One of the underground's hardest-working young producers, Oddisee has built a thorough body of work with a steady stream of albums, mixtapes, collaborations, and instrumental projects. On Rock Creek Park, he breaks us off with 10 joints that are universally chill, loaded with jazz-drenched loops offering wispy flutes, funked-out bass lines, breezy guitar licks, soft horns, and earthy pianos. “Closed After Dark," "Beach Dr.," and the vibraphone-and-ride-cymbal-laced "Mattered Much" are standouts, though the ‘80s-influenced "Uptown Cabaret" and yU collabo "Still Doing It" are also impressive. Though many of the tracks are similar on the low-BPM head-nod tip, they all sound great and make an ideal soundtrack for just keeping it mellow. 


Oddisee - Rock Creek Park - 11 For Certain (feat. Diamond District)

Oddisee - Rock Creek Park - 12 Mattered Much (feat. Olivier Daysoul)

Download this EP for free at: http://oddisee.bandcamp.com/album/odd-renditions
Tracklist: 
1. Paralyzed 
2. The Gold Is Mine 
3. Ain't That Peculiar 
4. Man I Use To Be 

Before my new album "People Hear What They See" drops (pre:order now http://tiny.cc/phwts), I wanted to share some remixes & edits I put together of various tracks. I created four unofficial remixes of songs by K-Os, Bon Iver, Metronomy & one of my favorite artists of all time, Marvin Gaye. After recording vocals to all of them, I felt it was only right to slap a cover on it & release it. 

01 "Paralyzed" (Oddisee Remix)

04 "Man I Used To Be" (Oddisee Remix)

“They say you have your whole life to make your first album/ guess I’ve been busy living so the first outcome/ was worth hearing...” - Oddisee “Ready To Rock” 

Rappers are generally in the business of storytelling, but whether those stories are true or not is often a sidenote. “People Hear What They See” is Oddisee’s debut full length album, and its key concern is honesty - honesty with yourself, with what you tell the world, and the relationships people have with each other. The title came from a feeling that most of the time we’re content not to look or listen beneath the surface for the truths which lie beneath. 

Out now on Mello Music Group 
iTunes: http://bit.ly/NeMnYU
Compact Disc: http://bit.ly/Nfig4K
Gatefold Vinyl: http://bit.ly/MBriCx
Deluxe Edition Haze Vinyl + Bonus 7": http://bit.ly/L5g8dh

01 Ready to Rock

02 Do It All

05 American Greed

06 The Need Superficial

07 Way in Way Out

08 Maybes

09 Anothers Grind

10 Set You Free

11 You Know Who You Are

12 Think of Things

I Love Ugly exclusive, written & produced by Oddisee. visit http://www.iloveugly.net 

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