Edgar Allen Floe is a hip hop

Hip hop music

Hip hop music, also called hip-hop, rap music or hip-hop music, is a musical genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted...

 artist from North Carolina

North Carolina

North Carolina is a state located in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North Carolina contains 100 counties. Its capital is Raleigh, and its largest city is Charlotte...

 and a member of Justus League

Justus League

The Justus League is a rap collective from North Carolina, that includes L.E.G.A.C.Y., The Away Team, Darien Brockington, Little Brother, Edgar Allen Floe, Median, Chaundon, Cesar Comanche, 9th Wonder, Buckshot, Sean Price, Skyzoo and Joe Scudda....

 and The Undefined. His name is a play on words of famous poet, Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe was an American author, poet, editor and literary critic, considered part of the American Romantic Movement. Best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre, Poe was one of the earliest American practitioners of the short story and is considered the inventor of the detective...

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Biography

Floe's early ambition in hip hop was to become a DJ rather than an MC, but hearing his uncle playing records by the like of Rakim and Ice Cube led to Floe writing his first lyrics at the age of 14. Mal Demolish, Floe's partner in the group The Undefined, gave him this name in 1996, and Floe stuck with it saying, "Edgar Allan Poe was a well-respected writer and storyteller. I tried to incorporate that into my standpoint. He was a dope writer; I'm trying to be a well respected and dope writer, so it all goes hand in hand." He has released one EP

Extended play

An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...

, 2005's True Links

True Links

True Links is the debut EP by rapper Edgar Allen Floe. It contains nine tracks produced by 9th Wonder, Illmind, and others. Only one track has guest vocals: L.E.G.A.C.Y. and Median appear on "The Great Adventure". DJ Ethx considers this to be a reason why True Links is monotonous stating,...

, and two mixtapes, 2006's Floe Almighty (with a remixed version released later) and 2008's The Road to The Streetwise LP. All contain production

Hip hop production

Hip hop production is the creation of hip hop music. Though the term encompasses all aspects of hip hop music, it's most commonly used to refer to the instrumental, non-lyrical aspects of hip hop. This means that hip hop producers are the instrumentalists involved in a work...

 from Khrysis and 9th Wonder

9th Wonder

Patrick Douthit , better known as 9th Wonder is a hip hop record producer, record executive, DJ, professor, and lyricist from Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S.A. He began his career as the main producer for the hip hop group Little Brother, and has also worked with Mary J...

. Floe also produces on these albums under the alias SliceMysta. Floe Almighty received middling reviews from critics, several frustrated at the delays in releasing his debut album.

Floe released his first full-length album, The Streetwise LP, on October 28, 2008, on his own record label, MCEO Records, just as True Links was. The Streetwise LP features guest appearances from Median, L.E.G.A.C.Y.

L.E.G.A.C.Y.

L.E.G.A.C.Y. is a rapper from North Carolina, and member of the Justus League collective.-Biography:L.E.G.A.C.Y. is an acronym for Life Ends Gradually and Changes You. He was born on the military base Fort Bragg, and grew up in Fayetteville, before moving to Goldsboro, North Carolina...

 and Sean Boog of The Away Team

The Away Team (group)

The Away Team is a hip hop duo consisting of MC Sean Boog and producer Khrysis, both of whom are members of the North Carolina rap collective the Justus League.-History:...

, and was positively received by critics, with one stating "Floe raps from a pulpit of authority that not many emcees rival". He is also planning to release an EP named Plan U with Mal Demolish. It will be the first official work released by The Undefined despite being a group for over 10 years.

Solo albums

• True Links
  True Links
  True Links is the debut EP by rapper Edgar Allen Floe. It contains nine tracks produced by 9th Wonder, Illmind, and others. Only one track has guest vocals: L.E.G.A.C.Y. and Median appear on "The Great Adventure". DJ Ethx considers this to be a reason why True Links is monotonous stating,...
  
  EP (2005) MCEO
• Floe Almighty (mixtape) (2006) Shaman Work Recordings
• Floe Almighty The Remixture (2007) MCEO
• Road to the Streetwise LP (mixtape) (2008)
• The Streetwise LP (2008) MCEO

External links

• "RapTalk.net Exclusive Q&A Interview Session w/ Edgar Allen Floe", RapTalk.net
• Wilson, Simone (2008) "Edgar Allen Floe The Streetwise LP", UCSD Guardian