Oddisee - Try Again

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🗓️ 16 February 2023

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Summary

Oddisee - Try Again from the 2023 album To What End on Outer Note Label.

In January, rapper/producer Oddisee dropped his twelfth studio album, To What End, which explores human ambition, posing the question: “How far are you willing to go, and why?” This idea is expressed in our Song of the Day and early single “Try Again.”

Backed by a funky groove, the DC-based emcee waxes about growing from the trials and tribulations he previously endured. "Couple wins, couple L’s / Took a hit but I prevailed/ Now I got the gist on how to flip it when I fail." Synth keys, rapid-firing drums, and a luscious guitar lick round out the infectious dance jam as Oddisee encourages listeners to not let their losses define them, proclaiming "All this time you spent / All that love you gave/ Please don’t walk away / Try again.”

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0:00.0	All this time you spent, all that love you gave
0:06.0	These don't walk away, take it
0:10.0	Those are those away
0:12.0	Don't break before you break
0:14.0	It's not too late to try again
0:17.0	Couple wins, couple else
0:19.0	Took your hip right out of the field
0:20.0	Now I got to just know how to defend it when I feel
0:22.0	Everyone you listen to yourself
0:23.0	Not forgetting but forgiving
0:24.0	How you living is the rhythm in itself
0:26.0	Getting held
0:27.0	My attention in my callus never跟你 balanced
0:29.0	It's a challenge when you're telling me to come and clip a damage
0:31.0	Getting cattle civil matters and you missed the pattern
0:33.0	How to manage a condition that you took to catch it
0:35.0	How to handle what you give and this is different matter
0:37.0	Skidding magic, you don't happen overnight
0:39.0	You don't have to overwrite
0:40.0	When you're standing, how you getting planted
0:42.0	Understanding that ain't cattle
0:43.0	When I gave it all I had
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