Oddisee - The Iceberg

The prolific MC, producer and musician Oddiseeā€™s new album ā€˜The Icebergā€™ is a plea for humanity to dig deeper in search of understanding and common ground. His third release in just 12 months, ā€˜The Icebergā€™ is a distillation of stereotypical tropes in hip-hop and beyond, 12 tracks about money, sex, politics, race and religion that appear superficial until his multi-dimensional lyrics unfurl to expose the complexities of individuality and identity: how we see ourselves and how others see us. Deeply soulful, and shot through with jazz, Go-go, gospel, thick r&b and hard beats, the album is a timely, poetic statement. ā€˜The Icebergā€™ is out February 24 on Mello Music Group.

Lead single ā€œThingsā€ acts as a mission statement for the album, a deep dance groove with lightning-quick lyrics about ā€œthingsā€ heā€™s going through. Says Oddisee, ā€œā€We all go through the trials & tribulations of life. Why is it we feel the need to individualize our shared experiences? If only we could see our concerns as others do, maybe they wouldnā€™t be so serious.ā€

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