Posts Tagged ‘Oddisee’
Oddisee – “Belong To The World”
April 18, 2015
Love, honesty, and selflessness… that’s how Oddisee fights “The Good Fight.” It’s virtue meets Hip-Hop virtuoso.
For Oddisee, “The Good Fight†is about living fully as a musician without succumbing to the traps of hedonism, avarice, and materialism. It’s music that yields an intangible feeling: the sacral sound of an organ whine, brass horns, or a cymbal crash. It’s a meditation on our capacity to love and the bonds binding us together. It’s our ambition and greed warring with our sense of propriety – a list of paradoxes we all face when living and striving.
Even with the stacked odds against good music, and even good people, Oddisee refuses to submit. And look: To win the hearts and minds of people… FREE music! Sure you can stream “The Good Fight” (album), and buy if you like. But he goes further. Giving away a single (“Belong To The World”). Give it a listen. Hit the link below.
Oddisee – “CounterClockwise” (Video)
April 8, 2015
Oddisee’s produced a li’l jazzy some’n some’n for you all to grove to. It’s like he’s rhyming right in the grooves of the track, too (for all you heads that remember when vinyl was king). The “CounterClockwise” single will definitely be on his album “The Good Fight” (due out May 5, 2015).
“CounterClockwise” is about being there for people & them working against you as a result. Becoming the bearer of their problems because they know you can handle it.
– Oddisee
Interesting. Enjoy the visuals. See if you get what Oddisee is trying to get across while he’s walking across, here to there.
PRE-ORDER: ODDISEE – THE GOOD FIGHT
Oddisee – “Clutch Shoot”
January 31, 2015
This one is off that “Winter In Jakarta” project (due out February 9, 2015). Check out “Clutch Shoot” from Oddisee.
Oddisee x Phonte – “Requiem”
January 26, 2015
“I got the blues; and I watch the news. Like, n!gga what the f#ck I’m supposed to tell my kids?”
Jazzy bluesy bap joint “Requiem” is from the forthcoming Mello Music Group compilation album “Persona” (due out March 10, 2015; but you can hit the pre-order link below). Of course, Oddisee is on the beat (double duty). Here’s more.
Persona unveils the murderer’s row that is the Mello roster of 2015. Oddisee, Apollo Brown, yU, L’Orange, Red Pill, Open Mike Eagle, Rapper Big Pooh, Quelle Chris. The stars of the present teamed with timeless innovators like Phonte (Little Brother), Blockhead, Ras Kass, Gift of Gab (Blackalicious), Oh No, Masta Ace, and Bilal Salaam. The result is something that binds current greats with the pioneers who paved the asphalt. It’s both a historical moment and hard as hell.
If most compilations are nothing more than a loosely thrown together collection of songs, Persona boasts meticulous focus. These aren’t spare tracks, they’re potent messages and poisonous darts. “Requiem†finds Phonte and Oddisee indicting American racism and Xenophobia with fury and precision…
ODDISSEE X PHONTE – REQUIEM | PERSONA
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Diamond District – “March on Washington (Redux)” (Album Stream)
December 18, 2014
Here we go! Diamond District let out the whole “March On Washington (Redux)” for fresh air and a little FREEdom. What that means for you: A no-risk, no-price listen to a priceless work. We linked you the way to cop below (and before). So stream for FREE and support/purchase if you like. Oddisee, Uptown XO, and yU will appreciate Y-O-U for doing so.
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Diamond District – “Ain’t Over” (Black Milk Remix)
December 8, 2014
Can we get a ‘hell yeah’ for this Black Milk Remix of “Ain’t Over” by Diamond District??!! Hip-Hop banged out with a definitive Dirty D (Detroit, Michigan, USA) sound.
Black Milk remixes Diamond District “Ain’t Over” from the newest Diamond District record “March on Washington.”
Diamond District’s “March On Washington (Redux)” is available for pre-order on iTunes now.
DIAMOND DISTRICT – AIN’T OVER (BLACK MILK REMIX) | MARCH ON WASHINGTION (REDUX)
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Diamond District (Oddisee, Uptown XO, yU) – “A Part Of It All” (Video)
November 27, 2014
Later for any hater on this video. Super dope lyrical visual conceptual incredible. That is all. Respect to Oddisee, Uptown XO, and yU – Diamond District. We posted on their “March On Washington” project earlier (linked below). “Part Of It All”… part of that project. Video above is a must see.
(Shout to director Jay Brown and effects guy Paul Mihailoff, too!)
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Oddisee – “The Goings On†feat. Good Compny (Official Video)
October 11, 2014
“The Goings On” is dope! It’s Good Compny accompaniment makes it so soulful. Most important, it’s REAL; part of Oddisee’s “Tangible Dream.”
I discovered that I can make a career in an arena dominated by artists that sell false dreams. I realized that although the masses may not know of my body of work, it doesn’t take the whole world to have the world I want. “Tangible Dream” is a mix-tape dedicated to the deconstruction of our traditional ideas of success & shedding light on the possibility of a sustainable rap life.
These rhymes were written in economy class seats, these beats were produced on long bus trips & these songs were recorded in airbnb apartments. All I want to do is make music for a living so that I can live to make music. The only dreams I’m interested in are the ones I can grasp. It just so happens that anything you want bad enough can be obtained. Perhaps the world may never know of my accomplishments but accomplishments they are nonetheless.
– Oddisee
Bam! Check this out. Feel it. Then, assuming you will like how it feels, we put the link to cop “Tangible Dream” below.
Diamond District – “First Step†(Video)
October 3, 2014
Music video for the Diamond District single “First Step” (you heard it here before). Uptown XO, Oddisee, and yU do the do; building up to the early October release of their “March On Washington.”
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Diamond District – “Lost Cause”
September 25, 2014
Latest from the mines minds of Diamond District – their new single “Lost Cause.†Their “March On Washington” full-length is due out October 14, 2014 (available for pre-order now though, link below). The single and album were entirely produced by Oddisee.
Building them bridges (I’m about that)
Expanding our vision (I’m about that)
Switch up your decisions if you want an outcome that’s different.
– yU
Yeah, you get that? You like that? Well, go get that. Ha! Oh yeah, the single is a FREE download!!
DOWNLOAD: DIAMOND DISTRICT – LOST CAUSE | MARCH ON WASHINGTON
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Diamond District – “First Step”
August 26, 2014
Well it’s about COTDAYAM TIME!!! One our favorite hip hop groups representing D.C. is back! I’ve been a fan ever since their first album dropped & have been waiting for the trio to regroup & drop some new bangers! With everything going on in the world right now Oddisee, yU, and X.O.’s next album ‘March On Washington’ due October 14th is an appropriate title of what’s to come. For now your ‘First Step’ should be to peep the bangin’ new single.
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Substantial Love Lost feat. Jsoul (Prod. yU of Diamond District)
March 11, 2014
Dope track from DMV MC Substantial off of his remix album Art Is Where The Home Is. His Mello Music Group release Home Is Where The Art Is dropped and 2012 was executive produced by Oddisee. This first cut here is STOOPID fresh. You can cop the full release HERE
Oddisee – “Back of My Mind” (Video)
March 11, 2014
Oddisee with visuals for “Back of My Mind” (featuring Paolo Escobar) from the “Tangible Dream” LP. Directed by Jeremy Ian Thomas.
J-Live – “Money Matters” (Produced By Oddisee)
December 18, 2013
Check out this “Money Matters” by J-Live (track by Oddisee). Dopeness off the upcoming LP “Around The Sun” (due out Spring 2014).
Oddisee – “Own Appeal†(Video)
October 26, 2013
“I write all my rhymes outside… I just hit the streets and start walking…”
– Oddisee
Obviously. New visuals for “Own Appeal” off the “Tangible Dream” – the FREE EP that was offered with “The Beauty In All” LP from Oddisee.
ODDISEE – OWN APPEAL (FREE DOWNLOAD) | THE BEAUTY IN ALL (LP)
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Oddisee – “Own Appealâ€
September 26, 2013
Oddisee leaks this FREE self-produced cut, “Own Appeal†(download link below). This will be on the “Tangible Dream” mixtape, a FREEbie you get for purchasing “The Beauty In All” instrumental LP (due out October 1, 2013).
DOWNLOAD: ODDISEE – OWN APPEAL
Oddisee – “After Thoughts” (Video)
September 13, 2013
‘The song “After Thoughts” is a haunting and wistful instrumental that reminisces through an assortment of days in dreamlike fashion.’
– Mellow Music Group
“After Thoughts” is from Oddisee’s forthcoming instrumental LP – “The Beauty In All” (available for pre-order on via earlier link here now) which is slated for release October 1, 2013.
King Mez – “New Vinyl” (Prod. By Oddisee)
September 5, 2013
New music from Raleigh, NC, emcee King Mez (that’s Knowledge Is Now God in My Everlasting Zeal to you). Flowing over the BK (Brooklyn) producer Oddisee’s track. This is “New Vinyl.” Available for FREE downloading right now.
DOWNLOAD: KING MEZ – NEW VINYL (PROD. BY ODDISEE)
Oddisee – “Lonely Planet”
August 26, 2013
This is the first single “Lonely Planet†off Oddisee’s forthcoming instrumental album – “The Beauty In All” (due out on October 1, 2013). Stream the single FREE below.
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‘Beat Society’ Is Back (feat. Pete Rock, !llMind, and More) [Video]
April 23, 2013
Beat Society – the Original Showcase for Beatmakers – presents this ‘7-minute look into the history, working parts and talent that make up the Original Showcase to spotlight the art of Beat making.’
Great video short. We’re talking Pete Rock, Oddisee, STS, !llmind, Blu, Statik Selektah, Hezekiah, Marco Polo, Truck North, Dice Raw, Eric G, Reef The Lost Cauze, Skyzoo, and Khrysis speaking on Beat Society, on their art and culture, and more.
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