Day 2 of 30 Days of Oddisee: “People Hear What They See”

I haven’t decided which route I’d like to go for our 30 Days Series with Oddisee. I was thinking about sharing the older stuff first while merging into the new material, but I’m thinking I’ll just keep it random. With that being said, today I’m sharing the DC artist’s recent full-length album, People Hear What They See, which dropped in June of 2012. Below you can view all of the credits for the project, read what Oddisee had to say about it, and listen and purchase the album.

This album is about influence, inspiration, perception & reality. Every song was written in an outside environment, so that I could observe the subjects that would become my subject matter. All too often in Hip Hop, reality is limited to that of the artists own, actual experiences. People Hear What They See is my attempt to liberate the MC from those constraints & allow reality to be penned other than my own. Listening to congressmen & lawyers converse on the steps of the supreme court inspired ‘American Greed’, Watching a couple argue over the phone in a bar inspired ‘Maybes’. By having a visual representation of my subject matter, my hopes are that the listener will see them through the worlds & melodies of my songs.


1. Ready To Rock
2. Do It All
3. That Real
4. Let It Go
5. American Greed
6. The Need Superficial
7. Way In Way Out
8. Maybes
9. Another’s Grind
10. Set You Free
11. You Know Who You Are
12. Think Of Things
13. You Know Who You Are (f. Olivier Daysoul) *Acoustic Bonus

Tracks 3, 4, 6 feature Olivier Daysoul
Ytack 2 features Diamond District
Track 3 features Ralph Real
Track 9 features Tranqill
Additional Instrumentation by Ralph Real
Trumpet: Akhil Gopal
Saxophone: Leon Cotter
Trombone: Brian Paulding
Tuba: Will Wells
Viola: Alex Blum
Executive Producer: Michael Tolle

DJ MetroGnome, Old SOUL Entertainment, and Bring Down The Band are bringing you Oddisee live at The Jazz Kitchen on Wednesday, October 9th, with special Indianapolis guests Ajene Tha God, Hinx Jones, and ComDot. We will also have a special edition of our Writer’s Block event after the show, and our mobile recording booth set up in the back for all attendees to do something live! Check the links below.

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