This album eventually went platinum and is widely thought to be Shakur's best. He even allowed E.D.I to pick the sequence of the songs. Knowing that his protege' was always paying attention, he entrusted E.D.I to "oversee" the mixing process in L.A. Tupac's third LP was finished, but still needed to be mixed and sequenced. One of them was called "Runnin from the Police" and it features E.D.I as well. These two greats unfortunately, only recorded two songs together. Around this same time, Tupac became friends with another Hip-Hop legend The Notorious B.I.G. E.D.I's vocals can be heard on the title track and the very last song "Outlaw". After that, he performed on Tupac's breakthrough album "Me Against The World". E.D.I's dynamic rap style made its debut on a record called "FLEX" which featured Treach of Naughty By Nature and was the b-side to Tupac's "Holla if u Hear Me" single. E.D.I, Kastro and Kadafi began traveling the world and recording with Tupac Shakur.
When Tupac heard E.D.I's demo, he decided to help get his career of the ground. Their parents were all close friends since the early 70's. Tupac Shakur and E.D.I grew up together, along with Yafeu 'Kadafi' Fula and Katari 'Kastro' Cox. One of these demo's made it in to the hand of a childhood friend who was on his way to super stardom. He was already writing and producing his own demos. Hip-Hop became E.D.I's first love and by the time he reached his teenage years. Hailing from the Bronx, NYC, Malcolm Greenidge professionally known as E.D.I Mean or Edidon, was born during the same time a cultural movement was created in the same streets that he would call home.
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