Underground old school MC and producer Oddissee grew up in Maryland. Although he planned to enroll in a visual art school, he started focusing on hip hop.
Whilst working at A Touch of Jazz Studios his music career really kicked off with the Musik Lounge production on Jazzy Jeff's Magnificent album(2002).
Oddissee joined the low budget crew( with Kev Brown, Cy Young and Kenn Starr) and released the Foot in the Door EP( 2006, Halftooth Records), mixed by Jazzy Jeff.
In 2008 the producer signed with Mello Music Group. Heavy bass line productions and tracks such as 101, Mental Liberation, Everything changed nothing, Odd Reasons and Traveling Man followed.
Furthermore he created the hip hop group Diamond District and had the chance to work together with hip hop icons J-Live, Talib Kweli, Little Brother and Apollo Brown.
People hear what they see, Amir Oddissee Mohamed's proper debut album(Mello Music Group) took some time to compile but then that's logical as it represents his personal path towards self-actualization.
With lyrics tackling serious matters as materialism, the economic crisis(American Greed, Set you free) and real-life relationship experiences(The need superficial, Thinking Maybes), this self-reflective album is worth an attentive listen.
Tracklist:
- Ready to rock
- Do it all( with partners XO and yU)
- That real
- Let it go
- American Greed
- The Need Superficial
- Way in way out
- Thinking Maybes
- Another's grind
- Set you free
- You know who you are
- Think of things
Halftooth records:
Instrumental Mixtape Volume one 2005
The Remixture Volume 1 2006
Foot in the door 2006
Instrumental Mixtape Volume 2 2006
Oddissee Music:
Odd Summer 2009
Odd Autumn 2009
Odd Winter 2010
Odd Spring 2010
Mello Music Group:
101 2008
Good Tree EP 2008
Mental Liberation 2009
New Money
Traveling Man 2010
Odd Reasons 2011
Rock Crek Park 2011
People hear what they see 2012
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