O.C.: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
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- Опубліковано 8 вер 2024
- April 18, 2018 | Abby O'Neill -- As a member of Brooklyn rap collective Diggin' In The Crates, Omar Credle, aka O.C., helped shape what was known as the golden age of 1990s rap. Marked by loops sourced from jazz recordings and lyrics rooted in one-upmanship, O.C's two '90s albums, Word...Life and Jewelz established him as a rapper's rapper, an underground star.
O.C. was joined at his Tiny Desk by Soul'D U Out, a jazz ensemble led by Grammy-winning trumpeter Maurice "Mobetta" Brown. The live instrumentation replicated the sample-heavy original recordings perfectly. The crew kicked off the concert with "New Day," from O.C.'s 2017 album Same Moon Same Sun, which features young R&B singer Tay Bell on the hook.
The rest of the set was vintage cuts from O.C.'s heyday. "Day One," a D.I.T.C. posse cut, featured emcee and producer Lord Finesse, and the joy that poured forth during his verse belied its level of difficulty. (It reminded me that it'd been too long since I enjoyed a Lord Finesse album.) Then O.C. treated the crowd to a version of "Return of the Crooklyn Dodgers" (the one and only song by him, Jeru The Damaja and Chubb Rock). And of course, he had to fit in his seminal banger and arguably most popular song, "Time's Up," from Word...Life.
The finale got personal when O.C. relayed the importance of the song "Born 2 Live." "This is dedicated to a friend of mine who got killed down in Baltimore," he said. "Everytime I do this record, it's somber. ... But it's a celebration at the same time. So I'm a just party it out and have a good time with it." With a little help from Soul'D U Out, we did, too.
SET LIST
"New Day"
"Day One"
"Return of the Crooklyn Dodgers"
"Time's Up"
"Born 2 Live"
MUSICIANS
Omar "O.C." Credle (emcee), Robert "Lord Finesse" Hall (emcee), Maurice "Mobetta" Brown (trumpet), Chris Rob (keys/vocals), Marcus Machado (guitar), Parker McAllister (bass), Camau "Klutch" Bernstine (drums), Tay Bell (vocals)
CREDITS
Producers: Abby O'Neill, Morgan Noelle Smith; Creative Director: Bob Boilen; Audio Engineer: Josh Rogosin; Videographers: Morgan Noelle Smith, Maia Stern, Beck Harlan, Dani Lyman; Production Assistants: Joshua Bote; Photo: Eslah Attar/NPR.
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First lets establish what rap is to us and what is has to do with whats going on currently.
PLEASE GIVE THIS MAN HIS FLOWERS!!!
One of the most underrated rappers of all time
1 fsckin’ hunnid!💯 About 90% of peeps that THINK they hip hop, you be like, “Yeah, and OC!…..” They like, “yeah…” “wait, who??”
“Exactly!!!” 🤨🤔🤔
😁
🎯💯💯💯💯
Lord finesse should really get his own Tiny desk concert 🔥 O.C. was fya as always
Lord Finesse is a boss
The underboss, is one pf the greatest
Came here to say it. Finesse a legend. The GOAT
@@ghostshiponecheck out his show in Russia. You won’t be disappointed
Word up
This is so underrated. O.C. gave one of the top performances of any Tiny Desk Concert and that band was fire.
🔥 ✌️ 💗
Couldn't agree more
Yes sir
I agree. This was one of the best tiny desks, along with The Genius GZA's...
Yess and don't forget the Masta Ace.
O.C.'s performance is just more proof that the 90's birthed some of the greatest rappers of all time! Shouts out to D.I.T.C., Crooklyn Dodgers!
Anti-Ye in Full Effect! U tha Don Sin! Word Life!!!👊🏿
Nobody could conplain. It's just like that 💪
80's and 90's best era's of hip hop but still great music today
"We did it like that, and now we do it like this."
He does it so effortlessly.. That's the sign of a man that has mastered his craft. God Bless
WORD IS BORN!!!
also endless respect for the trumpet player
🎺🎺🎺🎺🎺🎺🎺🎺🎺🎺🎺🎺🎺🎺🎺
chikkenwinggs 🙏🏽
Amazing. Maybe I'm wrong but he reminds me a lot of Roy Hargrove some years ago.
he went off!!!!!!! So good!
Maurice Brown, great talent.
Until recently I discovered his music through the album 'Jewelz'... what a classic!
Congratulations! O.C. is a one of a kind!m type of lyricist!
Check out the chosen one Pete rock remix.... Your welcome
Man O.C. one of the best to ever do it...... YOU LACK THE MINERALS AND VITAMINS, IRONS AND THE NIACINS........ classic.
Jeremy Mack : CLASSIC INDEED!!!! peace fam....
Jeremy Mack good comment
That whole flow is such a *major* part of hiphop history.....
*NOT JUST CLASSIC BUT A CRUCIAL VERSE THATS PARAMOUNT ON THE TIMELINE OF EMCEE EVOLUTION*
Real(grown) hiphop heads know that im not exagerating this sentiment..
Real Headz know what's good.... 💪💪💪💪
Jeremy Mack That line instantly made me a fan.✌
I love listening to RAP with a band behind the MC...it's a refreshing blend.
It sounds awesome having a band. It makes it richer. Its almost as if the lyrics and rhymes gets richer.
I totally agree, and this sounded better the longer i listened to it...another TDC worth listening to many times!
Third time in two days...thank you O.C. and Tiny Desk!...Looking forward to a NEW DAY!!!
Stumbled across your comment and thought I'd drop a link of a tune that you might dig seeing as band + rap is up your alley: ua-cam.com/video/mSgIFVwoCg4/v-deo.html Hope you don't mind. All the best!
Deutsche Rap Musik? ... Wie unerwartet und interessant! Viel Glück!!!
This is one of the best Tiny Desks ever.
Right up there wit scarface's👍🏾
Your whole aura is Plexiglass. Classic line...
Broooo day one 😂😂😂😂🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Plaxiglass hahahahaba
True still for the most
Yes! “Why ya lying for? I know where you live. I know ya folks. You was a SUCKA as a kid!”
So glad people convinced him to do this even if he hated it. It introduced me to his greatness!
Thats a BAR🔥🔥
OC is one of my absolute favourite MCs. His skills, lyrics, voice and flow are outstanding!
NPR deserves a ton of credit for providing a great outlet to true artists. And the production is always top tier.
One of the best NPR sessions PERIOD
THE BAND IS AMAZING!!!! TRUMPET ON POINT!!! WHOLE BAND IS AMAZING!!!
31 years listening to this brotha. Emcee professor! bars spittin' extraordinare! True appreciation for his music!
Yes. He comes with exceptional skill and substance.
2 of the most underrated Emcees.....O.C & Lord Finesse!!!
Absolutely LOVED his delivery during this session! He was raw and on point on the albums, but the way he's vibin' and switching between flow and (almost) spoken word is nice. One of the great lyricists and MCs with a badass band! Props to NPR for bringing out the legends.
jewels was my favorite album from him
ua-cam.com/video/pAKaI9UepQA/v-deo.html
InstaBlaster.
Time for a Brainpower TLM tiny desk!
His delivery was immaculate
always thought O.C. was underrated, always loved his music!
I watched plenty of Tiny Desk Concerts but this one is my favorite.
This one, Badu and El Debarge.
For me this one, Common, and Smif N' Wessun
Update 2024: Scarface, this one, smiff wessun
OC's vibe is soooooo ill!!!! LYRICALLY INCLINED!!!
The shit
Best Tiny Desk concert, hands down, I`m still minblown after watching it 5 times!!!!
"Word....life" is one of the illest, most thought provoking hip-hop records to bless the genre.
"Police be clocking me!"
It’s just as good an album as Illmatic, Liquid Swords, Hard To Earn, etc.
One of the best hip hop songs and albums of all time!
One of the best. Lost it when Finesse stepped up
Finesse sounded real nice... effortless flow
Top ten voice of ALL TIME!!
When the MC's have this kind of flow, it makes everything else sound great.
When OC dropped his verse from crooklyn dodgers I just about lost it .. amazing !
That 90s vibe brought with swagger and a mellow style. Love it!
Why am I only seeing this now? Unreal.
One of the reasons why I love live and acoustic.... You can hear everything evrytime
The flow is so dope.. Loving this all the way from Kenya,
Kenya represent!
So fly! Love & respect from Brooklyn!
The legend O.C...dope band.
this is a masterpiece
Rosalien Mander good comment
Some incredible swagger coming out of these guys. Serious groove, real respect.
So good to see O.C.; I grew up on him. Legend
RIP BIG L
Big L gone away too soon
No one in the younger generation can touch this legend's craft.
Two golden era dons👏👏👏
Incredible band too conveying the nuances of the samples very well🎹🎺🎸🎤
"Non conceptual, non exceptional,
everybody's either crime related or sexual." That line has stuck in my head since '94.
my brother!
Fire
At 3:37
O.C. : How many of ya'll over 45?
Lady in the crowd: Aw that's wrong! 😂😂😂
that's gotta be the quickest retort on record.
Great beats and he was on point with his stuff
One of the dopest ever!! Word life and Jewels were instant classics!!
What a flow. What a groove. What a soul. What a trumpet. What a band. What a message. What voices. I love it, specially New Day. What a gift. Your show is the best contemporary music show in the world. Real. Live. Direct. Great. Thank U NPR
Nice!!! OC and Finesse, what a great way to enjoy my morning coffee :) And big up to NPR for all those amazing tiny desk concerts. Introduced me too lots of great artists.
This was priceless... OC got the vibes, like we all know and Lord Finesse coming to perform one of my all time favorite hip hop tracks.. that blew my mind!!! Propz to the band for enhancing the experience even more, thanks Tiny Desk 🙏🙏
Wow O.C. and Lord Finesse this concert series is finally diggin in the crates lol
Lord Finesse toooo good
b_RZA wys
O.C. Blessed us with this one !
2018 and still rocking...
liked before watching... omar is a legend...
Just want to say he is one of the greatest MC that has ever done it , all the way from SOUTH AFRICA , OC Thanks for the good music my brother , god bless.
Wow! So melodic and inspiring
Melodic is the first word that came to mind. I was gonna just listen to this in the background, then HAD to stop what I was doing to give them my full attention.
My fav tiny desk performance
Shiiii was crazy..I rather do this than go to today's concerts
@@coolb8545he SNAPPED. He was 51 in this video and stood there effortlessly flowing with perfect breath control. Not alot of rappers can spit songs from their youth when they’re 50.
They should try to get Pete Rock and CL Smooth on here.
joe momma : would be amazing!
It can only be a matter of time, Pete Rock and CL Smooth have done a session like this before.
They have beef though...CL aired Pete out in an interview a couple months back
They are in troubles
cl smooth has a great delivery as well!!!
It's good to see O.C. still rockin' hard. That band he's with gets busy too.
Never thought how smooth and technical OC could be on the mic. The peak of effortless. Truly a legend.
\oh yeah! NPR dug deep with this one...love it! OC...Times up!
O.C. one of the best to ever ever do it. Please go check his underground albums in the last 10 years.
I sure will, where should I check from?
@@mikkojuhola4070Listen to his collaboration with Apollo Brown called "Trophies".
Awesome! They need to get De La Soul in there 😍
fuck yeh they do
Or Organized Konfusion...
Guys sound so good live... Salute to the legends OC and Finesse
Thank you for bringing some of the very best that hiphop to the world again!!!
Phenomenon O.C.!!! Loved to see Lord Finesse up there too :D
Shout out to the legendary Lord Finesse & the whole d.i.t.c crew.R.I.P. Big L.been down wit them since day 1..
💪🏾🔥
NPR you guys are the best!!!!
The last song, "Born to live" was & still is, very personal and emotional for me bc I lost my father to a horrible murder in Brownsville Brooklyn. So back in 1994-1995 when this song came out I was in LA training for the Olympics in track & field & I use to see this video come on TV & it's filmed in Bushwick Brooklyn a neighborhood over from Brownsville & all i could think of was my father & how me & my whole families life was changed forever. Salute to OC for touching my heart & soul on this classic. You are appreciated brotha!
37 people opted thumbs down so far.
I don't think they understand how legendary this is.
Mumble "rap" crowd ⁉️🤷🏾♂️🥵😅
Clearly they don’t 🤜🏾🤜🏾🤜🏾
Legendary cause 1st time the performer wasn’t performing
Didn’t want hear nothing from OC
Booooooooooooooooooo
M’y favorite mc of all Times since Jewelz
This duse on trumpet is 🔥
D.I.T.C. FOREVER , KEEP DIGGING !!!!!
Masterful! That’s how it’s done! I rather listen to OC than Jay-Z...I said it, what?!
Living Legends right there 👏😌
OC…his album Jewelz is the most slept on album of the 1990s!
I like my rappers 35 and up.
Check out a guy called Oddisee and realise that you now have new tastes. Be openminded!
dontyoudar Same here
there are some dope new cats out there!
dontyoudar long as they dope son...
Check out Big K.R.I.T.'s tiny desk concert!
DAAAAAMN... O.C. with Maurice Brown and band in one set. How awesome can you get NPR Tiny Desk Concert!?!? Just amazing. I am blown... How am I writing this while flattened to the floor, I dont know. Hit repeat so it can pick me back up.
Word 🤜🏾🤜🏾
A legend. Glad to see him still sharing his craft.
Real hip hop makes my heart smile! Thanks OC!
Dopeness!!!
The *DITC Crew!!*
*Lord Finesse* is a fave of mine!!!
Time's Up... thank you O.C. you look wonderful/happy and at peace.
This brings back GREAT *hip-hop* memories!!!
✊🏾👌🏾 ❤🖤💚
Brotha on the trumpet... out cold!!!
O.C. one of the most UNDERRATED MCee EVer. This man had two classic albums. And there is no reason he shouldn't be featured in any of these rappers albums
Perhaps the most underrated lyricist of all time. Rides the beat so effortlessly, lyrically complex and surprising. One of the best Tiny Desks
I love "rides the beat so effortlessly..." I feel that ❤
That’s a smooth vibe right there and lyrical content that’s positive and real.
Return of the crooklyn dodgers is a legendary single, if you’re a head you need to watch Clockers by spike lee too it plays this song
D.J. Premier track
this piano at Return of the Crooklyn Dodgers and Times Up... damm!!!!!!!!!!!!
OC is a legend! Peace to DITC
🔥. Another 1. These tiny desk concerts sound so GOOD. The vibe with the live band just on another level. 💯!
Born to live, a life to die
Life's so damn short and I wonder why
old is cool
MV Bill olha quem tá aqui
Muito bom os caras né mano?
Musicalidade total.
salve Bill Rj ... Masta ace é foda também. ..de videos a live....paz
Real hip hop
leonardo luiz Yes sir.
One of the most distinctive voices and flows in the game!!!
These viewers need to give up some more thumbs up. These old school rappers are killing it on Tiny Desk.
The more emotion I put in the harder I rock, bless em OC. OG hip hop
I'm not usually into rap but this is the stuff I like , with a bad ass band and positive flowing rhymes , this guy is dope man!
This is fantastic!!!!
PLEASE do a lord finesse solo one!
Goose bumps! O.C. I have every album. Lyrics memorized. The delivery and swag. Didnt lose skip a beat.
this was too dope, OC skill is at master emcee level. and Lord Finesse!!!
O. C.’s albums helped me get through some tough times in college. This is hip hop royalty!
ONE OF THE BEST TO EVER DO IT!!! SALUTE OC!!!!
One the best MCs ever o.c
D.i.t.c forever
O.C is one of the underrated GOATS his lyrical ability his ora he realesed an album that was so overlooked member of the legendary D.I.T.C
His what? Aura 😜
Rita?
Cormega would be a perfect fit for this show. Underground, but a true legend.
Mega a genius