On The Radar : DoubleOSessions

Sometimes all the best things are right under your nose, even then you don’t pay attention to them, I certainly smelt what was cooking this time.

Last Wednesday, as a part of ‘Big Jugs Wednesday’ at The One Eyed Dog (Portsmouth) DJ Lemon cast his net out for all the best local talent from all genres, a massive challenge in itself, and he came out with some bangers, one of them came in the form of DoubleOSessions.

DoubleOSessions are a 2 piece from Portsmouth, going under pseudonyms K.O and Oh Kay. Influences are what feel like the chilled out vibes of A Tribe Called Quest, the licks of Jurassic 5 and ‘Ill Communication’ Beastie Boys.

Radar Track (and only track released) ‘Hit’Em up’ has the old school hip hop style while sounding fresh, social commentary is spot on and I’m not the biggest connoisseur of hip-hop and rap or fully in touch with the UK scene, but I’m feeling DoubleOSessions going from strength to strength in the near future.

On The Sonar : Oddisee

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.