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DEBUT ALBUM "People Hear What They See"
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- The son of Sudanese and American parents, Amir Mohamed was born and raised in the United States capital city of Washington DC, spending hot summers in Khartoum learning Arabic and swimming in the Nile. Growing up amidst the sounds of New York hip hop, his father playing Oud, Go-Go, and gospel, Amir took his first steps as an MC producer in the analog basement studio of his legendary neighbor, Garry Shider (Parliament Funkadelic).
Convincing his entrepreneurial father that he too had business acumen, Amir laid the check from his first commercial release on the kitchen table before his 21st birthday and never looked back. Though Oddisee has gone on to perform with The Roots, produce for Freeway, Jazzy Jeff, Little Brother, De La Soul & Nikki Jean, and has MC’d on production from Flying Lotus, Hudson Mohawke and Kev Brown, his proudest moment was the birth of his critically acclaimed group The Diamond District with fellow Washingtonians X.O. and yU.
Known in the music industry for his independence, Oddisee consistently debunks the scatterbrained artist myth - doing everything from booking international tours to photography to marketing and promoting himself and even other artists. He now works as both artist and consultant with Mello Music Group, one of the foremost emerging independent labels to take advantage of the digital revolution to build a successful business.
Oddisee’s debut album "People Hear What They See" (set for release 12 June 2012) is a culmination of the duality of his life experiences, from DC internal politics to third world struggles, the line between love and selfishness, and the personal conflict between self-sabotage and progress, set to a backdrop of intricate drums, lush instrumentation, and soul-stirring harmonies."People Hear What They See" is available for pre-order on iTunes.
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- May 15, 12What up folks!Here's my newest EP, 'Odd Renditions'.It features four tracks that I've remixed & recorded vocals over, and includes my remix ofMarvin Gaye's "Ain't That Peculiar", the video for which I sent you guys first last week.
http://oddisee.bandcamp.com/album/odd-renditions'PEOPLE HEAR WHAT THEY SEE'In a perfect world, you'd hear 'Odd Renditions', love it & say...'Man this is really good & free! I should buy this guys album!'Well lets make the world a better place, one pre-order at a time.My new album 'People Hear What They See' is available to pre-order now & released on iTunes June 5th.Pre-order - 'People Hear What They See''People Hear What They See' will be available everywhere else on vinyl, CD & other digital retailers,June 12th. - May 08, 12
My new solo album 'People Hear What They See' Will be available exclusively on iTunes June, 5th & everywhere else on June, 12th. You can pre-order it now on iTunes.
Pre-order - 'People Hear What They See'
Press Release
“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.
The steps of the Washington Memorial during the inauguration or a bus in east London just after the riots might not be the most practical places to write a song, but Oddisee felt it was important to write both what he saw happening around him and his own reactions to it - it’s easy to make up a hollow but impressive story when you’re alone. Often told by listeners that his music has a cinematic quality to it, sparking memories from the past or providing a soundtrack to an afternoon: Oddisee uses the spontaneous and unexpected moments which come from keen everyday observations and working with live musicians, rather than toiling at midnight in isolation with a crate full of samples in a studio, to create songs with an emotional and filmic quality.
Growing up in Washington DC, home to both America’s richest and poorest, shuttling between his Sudanese and African American families, Oddisee didn’t have the luxury of accepting a singular story or vision of the world as something he could believe in. “People Hear What They See” puts a microscope over those stories - be it a skewed media report on political policy, the escapist visions playing on commercial radio, an argument with a partner you’re with for all of the wrong reasons, or the fight between self-doubt and false-confidence in your own head. - May 08, 12
- Feb 29, 12
First day in Australia with a show tomorrow. Started off very low key as it was raining but the weather was still warm & I'm happy to be here. The Show is tomorrow night at: Civic Hotel 388, Pitt st.
Also stopped by a really great shoe store called "Feit". They make beautiful, handmade, leather shoes. Check their site out & get a pair. http://www.feitdirect.com/ - Feb 14, 12
- Feb 14, 12
Ladies & gentlemen, It brings me great pleasure to introduce you to Sean Born. Sean is the first person to but me in the studio over production. He taught me how to make beats & gave me my first beat machine. His new album, "Behind The Scale" is out on Mello music.
Here's a free track produced by yours truly. Beneath that is a stream of the whole album. Listen, love, purchase.
Listen/Purchase - Feb 14, 12
Featuring & produced by yours truly. Shout out to Sim City for collaborating with me & Phil Ade. True DMV unity. - Dec 14, 11
Video of my brother yU discussing is amazing new album, 'The Earn'.
Purchase 'The Earn' Here.
http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-earn/id476733648 - Dec 14, 11
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Sunday, December 4th will be my first show back in Washington, DC since the release of Rock Creek Park. My sure you come to hear songs from my up & coming solo album "People Hear What They See". I'll be bringing some special guest on stage as well!
Purchase Tickets Here --> http://www.ticketalternative.com/Events/16362.aspx
Talib Kweli & Res [Idle Warship] w/ Oddisee
December 4th, 2011
@ The Black Cat
1811 14th st. NW [14th & S st.]
Washington, DC
20009
Get there early as it's an early show! I go on a 8:45 pm. - Nov 30, 11
- Oct 26, 11
View Oddisee's DC in a larger map, and please feel free to add & edit with additional locations.
Looking at this map, there's definitely a few more locations I can remember mentioning. Here's a few more:
Saint Marys County
Saint Marys county is the county in Maryland that half of my family originally come from berfor moving north to DC to find work. It's one of the area's Jay-Z used to hustle in, I've got cousins that remember him down there.
"I'm getting paid like Jay back in the day when he was moving yay round my way, down in Saint Marys" From - "I'm From PG"
Euclid ST. NW, DC
Euclid street is the street I would often walk down to get from Georgia ave to Adams Morgan.
"A Little way up the road, found he gold that they stole, around the next of Salvadorian's off of Euclid" From - "Gully"
Silver Spring
Silver Spring is one of the more well know suburban area's of the DMV. Sitting right on the line to the north of DC.
"My Silver Springs peeps yeah, riding on the Z2" From - "Propa"
Georgia Ave.
Georgia avenue is definitely one of the more famous avenues in DC. It's home to Howard university, the west indian day parade & is an overall center of black culture for uptown DC. It's so famous it's often simply referred to as "The Ave."
"Ery youngin on the ave. got my cised, good goddess" from "Delusional"
I'm sure there are more but that's all I can thing of at the moment. Feel free to leave more references in the comments. - Oct 25, 11
Inaugural cypher at PNC Radio with Oddisee, Das Racist, Final Outlaw, Homeboy Sandman, and Blu. (Season 2011) - Oct 25, 11
The gentlemen who shot the video for the "Blooming" attending our show in Brussels, Belgium. I didn't even realize they were filming this performance. Well done gentlemen! - Oct 25, 11
I'm super late on posting photos from the Mello Music Group European tour, I know. I've been busy making music, good excuse right? To bad that's my excuse for everything.
Shout out to Apollo Brown, DJ Soko & Journalist103, you guys were great to tour with & I'm sure we will again.
Thank you to all the promoters that booked us, we hope you were pleased with out performances & that'll you have us again.
Most of all, thank you to the fans that came out each & every night!
Much respect to Dan & Timm of "MindFeederz" for booking an amazing tour. I'll be sure to work with them again.
Berlin, Germany
Zurich, Switzerland
Paris, France
Stockholm, Sweden
To view more photos from this tour, click here ---> MMG Euro Tour Pics - Sep 27, 11
Last Sunday, some friends & I took a day trip to Cambridge, England. One of my friends is from there so we were lucky to have an amazing tour guide. We visited a few colleges & museums, had a famous Chelsea bun from Fitzbillies, visited the pub where Watson & Crick announced they had discovered DNA & even went punting. All in all it was an amazing day with weather to match. Nice to get out of London for a change. - Sep 23, 11
September 29 to October 8th Apollo Brown, The Left & myself will be touring Europe. Dates below.
Sep. 29 - Linz, Austria [Kapu]
Sep. 30 - Zurich, Switzerland [Stall 6]
Oct. 1 - ST. Etienne, France [Le Fil]
Oct. 2 - Paris, France [Glazart]
Oct. 3 Brussels, Belgium [London Calling]
Oct. 4 - Cologne, Germany [Bogen 2]
Oct. 5 - Duisberg, Germany [High5 Club]
Oct. 6 - Berlin, Germany [Bohannon]
Oct. 8 - Aarhus, Denmark [Voxhall] - Sep 23, 11
Back in London hanging out with my brother Eric Lau. When ever I'm here, I play basketball on Wednesdays with Eric, his friends & allot of the London music scene. Afterwards we always go for a bite to eat & a shisha. Eric put me on to a new Turkish spot in Finsbury Park called "Leziz". Great food, great prices, lovely staff & great shisha.
We discussed the possibility of Eric releasing a record on Mello Music over complimentary fresh mint tea & baklava. Eric just left to China for a gig there & then he's off to Thailand. (Lucky bastard)
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