O. C. Tiny Desk Concert

WSHH EXCLUSIVE 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 oneupmanship, O. C s two 90s albums, 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 Grammywinning trumpeter Maurice Mobetta Brown. The live instrumentation replicated the sampleheavy original recordings perfectly. The crew kicked off the concert with New Day, from 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 heyday. Day One, a 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.