that's true, "..eclectic" as an album it's not as good as bofhl. but anyway, acey as an mc is just one of the greatest imvho. period. other thing is that on the bofhl all the sonic landscape was created by mumbles. and it showed. and as we see it really matters who is behind the boards. you can rock the mic perfectly, but you'll also need some good producers to back you up.
mumbles resides on ubiquity label, so i also started checking their artists. it's really interesting mixture of quality downtempo electronic, some afro-cuban jazz and some other styles. got a bunch of 12'' from there and eventually will b gettin' more..
speaking of acey, imo also worth checking is their early freestyle fellowsip stuff (as hiero said), then "All balls Don't Boounce" by acey is a must! of course haiku d'etat. I have it. and i can say that its scores good from beginning to end, and over 50% of the time being great! and i also got that "unreleased" stuff, that's floating around the net. ripped of some old tape, but there are some real gems in there. worth checking. but now i'm digging the "rappers, rappers, rappers" from ..eclectic. nice
and both puts albums i have are also fresh, not excepcionally maybe, but anyway i relly like that early 90s type style. the latest stuf by them 'american men vol1" are also not as bad as i would expect