Aceyalone – The Guidelines
Aceyalone is hands down my favorite Project Blowed MC. The test of a great MC is being able to listen to them years later and still find their lyrics intriguing and meaningful. As a member of Freestyle Fellowship, he and his cohorts have many many songs that I still listen to today and love as much as the first time I heard them. Acey’s lyrics differ from other MC’s because they are clever, deep and full of metaphors that are worded in such a way that require a little extra thought.
Picking today’s OSJOTD from Aceyalone’s large catalogue of music is difficult. Does one choose from old Freestyle Fellowship or something from his solo projects? What Acey song has mean the most to me on a personal level? What exemplifies his musical stylistics? It’s really tough to choose but it came down to “The Guidelines” from his 2nd solo LP, “A Book of Human Language,” which happens to be one of my favorite records and succeeds in his attempt to “redefine your hip-hop guidelines.”
