O.C.: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
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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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@ikalleen3635
Жыл бұрын
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
@brettolstadt2577
7 ай бұрын
1 fsckin’ hunnid!💯 About 90% of peeps that THINK they hip hop, you be like, “Yeah, and OC!…..” They like, “yeah…” “wait, who??” “Exactly!!!” 🤨🤔🤔 😁
@armshousetoyourmumshouse
Ай бұрын
🎯💯💯💯💯
Lord finesse should really get his own Tiny desk concert 🔥 O.C. was fya as always
@ghostshipone
Жыл бұрын
Lord Finesse is a boss
@pil-sunghong2705
3 ай бұрын
The underboss, is one pf the greatest
@tbizzlez
25 күн бұрын
Came here to say it. Finesse a legend. The GOAT
This is so underrated. O.C. gave one of the top performances of any Tiny Desk Concert and that band was fire.
@alexanderbeck7953
2 жыл бұрын
🔥 ✌️ 💗
@boochbass
Жыл бұрын
Couldn't agree more
@jeffstone9694
Жыл бұрын
Yes sir
@howardpryor7778
Жыл бұрын
I agree. This was one of the best tiny desks, along with The Genius GZA's...
@FinalFlash2110
3 ай бұрын
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!
@robhall2891
Жыл бұрын
Anti-Ye in Full Effect! U tha Don Sin! Word Life!!!👊🏿
@KayGeee86
9 ай бұрын
Nobody could conplain. It's just like that 💪
@jtrouble75
7 ай бұрын
80's and 90's best era's of hip hop but still great music today
@FinalFlash2110
3 ай бұрын
"We did it like that, and now we do it like this."
This is one of the best Tiny Desks ever.
@wgrooms719
3 ай бұрын
Right up there wit scarface's👍🏾
Your whole aura is Plexiglass. Classic line...
@marvintretow1784
9 ай бұрын
Broooo day one 😂😂😂😂🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 Plaxiglass hahahahaba True still for the most
@oceanlover2426
7 ай бұрын
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!
@colbymasvidal2397
6 ай бұрын
Thats a BAR🔥🔥
He does it so effortlessly.. That's the sign of a man that has mastered his craft. God Bless
@irathomas9420
5 жыл бұрын
WORD IS BORN!!!
also endless respect for the trumpet player
@HRDK-SKLETRMUMMR-MEGTRN
6 жыл бұрын
🎺🎺🎺🎺🎺🎺🎺🎺🎺🎺🎺🎺🎺🎺🎺
@mauricebrownmusic
6 жыл бұрын
chikkenwinggs 🙏🏽
@michaldancisin8624
6 жыл бұрын
Amazing. Maybe I'm wrong but he reminds me a lot of Roy Hargrove some years ago.
@GoodxJ
5 жыл бұрын
he went off!!!!!!! So good!
@feelo76
5 жыл бұрын
Maurice Brown, great talent.
Until recently I discovered his music through the album 'Jewelz'... what a classic!
@oceanlover2426
7 ай бұрын
Congratulations! O.C. is a one of a kind!m type of lyricist!
@IsmaelCarrillo-ld8tz
12 күн бұрын
Check out the chosen one Pete rock remix.... Your welcome
OC is one of my absolute favourite MCs. His skills, lyrics, voice and flow are outstanding!
I love listening to RAP with a band behind the MC...it's a refreshing blend.
@EricG-bv2ui
6 жыл бұрын
It sounds awesome having a band. It makes it richer. Its almost as if the lyrics and rhymes gets richer.
@jamosensei
6 жыл бұрын
I totally agree, and this sounded better the longer i listened to it...another TDC worth listening to many times!
@jamosensei
6 жыл бұрын
Third time in two days...thank you O.C. and Tiny Desk!...Looking forward to a NEW DAY!!!
@thepinch4875
6 жыл бұрын
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: kzread.info/dash/bejne/n4ebq6iPp9Kpl5c.html Hope you don't mind. All the best!
@jamosensei
6 жыл бұрын
Deutsche Rap Musik? ... Wie unerwartet und interessant! Viel Glück!!!
Man O.C. one of the best to ever do it...... YOU LACK THE MINERALS AND VITAMINS, IRONS AND THE NIACINS........ classic.
@str8spittin
6 жыл бұрын
Jeremy Mack : CLASSIC INDEED!!!! peace fam....
@dwilz1183
6 жыл бұрын
Jeremy Mack good comment
@bernardwallace435
6 жыл бұрын
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..
@MADDLION247
5 жыл бұрын
Real Headz know what's good.... 💪💪💪💪
@jasonkidd7287
5 жыл бұрын
Jeremy Mack That line instantly made me a fan.✌
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
always thought O.C. was underrated, always loved his music!
One of the best. Lost it when Finesse stepped up
@azarlengo781
6 жыл бұрын
Finesse sounded real nice... effortless flow
@pound7007
2 жыл бұрын
Top ten voice of ALL TIME!!
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.
@luddman77
5 жыл бұрын
jewels was my favorite album from him
@icerock57
5 жыл бұрын
kzread.info/dash/bejne/onV_w6tyhcjWgaQ.html
@terrencetristan5865
2 жыл бұрын
InstaBlaster.
@watchinboats
2 жыл бұрын
Time for a Brainpower TLM tiny desk!
@coolb8545
Жыл бұрын
His delivery was immaculate
When OC dropped his verse from crooklyn dodgers I just about lost it .. amazing !
THE BAND IS AMAZING!!!! TRUMPET ON POINT!!! WHOLE BAND IS AMAZING!!!
I watched plenty of Tiny Desk Concerts but this one is my favorite.
@munyamubaiwa4313
Жыл бұрын
This one, Badu and El Debarge.
@erminization
5 ай бұрын
For me this one, Common, and Smif N' Wessun
@nyfaniloandrianjafy8171
5 ай бұрын
Update 2024: Scarface, this one, smiff wessun
31 years listening to this brotha. Emcee professor! bars spittin' extraordinare! True appreciation for his music!
@oceanlover2426
7 ай бұрын
Yes. He comes with exceptional skill and substance.
Why am I only seeing this now? Unreal.
2 of the most underrated Emcees.....O.C & Lord Finesse!!!
"Word....life" is one of the illest, most thought provoking hip-hop records to bless the genre.
@Curling_Rack
5 жыл бұрын
"Police be clocking me!"
@Armando316
4 жыл бұрын
It’s just as good an album as Illmatic, Liquid Swords, Hard To Earn, etc.
@tuckerharpe1381
Жыл бұрын
One of the best hip hop songs and albums of all time!
my brother!
@haitianmaniac74
3 жыл бұрын
Fire
Best Tiny Desk concert, hands down, I`m still minblown after watching it 5 times!!!!
this is a masterpiece
@dwilz1183
6 жыл бұрын
Rosalien Mander good comment
When the MC's have this kind of flow, it makes everything else sound great.
RIP BIG L
@Man_with_no_name
5 жыл бұрын
Big L gone away too soon
They should try to get Pete Rock and CL Smooth on here.
@bernardwallace435
6 жыл бұрын
joe momma : would be amazing!
@AsiaDanceScene
5 жыл бұрын
It can only be a matter of time, Pete Rock and CL Smooth have done a session like this before.
@KardiFan2000
5 жыл бұрын
They have beef though...CL aired Pete out in an interview a couple months back
@EzekGoro
5 жыл бұрын
They are in troubles
@luddman77
5 жыл бұрын
cl smooth has a great delivery as well!!!
OC's vibe is soooooo ill!!!! LYRICALLY INCLINED!!!
@davidnewton1500
5 жыл бұрын
The shit
No one in the younger generation can touch this legend's craft.
That 90s vibe brought with swagger and a mellow style. Love it!
The flow is so dope.. Loving this all the way from Kenya,
@amanialex8235
6 жыл бұрын
Kenya represent!
@BreuckelensFinest
5 жыл бұрын
So fly! Love & respect from Brooklyn!
Some incredible swagger coming out of these guys. Serious groove, real respect.
The legend O.C...dope band.
So good to see O.C.; I grew up on him. Legend
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.
@rodneyfennell425
5 жыл бұрын
Great beats and he was on point with his stuff
I like my rappers 35 and up.
@hemokinesis8804
6 жыл бұрын
Check out a guy called Oddisee and realise that you now have new tastes. Be openminded!
@anthonyallen7347
6 жыл бұрын
dontyoudar Same here
@slowmowgoldsachs1585
6 жыл бұрын
there are some dope new cats out there!
@messiahblack4816
6 жыл бұрын
dontyoudar long as they dope son...
@mathijsdebaene5189
6 жыл бұрын
Check out Big K.R.I.T.'s tiny desk concert!
One of the reasons why I love live and acoustic.... You can hear everything evrytime
OC…his album Jewelz is the most slept on album of the 1990s!
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.
Wow O.C. and Lord Finesse this concert series is finally diggin in the crates lol
Lord Finesse toooo good
@spooky01ful
6 жыл бұрын
b_RZA wys
O.C. Blessed us with this one !
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 🙏🙏
This duse on trumpet is 🔥
🔥. Another 1. These tiny desk concerts sound so GOOD. The vibe with the live band just on another level. 💯!
My fav tiny desk performance
@coolb8545
4 ай бұрын
Shiiii was crazy..I rather do this than go to today's concerts
@svenvdv2880
3 ай бұрын
@@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.
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.
liked before watching... omar is a legend...
2018 and still rocking...
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
One of the dopest ever!! Word life and Jewels were instant classics!!
old is cool
@hankleepixain4283
6 жыл бұрын
MV Bill olha quem tá aqui
@andreeloquente
6 жыл бұрын
Muito bom os caras né mano? Musicalidade total.
@andyoly1793
5 жыл бұрын
salve Bill Rj ... Masta ace é foda também. ..de videos a live....paz
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.
Thank you for bringing some of the very best that hiphop to the world again!!!
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!
Guys sound so good live... Salute to the legends OC and Finesse
Wow! So melodic and inspiring
@MoPoppins
6 жыл бұрын
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.
OC is a legend! Peace to DITC
Awesome! They need to get De La Soul in there 😍
@djmsup
6 жыл бұрын
fuck yeh they do
@bernardwallace435
6 жыл бұрын
Or Organized Konfusion...
M’y favorite mc of all Times since Jewelz
It's good to see O.C. still rockin' hard. That band he's with gets busy too.
NPR you guys are the best!!!!
D.I.T.C. FOREVER , KEEP DIGGING !!!!!
Phenomenon O.C.!!! Loved to see Lord Finesse up there too :D
PLEASE do a lord finesse solo one!
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
@AbdallahEsa
3 жыл бұрын
D.J. Premier track
A legend. Glad to see him still sharing his craft.
Real hip hop makes my heart smile! Thanks OC!
O.C. one of the best to ever ever do it. Please go check his underground albums in the last 10 years.
@mikkojuhola4070
4 жыл бұрын
I sure will, where should I check from?
@Y20XTongvaLand
Жыл бұрын
@@mikkojuhola4070Listen to his collaboration with Apollo Brown called "Trophies".
Born to live, a life to die Life's so damn short and I wonder why
this piano at Return of the Crooklyn Dodgers and Times Up... damm!!!!!!!!!!!!
\oh yeah! NPR dug deep with this one...love it! OC...Times up!
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..
@channel_abc123_
5 жыл бұрын
💪🏾🔥
Living Legends right there 👏😌
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.
@rogerrice5325
Жыл бұрын
Word 🤜🏾🤜🏾
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
This still my favourite Tiny Desk Concert! Resect and thanks.... what a show!
That’s a smooth vibe right there and lyrical content that’s positive and real.
D.i.t.c forever
O. C.’s albums helped me get through some tough times in college. This is hip hop royalty!
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!!! ✊🏾👌🏾 ❤🖤💚
@MarTiGirL1966
6 жыл бұрын
Brotha on the trumpet... out cold!!!
These viewers need to give up some more thumbs up. These old school rappers are killing it on Tiny Desk.
Cormega would be a perfect fit for this show. Underground, but a true legend.
@djmsup
6 жыл бұрын
Mega a genius
One of the best Tiny Desk Concerts i have heard
Never watch anything this beautiful, so lyrical,melodic omg can't stop watching. Please more of this
37 people opted thumbs down so far. I don't think they understand how legendary this is.
@biggwillbeats4384
3 жыл бұрын
Mumble "rap" crowd ⁉️🤷🏾♂️🥵😅
@rogerrice5325
Жыл бұрын
Clearly they don’t 🤜🏾🤜🏾🤜🏾
@devincarter8864
2 ай бұрын
Legendary cause 1st time the performer wasn’t performing
@devincarter8864
2 ай бұрын
Didn’t want hear nothing from OC
@devincarter8864
2 ай бұрын
Booooooooooooooooooo
Never thought how smooth and technical OC could be on the mic. The peak of effortless. Truly a legend.
The best set so far.
this......gave me goosebumps...
Perhaps the most underrated lyricist of all time. Rides the beat so effortlessly, lyrically complex and surprising. One of the best Tiny Desks
@daniellefee5889
2 ай бұрын
I love "rides the beat so effortlessly..." I feel that ❤
ONE OF THE BEST TO EVER DO IT!!! SALUTE OC!!!!
I Always come back to this. So good
Love this set keep coming back love the 90s.
Real hip hop
@anthonyallen7347
6 жыл бұрын
leonardo luiz Yes sir.
One of the most underated rappers of all time.
World... Life one of the illest album of all time!!! O.C. such a beast on the mic! Mad love!