1. Aceyalone is a member of Freestyle Fellowship, Haiku D'Etat and The A-Team.
11 Facts About Aceyalone
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Aceyalone is best known for his role in evolving left-field hip-hop on the West Coast at a time when the West Coast was dominated by gangsta rap.
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Aceyalone emerged from the Project Blowed collective, considered to be the longest-running open mic hip-hop workshop.
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Aceyalone began rapping as part of the group Freestyle Fellowship, which consisted of Aceyalone, Myka 9, and Self Jupiter.
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Aceyalone signed as a solo artist to Capitol Records after the Freestyle Fellowship failed to break into mainstream radio with Island Records.
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Aceyalone released his debut solo album, All Balls Don't Bounce, in 1995.
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Aceyalone returned three years later with the dark concept album A Book of Human Language, which was a collaboration with producer Mumbles.
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Aceyalone released Hip Hop and the World We Live In in 2002.
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In 2006, Aceyalone released Magnificent City, a collaborative album with producer RJD2, followed by the Grand Imperial mixtape.
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Aceyalone has been noted particularly for his innovative lyrical style and content.
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Aceyalone developed strong critiques of rap music's commercialization and glorification of violence.