Earlier this year, Mello Music Group released the stellar compilation album Persona; full of biting social commentary and the roster's dynamic skill sets, it was one of the most thorough, focused and complete comps in recent memory. Now...
Do you know your Klout score? "Celebrity Reduction Prayer," Open Mike Eagle's Oddisee-produced contribution to Mello Music Group's Persona compilation, picks up where his stellar Dark Comedy left off, picking apart the threads that stitch together our real and digital lives. The Ryan Calavano-...
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 ...
Big Pooh is probably best known for his work as one third of the North Carolina trio Little Brother, alongside 9th Wonder and Phonte, whose outstanding underground collective was responsible for four albums throughout the 2000s. But the MC has been going it alone since 2010's Leftback, the emphatically final LP from LB that came out on Justus Records that April, and his relatively new deal with Me
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...
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...