People Hear What They See

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People Hear What They See
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Studio album by
Oddisee
ReleasedJune 5, 2012 (2012-06-05)
Genre Hip hop
Length43:20
Label Mello Music Group
Producer Oddisee
Oddisee chronology
Traveling Man
(2010)		People Hear What They See
(2012)		The Beauty in All
(2013)

People Hear What They See is a studio album by American hip hop artist Oddisee. [1] It was released via Mello Music Group on June 5, 2012. [2]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
BBC Music favorable [3]
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Spin favorable [5]
Washington City Paper mixed [6]

Andrew Noz of Washington City Paper gave the album a mixed review, saying, "Sometimes he gets buried in the ornateness of his own beats; elsewhere, he manages to compensate with the instinctive understanding of having created them." [6] Meanwhile, Marcus J. Moore of BBC Music commented that "With this album, Oddisee looks in the mirror and examines his own intricacies, attempting to comprehend his immediate surroundings and society as a whole." [3] Jesse Fairfax of HipHopDX gave the album 4 stars out of 5, saying, "Technically still a product of Hip Hop as his long established penchant for fierce rapping accompanied by boom-bap rhythm is fully intact, his gradual growth towards a fleshed out vision inclusive of live instrumentation may seek transcendence that dispels confinement within a set genre." [4] Brandon Soderberg of Spin called it "a gritty hip-hop album with detours into orchestrated soul, quiet storm, and space disco." [5]

Homeboy Sandman named it his favorite album of 2012. [7] Uproxx included it on the "12 Most Slept-On Albums of 2012" list. [8] In 2014, Complex included it on the "Best One-Producer Albums of the 2000s" list. [9]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Ready to Rock"4:09
2."Do It All" (featuring Diamond District)3:33
3."That Real" (featuring Olivier Daysoul)3:41
4."Let It Go" (featuring Olivier Daysoul)4:07
5."American Greed"3:23
6."The Need Superficial" (featuring Olivier Daysoul)2:59
7."Way In Way Out"2:46
8."Maybes" (featuring Ralph Real)3:47
9."Anothers Grind" (featuring Tranqill)4:20
10."Set You Free"3:38
11."You Know Who You Are"4:03
12."Think of Things"2:54
Total length:43:20

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

Charts

Chart (2012)Peak
position
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [10] 31
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) [11] 59

References

  1. ↑ Breihan, Tom (May 29, 2012). "Stream Oddisee People Hear What They See". Stereogum . Retrieved April 1, 2015.
  2. ↑ Bromwich, Jonah; Hyden, Steven (June 3, 2012). "Oddisee". The A.V. Club . Retrieved April 1, 2015.
  3. 1 2 Moore, Marcus J. (2012). "Oddisee - People Hear What They See - Review". BBC Music . Retrieved April 1, 2015.
  4. 1 2 Fairfax, Jesse (June 12, 2012). "Oddisee - People Hear What They See". HipHopDX . Retrieved April 1, 2015.
  5. 1 2 Soderberg, Brandon (May 29, 2012). "First Spin: Hear Oddisee's 'People Hear What They See'". Spin . Retrieved April 1, 2015.
  6. 1 2 Noz, Andrew (June 8, 2012). "People Hear What They See - Oddisee (Mello Music Group)". Washington City Paper . Retrieved April 1, 2015.
  7. ↑ "Hive Asks: What's Your Favorite Album of 2012?". MTV Hive . December 17, 2012. Retrieved April 1, 2015.
  8. ↑ "Pillow Talk – 12 Most Slept-On Albums Of 2012". Uproxx . December 27, 2012. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
  9. ↑ "The Best One-Producer Albums of the 2000s - Oddisee, People Hear What They See (2012)". Complex . October 29, 2014. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
  10. ↑ "Oddisee Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 29, 2018.
  11. ↑ "Oddisee Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 29, 2018.

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