Thee Way Eye See It

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Thee Way Eye See It
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ReleasedOctober 5, 2013 (2013-10-05)
Genre Hip hop
Length73:48
Label Cinematic
Producer

Thee Way Eye See It is the debut mixtape by American rapper CJ Fly. It was released as a free digital download on DatPiff on October 5, 2013. [1]

Contents

Background

The mixtape features production from Statik Selektah, BrandUn DeShay, Cookin' Soul, ESTA, King Carlow (formerly known as Carnage), The Entreproducers, Chuck Strangers, Lee Bannon, Cy Fyre, Backpack, and Chef Gold. The mixtape also features guest appearances from members of Pro Era, Ab-Soul, Chelsea Reject, Buckshot, Phife Dawg, and Erick 'Arc' Elliot. Music videos have been released for "Still the Motto", "Day zZz's", "Ernee", "Eyetalian Frenchip", "Q&A", and "Sup Preme" which was hosted by Complex Magazine.

Track listing

No.TitleProducer(s)Length
1."FLintroCK"Cy Fyre3:00
2."Tug-At-War"ESTA3:54
3."Ernee" (featuring Dirty Sanchez) Lee Bannon 4:02
4."Day zZz's" Statik Selektah 2:54
5."Loco Motives"
  • ESTA
  • King CARLOW
7:03
6."Eyetalian Frenchip"The Entreproducers3:21
7."Q&A"ESTA3:38
8."Crew's Cunt Troll"Chef Gold5:00
9."Side" (featuring Buckshot)The Entreproducers4:48
10."Left Get"Backpack2:52
11."Too Paid"Chuck Strangers4:50
12."Sadderdaze" (featuring Ab-Soul) BrandUn DeShay 3:38
13."Still the Motto" Cookin' Soul 3:20
14."Sup Preme" (featuring Joey Bada$$)King CARLOW2:27
15."Seek Well" (featuring Aaron Rose and Phife Dawg)Jules Strangelove4:24
16."Outro-wed" (featuring Erick the Architect) Arc 7:38
17."Thee Heiiist" (featuring Dessy Hinds, Chelsea Reject and T'nah Apex)King CARLOW3:55
18."The Error"Cookin' Soul3:04

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References

  1. "CJ Fly - Thee Way Eye See It Hosted by Pro Era // Free Mixtape @". Datpiff.com. Retrieved 2013-03-25.