Beauty and the Beat (CD)
#90 Seller of 2005! The Boston rapper Edan Portnoy made his debut in 2002 with the superb Primitive Plus album. Showcasing his production and writing skills alongside a lyrical preoccupation with the stars and styles of hip-hop's "golden age", it cast Edan as the missing link between DJ Shadow and Eminem -- an obsessive rap fan with a wicked streak of humour and lyrical gifts aplenty. Now, with Beauty and the Beat, he has made a complex and refreshing record that ought to win him a vast audience. - The Times
| Tracklisting | |
| Disk | 1 | |
| 1 | Polite Meeting |
| 2 | Funky Voltron |
| 3 | I See Colours |
| 4 | Fumbling Over Words That Rhyme |
| 5 | Murder Mystery |
| 6 | Torture Chamber |
| 7 | Making Planets |
| 8 | Time Out |
| 9 | Rock And Roll |
| 10 | Beauty |
| 11 | The Science Of The Two |
| 12 | Smile |
| 13 | Promised Land |