Mixtapes & EPs Oddisee – AlWasta EP (Discussion Thread)

[IronFist]

*sighs* i need to tag this thread

 

[Motife43]

Just gave it a quick listen. Catching Vibes speaking to me. Been following breh on and off since about 08, "That's Love" shuffled on Spotify back in August. I ended up playing The Good Fight 3 days straight, coincidentally while i was working on Creed. So that movie is forever gonna remind me of Good Fight

Copped the CD as well, SUPPORT!

 

[The Jewnited States]

This is really good

His production has really taken strides IMO

Tangible dream was really good too

 

[HacksawJimThuggin]

I don't understand how he's not WAY more popular. Like someone else said, he's easily the best rapper/producer doing it right now. He consistently puts out great music, seems as though he gets overlooked for reasons I can't comprehend.

 

[N.J.stan]

Oddisee is the best IMO.

In terms of who's making the best hip-hop overall right now, to me it's between Odd and Kendrick.

I know a lot of "above ground" heads aren't aware of Oddisee, but he truly is making some of the best music in the game right now.

My personal Top 3 artists of the moment are K. Dot, Oddisee and Freddie Gibbs.

The difference between having the machine behind you and having it not/against you(same diff) in my opinion. If oddisee got the same push, he would be in the same position as kendrick, and as a bonus he wouldnt even need help with production

 

[SoulController]

didnt like this, hes very hot and cold with me. Tangible Dream was amazing, but The Good Fight was just decent. his production definately has new layers, lots of live instruments

 

[IronFist]

official link added

 

[ADP]

WOW the new beat tape is exactly what im looking for in music right now

 

[IronFist]

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How did you go about making beats for The Odd Tape? Do you have a stack of hard drives full of finished music you can pull from to make a new record? Or do you follow an entirely new idea from start to finish?

I am the latter. Most of the stuff on my hard drive is out and available. I don't have a lot of extra music.

Why make an all-instrumental album now, when you've just put out two rap records and are working on another?

It's a mixture of art and commerce. Every year I release an instrumental record and a vocal record. This year it will be The Odd Tape, and my solo album which will be a vocal record. Then, there's this other thing that came out called Al Wasta. There's a reason why it came out when it came out. Normally, I know that I'm going to do an instrumental album and a vocal album every year. I make those records, nothing more nothing less, from start to finish in chronological order.
And once I produce 12 tracks, then I'll write, from track one to track twelve. Once I write everything, then I'll record from track one to track twelve. Always in order, always from start to finish, and once it's done, there's nothing left over. Everyone thinks that I've got all this stuff left over, but I don't.
Now the interesting thing is timing. I started The Good Fight on the day after Thanksgiving in 2014. And I turned it in on January 13th, 2015.

You work fast.

And then The Odd Tape was turned in directly a month after The Good Fight. So around February 13th, 2015. And it's been sitting in the label's Dropbox folder ever since. We said "Alright, let's go ahead and put The Odd Tape out in 2016," because my label's release schedule was already booked up. And I don't mind at all.

Interview: Oddisee Takes On Gentrification, Donald Trump, And His Own Hip-Hop Identity

 

[86\*/98]

@IronFist

Can you please at me in any future Oddisee threads.

 

[IronFist]

@IronFist

Can you please at me in any future Oddisee threads.

sure breh

 

[Bishop_BP_Jakes]

@IronFist
Can you add me to the list too homie?

 

[Motife43]

I run thru this EP often. This song in particular

Gotta bust out the air drums when that joint comes on

 

[NYK Loyalist]

This is probably my favorite Oddisee project

 

[LevelUp]

7 year mark