Oddisee

Oddisee doesn't jump to conclusions. The rapper and producer is all about subtlety, all about patience, all about the kind of careful craftsmanship that has earned him a reputation as one of the finest hip-hop talents on the Eastern seaboard...

Charles Hamilton has refocused himself with remarkable efficiency. The prolific rapper, once a weekly fixture on blogs and message boards with his myriad of sometimes impenetrable, always unique mixtapes, recently went away for an extended period of time...

Mello Music Group has finally delivered their label compilation, Persona. But the esteemed label warns against prejudging the record based on that qualifier: "These aren’t spare tracks," the album's description on Bandcamp reads. "They’re potent messages and poisonous darts." Sporting ...

Open Mike Eagle drops his latest track “Celebrity Reduction Prayer,” which was produced Oddisee. The song off of the Mello Music Group’s annual label compilation Persona. Persona hits stores March 10. Other artists and producers featured on the label compilation include Apollo Brown, L’Orange, Rapper Big Pooh, Red Pill, Quelle Chris, Masta Ace, Oh No, Kool Keith, yU, Nottz and others. Over the sup

Phonte and Oddisee are not passive people. The Oddisee-produced "Requiem" is the first official single from the upcoming Mello Music Group compilation Persona; in the wake of the national (and international) unrest of late, the artists--hailing from North Carolina and Washington, DC, respectively--vent their frustrations. The...

This ain't over. Fresh off this fall's March On Washington, D.C. trio Diamond District (Oddisee, yU, Uptown XO) are back with a new offering. March On Washington Redux trades the original's Oddisee production for a series of remixes by some of the finest producers in independent rap, including Quelle Chris, Jonwayne, Apollo Brown, Diamond D, even Large Professor. ...

Oddisee is dropping an instrumental album on October 1, and the Mello Music Group chief announced today via Okayplayer that fans that purchase the album will also receive a mixtape along with it. The mixtape, titled Tangible Dream, will feature vocals as well and will be available in CD, vinyl or digital (via Bandcamp) versions. The B...

Oddisee is dropping a new instrumental album, with the rapper/producer and Mello Music Group chief releasing twelve new tracks on October 1. Oddisee has dropped a couple instrumental joints in the past, with the most recent being his 2011 mixtape Rock Creek Park, which contains a bare minimum of rapping. But...

So quit bitching when nobody buys your album.

Up-and coming rappers and producers showed up in droves at this year's A3C festival in the ATL...