Ramadan Mubarak, with Oddisee

See Something Say Something

Ahmed Ali Akbar

Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 550 Ratings

🗓️ 8 June 2018

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Growing up in the oasis of the DMV, rapper Oddisee, aka Amir Mohammad, was surrounded by other black, immigrant, and Muslim families. On the show, he chats about how this influenced his viewpoint as a rapper and the in-between space he occupies as a Sudanese-American. Plus: he talks about making music during Ramadan and how touring in Europe made him realize — wow, white people actually have culture!

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0:00.0	Hey everyone, I'm Amid al-Yukber, and this is See Something Say Something.
0:07.8	This week in our Ramadan series, we're talking to rapper Odyssey.
0:11.7	I stand at so many crossroads.
0:14.0	My mother was Christian, my father was Muslim.
0:16.7	I'm black American.
0:18.5	I'm Sudanese.
0:20.1	And the eyes of many Americans, they see me as a foreigner,
0:22.9	especially growing up, you know, born and raised here.
0:28.5	If you see something, you better, you better say something.
0:36.7	Nothing at all. Nothing at all.
0:38.4	Nothing at all.
0:41.8	So Odyssey, also known as Amir Mohamed, is this incredibly prolific rapper and producer.
0:47.5	And each of his albums is like a whole world.
0:50.3	The production is top-notch.
0:51.7	The poetry and thoughtfulness of the lyrics.
0:54.7	You could spend days thinking about it.
0:57.4	And I wanted to know more about the person that makes this kind of work.
1:04.2	Welcome.
1:05.0	You prefer Odyssey or do you prefer Amir?
1:06.6	Okay, Amir.
1:07.6	I'm off duty.
1:08.7	You're off duty.
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