Project Blowed and Freestyle Fellowship

Aceyalone emerged from the Project Blowed collective, considered to be the longest-running open mic hip-hop workshop.^[4] He began rapping as part of the group Freestyle Fellowship, which consisted of Aceyalone, Myka 9, and Self Jupiter. Later, P.E.A.C.E. Freestyle Fellowship developed a reputation for influencing a style of fast double-time rap used by rappers like Busta Rhymes, Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, and Migos.^[5]

Aceyalone was part of Freestyle Fellowship releases of To Whom It May Concern... and Innercity Griots and a Project Blowed compilation in 1994.

Solo projects

Aceyalone signed as a solo artist to Capitol Records after the Freestyle Fellowship failed to break into mainstream radio with Island Records.^[5]

Aceyalone released his debut solo album, All Balls Don't Bounce, in 1995.^[3] He returned three years later with the dark concept album A Book of Human Language, which was a collaboration with producer Mumbles.^[6][7] His third solo album, Accepted Eclectic, was released in 2001 and featured Abstract Rude with production from Evidence.^[8][9][10] He released Hip Hop and the World We Live In in 2002.^[11] Aceyalone's next offering came a year later, and was titled Love & Hate.^[12][13][14] The track “Find Out” was featured on the soundtrack to You Got Served.^[15] In 2006, Aceyalone released Magnificent City, a collaborative album with producer RJD2,^[16][17] followed by the Grand Imperial mixtape.^[18]

Aceyalone frequently collaborates with producer Bionik, including on the 2007 release Lightning Strikes and the 2009 release Aceyalone & the Lonely Ones. Both albums explored different genres – dancehall and doo-wop, respectively – as part of Aceyalone's goal of “exploring the world of music through hip hop.”^[15] The Phil Spector-inspired Aceyalone & the Lonely Ones followed.^[19] Inspired by Spector's Wall of Sound, Motown and Bo Diddley, Aceyalone said: “I'm not from that era, but this is my ode to it. I'm just putting myself into that character as a showman and bandleader.”^[19] Leanin' on Slick, released in 2013 with Decon Records, continued the retro flow of the previous release, this time taking inspiration from 1960s style-R&B and hot buttered soul.^[20][21]

Studio albums

Aceyalone

• All Balls Don't Bounce (1995)
• A Book of Human Language (1998) (with Mumbles)
• Accepted Eclectic (2001)
• Hip Hop and the World We Live In (2002) (with Elusive)
• Love & Hate (2003)
• Magnificent City (2006) (with RJD2)
• Lightning Strikes (2007) (with Bionik)
• Aceyalone & the Lonely Ones (2009) (with Bionik)
• Leanin' on Slick (2013) (with Bionik)
• Action (2015) (with Bionik)
• Mars (2016) (with Slippers)
• Ancient Future: Conversations With God (2017) (with Orko Eloheim)
• 43rd & Excellence (2018) (with Fat Jack)
• Mars, Vol. 02 (2018) (with Slippers & Michelle Stevens)
• Let's Get It (2019)
• Ice Water (2020)

Freestyle Fellowship (Aceyalone with Myka 9, P.E.A.C.E. & Self Jupiter)

• To Whom It May Concern... (1991)
• Innercity Griots (1993)
• Temptations (2001)
• Shockadoom (2002) [EP]
• The Promise (2011)

Haiku d'Etat (Aceyalone with Abstract Rude and Myka 9)

• Haiku d'Etat (1999)
• Coup de Theatre (2004)

The A-Team (Aceyalone with Abstract Rude)

• Who Framed the A-Team? (1999)
• Lab Down Under (2003)

Other releases

• Version 2.0: To Whom It May Concern... Remixed by J. Sumbi (2001) [remixes of tracks from To Whom It May Concern...]
• The Lost Tapes (2003) [mixtape]
• Grade A (2004) [rarities collection]
• Grand Imperial (2006) [rarities collection]
• Who Reframed the A-Team? (2006) ['best of' compilation by The A-Team]
• Power Plant (2011) [mixtape by Freestyle Fellowship]
• Aceyalone 101 (2013) [rarities collection]
• Action Accessed Remixes (2017) [remixes of tracks from Action]