Oddisea, Pt. 4 by Oddity

“Melt away my inhibitions
Open up my heart
Sow the seeds of transformation
Glowing in the dark”

Is the Bay’s best hip hop album this week actually a jazz album? The fourth and final entry in a series two years in the making, Oddisea, Pt. 4 is the latest full-length by Oakland artist Oddity. As open-hearted with her Chinese-American transfemme identity as a blooming lotus, the artist gracefully lays funky fiery raps (“Fuel My Fire”) and truth-spitting (“Ego to the Side” ft. Stoni and Pandaraps) alongside soul jazz meditations (“Melt Away”) and instrumental piano pieces gorgeously reminiscent of Bill Evans and Chick Corea. Party grooves and sunshine songs so often dominate the summertime music conversation, but if you’re looking for music encapsulating the beauty of changing seasons, growth, and positive transformation, here it is.

See Oddity perform Monday, June 24 at Five Points Session, a weekly jam session at Five Points Bar in downtown San Jose.

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