here’s a live version.
Syllable Practice
Exactly
EDAN is just a wordsmith rhyming.
If You fuck with an artist that makes some music with EDAN… it’s always a treat❗️
Matter of Fact…
That’s how I’m going to introduce You to a couple of My favorite MC’s making ILL Ass Hip-Hop music today… then we’ll do whole breakdowns on them as well❗️
w/ Homeboy Sandman
Never Use The Internet Again
EDAN made the beat & Boy Sand gives Us something to think about.
Grim Seasons
Live At The Den
Homeboy Sandman is hanging out & rhymes a few times over some records.
w/ Your Old Droog
Witch In The Kitchen
The Glitch
Another Collabo w/ Droogy & EDAN
w/ WiKi
Here is another Collabo W/ Droogy but now We introduce WiKi
So Yeah
Here is an intro to EDAN & in turn several other artists.
You Are Welcome
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Here is some more EDAN to leave You with.
Just ”Turn On, Tune In, & Drop Out”
Edan