Born in Washington, D.C., to a Sudanese father and an African-American mother, Amir Mohamed grew up in Maryland, influenced by soul and rap as well as the myriad of musicians on both sides of his family. He was all set to attend the Art Institute of Philadelphia, however, to pursue visual art when a friend of his introduced him to hip-hop producing. He was so enamored by it that he changed his plans and concentrated on making beats, ending up with the track "Musik Lounge" on DJ Jazzy Jeff's 2002 record, Magnificent. Part of the Low Budget crew, which included fellow D.C. area MC and producers Kenn Starr, Cy Young, and Kev Brown, Oddisee released his solo debut, Foot in the Door, mixed by Jazzy Jeff, on Halftooth in 2006. ~ Marisa Brown, Rovi
Underground hip-hop label Mello Music Group has linked with Tommy Blak to present this free 21-track mixtape offering some of the imprint's finest tra...
Tweet The Washington, D.C. hip-hop scene has steadily been on the rise for what feels like at least five years. Flag-wavers Oddisee and Wale, among ot...
One of last year's great unheralded treasures was Rock Creek Park, a gorgeously lush mostly-instrumental rap album from the Washington, D.C. rapper/pr...
Last year, D.C. rapper/producer Oddisee snuck onto our year-end albums list with his gloriously pretty mostly-instrumental album Rock Creek Park. And ...
Tweet "Back at it like I ain't just drop a classic," opens Oddisee accurately on his brand new track, "From Largo With Love," which comes on the heels...
