No ego and no real aim, no reason to massage other hip-hop or rap artists that surround him and only one clear goal, to create music whilst transferring his thoughts to the general public.Previously producing and performed 'Musik Lounge' for DJ Jazzy Jeff, born Washington DC but now hailing from Maryland, Oddisee is highly influenced by soul, blues, gospel and bluegrass. He is his own man, slowly piercing the musical surface.
I had the same feeling way back when Drake released ‘So Far Gone’ that something so fresh can be the forward movement that hip-hop and rap had been waiting for, unfortunately money speaks and Drake went mainstream. The difference between Oddisee and Drake is the fact that Oddisee has no feel to be anything more than he is, speaking musically only about where he is from, what he has seen, what he wants to change in clear vision.
The groundbreaker for Oddisee is recent release ‘People Hear What They See’ a strong early hip-hop influence, tangents of A Tribe Called Quest meeting a soul backdrop, James Brown does hip-hop. Stand out tracks ‘Ready To Rock’ ‘The Need Superficial’ and strong favourite ‘Let It Go’ catch me, hook, line and sinker.
Oddisee is up in the hip hop rankings, a star shining just bright enough without causing a fuss biding it’s time before a supernova of sorts.
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