Edan (musician)

Edan Portnoy (born 1978),^[4] better known mononymously as Edan, is an American hip hop artist from Rockville, Maryland.^[5]

Early life

Born to middle-class parents who immigrated from Israel, Portnoy grew up in Rockville, Maryland.^[4][5] He is Jewish.^[5] In high school, he bought his first turntables and started mixing beats.^[4] Inspired by his classmate's rhymes, he started writing his own songs.^[4] After graduation, he entered Berklee College of Music, where he spent two and a half years.^[4] He dropped out of the college to focus on music full time.^[4]

Career

Edan released his first solo studio album, Primitive Plus, on Lewis Recordings in 2002.^[6] It was described by The A.V. Club as "one of the year's most promising debuts".^[7] In 2005, he released his second solo studio album, Beauty and the Beat.^[8] It features guest appearances from Insight, Percee P, Mr. Lif, and Dagha.^[9] It peaked at number 40 on the UK Independent Albums Chart,^[10] as well as number 37 on the UK R&B Albums Chart.^[11] In 2009, he released a mixtape, Echo Party.^[12] It peaked at number 98 on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.^[13] In 2018, he released a collaborative studio album with rapper Homeboy Sandman, titled Humble Pi, on Stones Throw Records.^[14]

Discography

Studio albums

• Primitive Plus (2002)
• Beauty and the Beat (2005)
• Humble Pi (2018) (with Homeboy Sandman)

Mixtapes

• Fast Rap (2001)
• Sound of the Funky Drummer (2004)
• Echo Party (2009)

EPs

• Sprain Your Tapedeck (2001)

Singles

• "Sing It, Shitface" (1999)
• "Edan and Company Bring You the Raw Shit" (2000)
• "Drop Some Smooth Lyrics" (2001)
• "Mic Manipulator" / "Humble Magnificent" (2001)
• "Emcees Smoke Crack Remixx" / "I'll Come Running Back 2 You" (2002)
• "I See Colours" (2004)
• "Fumbling Over Words That Rhyme" / "Beauty" (2005)
• "Torture Chamber Remix" (2005)

Productions

• Mr. Lif - "Heavy Artillery" and "Get Wise '91" from Emergency Rations (2002)
• Souls of Mischief - "Spark (Edan Remix)" (2002)
• Mr. Lif - "Live from the Plantation" from I Phantom (2002)
• Akrobatik - "The Hand That Rocks the Cradle" from Balance (2003)
• Time Machine - "@$$hole" from Slow Your Roll (2004)
• Mr. Lif - "Collapse the Walls" from I Heard It Today (2009)
• Mr. Lif - "Whizdom" from Don't Look Down (2016)
• Homeboy Sandman - "Talking (Bleep)" from Kindness for Weakness (2016)
• Your Old Droog - "Help" and "You Can Do It! (Give Up)" from Packs (2017)
• Akai Solo - "Barbatos" from Eleventh Wind (2020)
• The Avalanches - "Tonight May Have to Last Me All My Life (Edan Remix)" from Since I Left You 20th anniversary deluxe edition (2021)
• Your Old Droog - "Dropout Boogie" from Time (2021)

Guest appearances

• Count Bass D - "How We Met" from Dwight Spitz (2002)
• Mr. Lif - "Get Wise '91" from Emergency Rations (2002)
• Insight - "Unexplained Phenomena" from The Blast Radius (2004)
• Time Machine - "@$$hole" from Slow Your Roll (2004)
• Cut Chemist - "Storm" from The Audience's Listening (2006)
• Cut Chemist - "Mean Gene" (2006)
• The Whitefield Brothers - "The Gift" from Earthology (2009)
• Blu - "Ronald Morgan" from NoYork! (2011)
• DJ Format - "Spaceship Earth" from Statement of Intent (2012)
• Memory Man - "PSA (What Does It All Mean?)" from Broadcast One (2015)
• Cut Chemist - "Siesta (Demo)" from The Audience's Following (2016)
• Your Old Droog - "Help" from Packs (2017)
• Cut Chemist - "Metalstorm" from Die Cut (2018)
• Paten Locke - "Fried" from Americancer (2022)

References

External links

• Official website
• Edan discography at Discogs
• Edan at Lewis Recordings

This page was last edited on 8 September 2023, at 19:04