Edan

Edan Portnoy, better known mononymously as Edan, is an American alternative hip hop artist from Rockville, Maryland.

Born Edan Portnoy to middle class, immigrant parents, he grew up in Rockville, Maryland. In high school, he bought his first turntables and started mixing beats. Inspired by his classmate’s rhymes, he started writing his own songs. After graduation, he entered Berklee College of Music, where he spent two and a half years. He dropped out of the college to focus on music full time…

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Artchitecture (1998) Unofficial Release

Architecture

Notes: Edan completed the officially unreleased album Artchitecture on an 8-track digital cassette recorder in his dorm room while in his sophomore year.

01. Intro In 3 Parts
02. Experiments In Research
03. The Es Have It
04. Booms And Bips
05. Meat Sauce (Donavexx I)
06. Migraine
07. Rhymes For Napolean (Minus 1 Remix)
08. Eyeblink
09. Blue And Yellow Uniform (Donavexx II)
10. Why U Runnin’?
11. Fight Juice (Donavexx III)
12. Prisoners Of War
13. Sing It, Shitface (Donavexx IV)
14. Giraffe
15. Real MCs Don’t Need Editing
16. Edan Vs. Elan

Fast Rap (2001)

fast rap

01. Big Daddy Kane & Kool G Rap – Raw
02. Melle Mel – Freestyle
03. Organized Konfusion – Prisoners Of War
04. Public Enemy – Welcome To The Terrordome (Instrumental)
05. Unique (9) – Axe-Maniac
06. Bizzie Boyz – Mission Accomplished
07. Unknown Artist – Something For The Bassline
08. Lord Finesse & A.G. – Back To Back Rhyming
09. Pete Rock and CL Smooth – The Creator
10. Big Daddy Kane – Warm It Up, Kane
11. Marley Marl – At The Drop Of A Dime (Instrumental)
12. Dismasters – Small Time Hustler
13. Dismasters – Black & Proud
14. Black, Rock, & Ron – Stop The World
15. MC Jewel – Reflection Of Perfection
16. Main Source – He Got So Much Soul
17. Freshco & Miz – Now Ya Know
18. Kool G Rap & DJ Polo – Kool Is Back
19. Percee P & Ekim – Lung Collapsing Lyrics
20. Ultramagnetic MCs – Chorus Line
21. K-Solo – Real Solo Please Stand Up
22. EPMD & LL Cool J – Rampage (Remix)
23. Kid Capri – Joke’s On You Jack (Instrumental)
24. Black Sheep – Strobelite Honey (Remix)
25. Jaz & Jay Zee – It’s That Simple
26. Sir Ibu Of Divine Force – I’m The Peacemaker
27. Eric B and Rakim – Know The Ledge
28. Percee P vs. Lord Finesse – Patterson Projects Battle 1989

Primitive Plus (2002)

primitive plus

01. ’83 Wildin
02. One Man Arsenal
03. Humble Magnificent
04. Migraine [Almight Dust Mix]
05. Key . Bored
06. Emcees Smoke Crack
07. #1 Hit Record
08. Syllable Practice
09. Rapperfection – Mr. Lif
10. Mic Manipulator
11. Primitive Plus
12. You Suck – Father Time
13. Run That Shit!
14. Ultra ’88 (Tribute)
15. Syllable Practice [12” Version]
16. A.E.O.C.
17. Sing It, Shitface

Beauty and the Beat (2005)

beauty the beat

01. Polite Meeting Intro
02. Funky Voltron feat. Insight
03. I See Colours
04. Fumbling Over Words That Rhyme
05. Murder Mystery
06. Torture Chamber feat. Percee P
07. Making Planets feat. Mr. Lif
08. Time Out (Segue)
09. Rock and Roll feat. Dagha
10. Beauty
11. Science of the Two feat. Insight
12. Smile
13. Promised Land