Oddisee and The Dap Kings
Today I have some music for you that came as a suggestion from one of my friends! This song is by up and coming artists Oddisee, and has a really nice jazzy and R&B vibe to it, a sound that we don't hear often enough. Now what makes this song so great is how it just oozes suaveness. Very few people remember that jazz is just as smooth as hip-hop, and the way that the song uses the jazz horns, it gives the song a really great feel. This song is a great example of what modern day jazz could evolve into. When rap and hip hop seem to be taking over the industry, having that mixed in with something as old and vintage as jazz would be such an ideal mix of bringing the past to the present. We get this really great and prominent kind of funk, a genre that hasn't been heard from in a long time. One of my favorite things about this song is the fact that Oddisee creates all of the music on his own. All of the instrumentation is done on his own, as well as a lot of the production in th