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A Journey Into Self: The Bay Area Filipino Artist Blending Abstract Painting with Rap
THEALLSEEINGEYE is a Gen Z throwback to the golden era of hip-hop.
One of my favorite varieties of hip-hop is the deeply subterranean kind. The sort you stumble upon by accident: a barely discernible but promising little secret stubbing against your toe. And then you dig. Sometimes, you’ll discover an artist with only a couple dozen monthly listeners. Often, no one you know has actually heard of them. But it’s always fulfilling as fuck when you realize you’ve unearthed something of value.
That’s what it feels like listening to THEALLSEEINGEYE: an underappreciated rapper, producer, and abstract painter from San Jose who will surprise and reward you with his cerebral, East Coast-influenced lyricism dipped in lazy, West Coast-stoner vibes. Despite being raised in a post-Y2K world of internet ubiquity, the Gen Z-er has a vinyl-etched soul, and he’s ready to be heard.