★★★★★
Amir Mohamed el Khalifa, better known as Oddisee, is nothing if not consistent. Since 2008, he's been releasing quality hip-hop music on a yearly basis, both as a solo artist and as part of the Diamond District. He's so dependably good that it is easy to take him for granted. His latest release, "The Good Fight," is yet another solid entry in his discography. The album starts with "That's Love," one the of the best songs he's recorded...
- rapreviews.com
2015-05-26
★★★★★
Having been on the grind churning out a variety of projects over the past several years in various creative guises, Maryland-reared, Brooklyn-based MC and producer Oddisee is definitely due to gain wider recognition soon. And if isn't the record that delivers him those rewards, it won't be for its lack of worthiness. Like much of his recent solo material, is rooted in a consistently pleasant and organic mix of live instrumentation and soulful hip-hop beats...
- exclaim.ca
2015-05-09
★★★★★
Oddisee's music has taken many forms over the years: On his early compilations--101, Foot in the Door and Mental Liberation--Odd was the scrappy upstart, his distinct D.C. drawl and heavy drums carrying a unique "golden-era" hip-hop tinge. As leader of the Diamond District with rappers yU and Uptown XO, Odd is the mature figurehead: The group's 2009 debut, In the Ruff, is a widely heralded classic in D.C.'s underground rap circles...
- pitchfork.com
2015-05-01
★★★★★
Oddisee, out of Washington, DC, just made his way to my ear holes. This might mean I'm less up to speed than I fancy myself. This might just mean that I'm on the right path. This might mean that I'm old and Fuck and just spent the last half hour unclogging a vacuum cleaner of a stray shoelace. Fuck ME FOR TRYING TO CLEAN HOUSE, RIGHT? Oddisee's The Good Fight first slaps you up side the head with that jazz tip. I don't know if you've ever been slapped upside the head with a jazz tip...
- www.syffal.com
2015-04-29
★★★★★
The latest album from Oddisee, the alias of NYC-via-DC emcee/producer Amir Mohamed el Khalifa that's also a member of Diamond District, is a standout set of fresh, soulful, smart hip-hop with a warm, organic touch. Both commanding on the mic with his crafty wordplay and everyman lyrics as well on the beats with his jazzy, colorful productions, The Good Fight is a no-frills record that brings the goods top-to-bottom. 4/24/2015
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- kexp.org
2015-04-25
★★★★★
I can't tell you how to relax. I work way too hard as it is. Still, you have to sit down and appreciate life sometimes. Not just the major events like weddings and holiday dinners, but the little things you've taken for granted: those relaxing bike rides through the park, or catching up on your favourite TV show. You have to step back from the grind to admire how far you've come...
- www.clashmusic.com
2013-10-08
★★★★★
Rapper/producer Oddisee's reflections on life and the people who've moved in and out of his own informed many of the memorable cuts from last year's . With his latest instrumental opus, the Washington, DC, native is hoping to inspire listeners to do the same. The heavier-handed soul beats of his more recent releases give way to a far more nuanced brand of late night mood music on , and it isn't before the skittery, double-time melodic breakdown of third cut "Fashionably Late" that the record's...
- exclaim.ca
2013-10-01
★★★★★
Leading up to the release of "People Hear What They See," Oddisee proposed that he only now felt ready to make a rap record of his own because he finally had, as he put it on a track from 2010, "something worth saying." Commenting on that now available release, the DMV representative carries on with the candor when he writes, 'All too often in Hip Hop, reality is limited to that of the artist's own, actual experiences...
- rapreviews.com
2012-09-20
★★★★★
If hip hop was a family gathering, Amir "Oddisee" Mohamed would be the wise uncle from whom you'd seek advice. He may not be an old man, but he's wise beyond his years, his quiet resolve already crystallised by real-life experiences. That maturity has always appeared in Oddisee's music, whether he's trading rhymes with his Diamond District colleagues or plying others with his genre-hopping blend of instrumentals. If you zig, he zags; if the yin is popular, Oddisee opts for the yang...
- www.bbc.co.uk
2012-06-25
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