Those who are well versed in album covers - and the fact that Edan is a rapper, not a rock band - may be able to tell what the album sounds like just by looking at the cover. The colorful image is undeniably similar to the psychedelic images which were seen on the LPs of psychedelic rock and pop bands in the 60s. That said, it is obviously not a coincidence that Beauty and the Beat puts up an argument for being one of the most overtly psychedelic albums in hip-hop. The majority of the samples that compose these beats are taken from music that likely falls under the wide umbrella as psychedelia. In fact, an appreciation for this album might double with an appreciation of 60s bands like The Hollies and The Millennium. It is impossible to deny the psychedelia influence on tracks like “I See Colours", with a guitar riff sample as its driving force, or “Polite Meeting", an instrumental piece with trippy effects which features sampled band interviews. Similarly, “Smile" also has a guitar sample as the main attraction and fades out into a vocal sample that definitely sounds like it was recorded in the 60s.
