Happy 20th anniversary 3rd Eye Vision! This was a monumental album not just for hip-hop but for me personally and professionally as well.
When the individual artists of Hieroglyphics were all dropped from their respective recording labels (Del the Funky Homosapien from Elektra, Souls of Mischief, Casual and Extra Prolific from Jive), the members of Hiero and a handful of contributors fused together like Voltron and created our own company, Hieroglyphics Imperium, and worked hard to create and promote the very first Hiero “family album.”
On March 24th, 1998 Hieroglyphics released 3rd Eye Vision on Hiero Imperium Records and set the path for a prolific music career and dynasty.
Members close to the project have been sharing their stories on Instagram and I wanted to post a few here.
Domino wrote:
Casual wrote:
Director Jacob Rosenberg wrote:
Below are a few of the features we created for 3rd Eye Vision on the old Hieroglyphics.com website:
The Making of 3rd Eye Vision
Director Jacob Rosenberg was in the studio while the crew was recording 3rd Eye Vision alongside engineer, Matt Kelley. There’s some great storytelling, photos and videos inside this jam-packed feature:
– The Making of 3rd Eye Vision
3rd Eye Central
The recording of 3EV was continuously documented at Hiero Online in a section that became known as “3rd Eye Central.” It was a living journal of everything “3EV“:
– Visit “3rd Eye Central” Archive
Additionally, for the brave among you, there is an older news archive before the album even had a name and was simply referred to as “The Family Album.” Those posts from the World Wide Web’s halcyon days can be found here:
– “Family Album” Hiero Dot Com news archives, 1996-1997
Interview with Domino
Here’s an interview with Domino in June 1997, almost a full year before the retail release of 3rd Eye Vision:
As a bonus, if you’re on a device with a large enough screen like a tablet or computer, I created a dynamic version of this interview (presented in “Stink-E-Scope”), available by clicking below:
