The Good Fight (Oddisee album)

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The Good Fight
Oddisee - The Good Fight.png
Studio album by
Oddisee
ReleasedMay 5, 2015 (2015-05-05)
Genre Hip hop
Length45:59
Label Mello Music Group
Producer Oddisee
Oddisee chronology
Tangible Dream
(2013)		The Good Fight
(2015)		 The Iceberg
(2017)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 80/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
The Boston Globe favorable [3]
Exclaim! 8/10 [4]
HipHopDX 4.5/5 [5]
Pitchfork 7.3/10 [6]

The Good Fight is a studio album by American hip hop artist Oddisee. It was released via Mello Music Group on May 5, 2015. [7] Music videos were created for "Counter-Clockwise" [8] and "Belong to the World". [9]

Contents

Critical reception

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 80, based on 8 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [1]

Marcus J. Moore of Pitchfork gave the album a 7.3 out of 10 and stated that "The Good Fight exudes a sense of artistic freedom not heard on Oddisee's previous releases." [6] David Jeffries of AllMusic gave the album 4 stars out of 5, calling it "inspired, infectious, and artistically grand." [2]

In 2015, HipHopDX included it on the "30 Best Underground Hip Hop Albums Since 2000" list. [10]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."That's Love"4:05
2."Want Something Done"3:26
3."Contradiction's Maze" (featuring Maimouna Youssef)4:15
4."Counter-Clockwise"3:56
5."First Choice"3:47
6."Belong to the World"4:26
7."A List of Withouts"4:16
8."Book Covers" (featuring Nick Hakim)3:24
9."Meant It When I Said It"4:14
10."Fight Delays"0:51
11."What They'll Say" (featuring Gary Clark, Jr. and Maimouna Youssef)4:31
12."Worse Before Better" (featuring Tranqill)4:45

Charts

Chart (2015)Peak
position
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [11] 11
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [12] 41
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) [13] 33

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References

  1. 1 2 "The Good Fight by Oddisee". Metacritic . CBS Interactive . Retrieved December 28, 2016.
  2. 1 2 Jeffries, David. "Oddisee - The Good Fight". AllMusic . Retrieved December 28, 2016.
  3. ↑ Benbow, Julian (May 5, 2015). "Oddisee, 'The Good Fight'". The Boston Globe . Retrieved December 28, 2016.
  4. ↑ Cowie, Del F. (May 8, 2015). "Oddisee - The Good Fight". Exclaim! . Retrieved December 28, 2016.
  5. ↑ Grant, Andre (May 19, 2015). "Oddisee - The Good Fight". HipHopDX . Retrieved December 28, 2016.
  6. 1 2 Moore, Marcus J. (May 1, 2015). "Oddisee: The Good Fight". Pitchfork . Retrieved December 28, 2016.
  7. ↑ Nostro, Lauren (March 12, 2015). "Premiere: Oddisee Drops "That's Love," Announces New Album". Complex . Retrieved December 28, 2016.
  8. ↑ Weiner, Natalie (April 6, 2015). "Exclusive: Watch Oddisee Turn New York 'Counter-Clockwise' in His New Video". Billboard . Retrieved December 28, 2016.
  9. ↑ Walsh, Peter (July 27, 2015). "Oddisee Walks Around By His Lonesome in "Belong To The World" Video". XXL . Retrieved December 28, 2016.
  10. ↑ "The 30 Best Underground Hip Hop Albums Since 2000". HipHopDX . August 26, 2015. Retrieved December 28, 2016.
  11. ↑ "Oddisee Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 29, 2018.
  12. ↑ "Oddisee Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 29, 2018.
  13. ↑ "Oddisee Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 29, 2018.
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