''The Iceberg'' is a studio album by American hip hop artist
Oddisee
Amir Mohamed el Khalifa (born on February 24, 1985), better known by his stage name Oddisee, is an American rapper and record producer from Washington, D.C. He is one third of the hip hop trio Diamond District. He was also part of the Low Budget C ...
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[ It was released via ]Mello Music Group
Mello Music Group (MMG) is an American independent record label based in Tucson, Arizona. Founded in 2007, Mello Music has released hip hop compilations and albums by producers and rappers such as Oddisee, Apollo Brown, Mr. Lif, Ghostface Kil ...
on February 24, 2017.[ It is the official follow-up to his 2015 album, '']The Good Fight
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''.[ It features guest appearances from Toine and Olivier St. Louis.]
Critical reception
At Metacritic
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, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 82, based on 5 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".[
Riley Wallace of '']Exclaim!
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'' gave the album an 8 out of 10, saying, "One of his ultimate strengths is his unique ability to make topics that aren't wholly original become something unique and distinctively his own."[ Kyle Eustice of '']HipHopDX
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'' gave the album a 4.0 out of 5 and commented that "Aside from his dynamic, thought provoking lyrics, the carefully crafted compositions are in a league of their own."[ Elias Leight of '']Pitchfork
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'' gave the album a 7.0 out of 10 and described it as "a focused beam of hip-hop soul that rattles loudly in our present political moment."[
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Accolades
Track listing
Personnel
Credits adapted from liner notes.
* Oddisee
Amir Mohamed el Khalifa (born on February 24, 1985), better known by his stage name Oddisee, is an American rapper and record producer from Washington, D.C. He is one third of the hip hop trio Diamond District. He was also part of the Low Budget C ...
– vocals, production, arrangement, mixing
* Toine – vocals (6)
* Olivier St. Louis – vocals (12), backing vocals, guitar
* Ralph Real – backing vocals, keyboards
* Dennis Turner – bass guitar
* Jason Disu – trombone
* Amir Mohamed – executive production
* Michael Tolle – executive production
* Daniel Luedtke – executive production
* Ahmed Akasha – design
* Antoine Lyers – photography
Charts
References
External links
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2017 albums
Oddisee albums
Mello Music Group albums