Album Review: Oddisee - People Hear What They See

Following Oddisee's career as a background player for Jazzy Jeff's The Magnificent to underground Berry Gordy of the beats, he has never seemed to lose his ability to impress with each new venture. From his Odd season mixes of instrumental and international collabos to rocking as 1/3 of the D.C. boom bap squad Diamond District to his now official solo debut, Oddisee always brings a true artistic vision to his projects. His latest release People Hear What They See looks like (the cover art) the flyer for a museum retrospective of an artist in his prime and the sound seems to fit that bill well. 


The standout tracks for me are "Ready to Rock"and "That Real" among others. Oddisee always combines the unpolished sounds of gritty music over boom bap drums so well that sometimes I forget to listen to the lyrics as anything other than another sound playing in the background. His southern drawl and more conscious lyrics combine to show a mature B-Boy on his global grind and I seem to make it through the entire album without needing to skip any songs or interludes. This is always a good thing, as it reminds me of the days when people cared about the whole album as a piece of art and not the compilation of producers and guest feature-fest that is the norm of todays rapper.


You can check out the Onion AV club review below and follow links to his Bandcamp and blogspot pages for more info.


Onion AV Club review 


Check out more Oddisee at his blog

Purchase new music by Oddisee and other Mello Music Group members on Bandcamp