OC & AG - "Oasis" (New Album)

Echo Leader · Post by **Echo Leader** » Wed Nov 18, 2009 12:28 pm

Haven't heard much about this yet; anyone else know that this was coming out?

http://www.amazon.com/Oasis-OC-AG/dp/B002M3GPZW

(Sorry, I'm terrible at embedding images.)

Not sure if I'll check it or not. Will probably download. OC is usually really solid but the AG verses that I've heard lately (past 5 or 6 years) leave a lot to be desired. It's got some DITC production on it though (Finesse & Showbiz) and that is never a bad thing.

The whole "Golden-Age duo" album format is really being done to death right now (Ace & Edo, Del & Tame) and seems really hit or miss so far. Hopefully this will be dope and not boring as hell like that A&E album.

Dunno is this is :lastweek:

, so mods feel free to

if you gotta.

Haitian Jack · Post by **Haitian Jack** » Wed Nov 18, 2009 12:43 pm

oc with sumone else is a good look but i am not too amped up bout ag as the other guy

RAZAH CUTZ · Post by **RAZAH CUTZ** » Thu Nov 19, 2009 5:33 am

i was mad disappointed with that A&E album too...

I have faith in this project....gonna cop prolly....

TheBigSleep · Post by **TheBigSleep** » Thu Nov 19, 2009 12:56 pm

You can stream the album here:

http://www.myspace.com/ocandag

somebody cool · Post by **somebody cool** » Thu Nov 19, 2009 2:37 pm

TheBigSleep wrote:You can stream the album here:

http://www.myspace.com/ocandag

^thanks, about to check that shit out

ag is one of illest and has been one of the best the last couple of years, aside from "get dirty radio", i'm hoping this will be good

Jaz · Post by **Jaz** » Thu Nov 19, 2009 5:29 pm

I have liked all of the joints that have been leaked from this so far.

Verge · Post by **Verge** » Fri Nov 20, 2009 1:46 pm

No leaks yet? This is now shipping from certain websites.

1. Oasis ג Produced by Statik Selektah
2. Keep It Going - Produced by E Blaze
3. Give It Back - Produced by Lord Finesse
4. Alpha Males - Produced by Lord Finesse
5. Young With Style - Produced by Show and KC
6. Every Day Life - Produced by E Blaze
7. Think About It - Produced by E Blaze
8. Against The Wall - Produced by E Blaze
9. Put It In The Box - Produced by E Blaze
10. Boom Bap - Produced by Show
11. Reality Is - Produced by E Blaze
12. Contagious - Produced by E Blaze
13. Supreme Squad - Produced by Show
14. God's Gift - Produced by E Blaze
15. Get Away - Produced by Lord Finesse
16. 2 For The Money ג Produced by Show
17. Pain ג Produced by E Blaze

Umm, E Blaze doesn't sound like a name I remember from the og DITC crew...
I still wanna hear this. AG gets nice on any beat given to him.
And OC is just one of the greatest, IMO.

TheBigSleep · Post by **TheBigSleep** » Fri Nov 20, 2009 2:07 pm

Well half the album, eight or nine tracks, have been leaked in one form or another over the past year, a lot were on radio shows though. And the retail drops on Tuesday (the twenty fourth).

If you want to hear it before it leaks / before Tuesday, the stream is complete and sounds fine to me.

E. Blaze / E-Blaze has only been around for the second half of this decade and has only been doing D.I.T.C. production for the last couple years. He's Showbiz's new prot

Verge · Post by **Verge** » Fri Nov 20, 2009 2:17 pm

^^^Thanks for the info.
Yeah, I just peeped the streaming album.
I agree, E Blaze is not bad on there at all.
Definitely gonna cop this.

I just wish that if it wasn't Show or Finesse or OG or Buckwild or Diamond,
that they would reach out to the P.Bros.
Those kids killed that "The Gas" album last year.
Did you hear that album, TBS?

TheBigSleep · Post by **TheBigSleep** » Fri Nov 20, 2009 2:42 pm

Sure man. Yeah you can tell he's goin' for the Show / D.I.T.C. style a bit, tryin' to fit in with the legends. I would prefer the classic D.I. producers rather than this "new" D.I. style of course but I'm not mad that he's on there.

I did, it got a few spins, I should probably revisit it though. It seems to be held in pretty high regard (not just here either) and yet it doesn't stand out that strongly in my mind. I don't remember disliking it at all, I listened to a lot of music last year though. And I've thought about puttin' it on again just from people mentioning it but haven't yet. Which means I'll probably take this as a sign to do so.

Verge · Post by **Verge** » Fri Nov 20, 2009 3:25 pm

Yeah, I can't hate on the kid either. I think a few of the beats are pretty
dope, just from the previews. So that's a pretty good sign.

And yeah, man. I slept on these cats in the past because I heard one of
their records I didn't care too much for. And I saw them in an interview
talking about this "Heavy Bronx" style they were trying to do.
It kind of put me off that they weren't American yet saying they
were trying to emulate the sound. I don't know why this put me off.
I should have thought of it as a good thing.
Anyways, I think if you gave certain tracks another listen, you might
dig it. But I was a big Money Boss Players fan, so hearing them on
"Cold World" on there, just made me love the album.

ruraloutfitter · Post by **ruraloutfitter** » Fri Nov 20, 2009 8:54 pm

Album's decent...nothing special but consistently solid all the way through.

Verge · Post by **Verge** » Fri Nov 20, 2009 10:39 pm

I knew I recognized the sample for "Alpha Males". Dope shit.
Here's the sample. Also sampled for the Common track below.

Soul Dog - Can't Stop Loving You
http://www.zshare.net/audio/6875562367069608/

OC & AG - Alpha Males
http://www.zshare.net/audio/68754536c78e9395/

Common - Hungry
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That sample also sounds a helluva lot like this, too(but is NOT):
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It does have a WU sound to it, though. That's what I always thought when
I heard that Common song.
But here's the real Gza sample(and a million other songs sampled this):
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RAZAH CUTZ · Post by **RAZAH CUTZ** » Sat Nov 21, 2009 3:58 am

album is dope....probably the best collaborative effort of the year....

Omar still got it man...

Verge · Post by **Verge** » Sun Nov 22, 2009 2:54 pm

Live
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thomasv · Post by **thomasv** » Sun Nov 22, 2009 6:18 pm

Here's Magic from Live Hard produced by E.Blaze
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COOLEHMAGAZINE · Post by **COOLEHMAGAZINE** » Sun Nov 22, 2009 6:23 pm

Verge wrote:^^^Thanks for the info.
Yeah, I just peeped the streaming album.
I agree, E Blaze is not bad on there at all.
Definitely gonna cop this.

I just wish that if it wasn't Show or Finesse or OG or Buckwild or Diamond,
that they would reach out to the P.Bros.
Those kids killed that "The Gas" album last year.
Did you hear that album, TBS?

P Brothers album was amazing but when I interviewed them I definitely got the feeling that they are really circumspect about who they work with.

Verge · Post by **Verge** » Sun Nov 22, 2009 8:32 pm

COOLEHMAGAZINE wrote:
Verge wrote:^^^Thanks for the info.
Yeah, I just peeped the streaming album.
I agree, E Blaze is not bad on there at all.
Definitely gonna cop this.

I just wish that if it wasn't Show or Finesse or OG or Buckwild or Diamond,
that they would reach out to the P.Bros.
Those kids killed that "The Gas" album last year.
Did you hear that album, TBS?
P Brothers album was amazing but when I interviewed them I definitely got the feeling that they are really circumspect about who they work with.

Interesting. But how do you mean that? Just generally?
Because, IMO, OC and AG are both impeccable on the mic and pretty
inimitable with their rhyme schemes.
Any kind of beat I've heard AG on, he burned it down. He's mad versatile
with the flows.
And OC is just legendary with the mouthpiece, IMO.

Do you think there would be any particular reasons why they wouldn't
work with them? I would think this would basically be the epitome of
the types of emcees the P.Bros would want to work with.

TheBigSleep · Post by **TheBigSleep** » Sun Nov 22, 2009 9:14 pm

2009 DJ Eclipse O.C. & A.G. Radio Show Interview

http://www.theundergroundcomeup.com/200 ... 02509.html

http://bit.ly/byeDj

2009 Hip Hop DX O.C. & A.G. Interview

http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/interview ... s-left/p.1

2008 Splash! Magazine D.I.T.C. Interview

Part One:

http://blip.tv/play/gbZl9otajvUp

Part Two:

http://blip.tv/play/gbZl_M0tjvUp

O.C. & A.G. Interview

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Live

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2 For the Money

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RAZAH CUTZ · Post by **RAZAH CUTZ** » Mon Nov 23, 2009 9:12 pm

the P Bros. would jump at the opportunity to work with OC or A.G. man....

they did that "The Gas" album with the likes of Milano who is D.I.T.C. affiliated, so I'd bet they'd be open to working them two....

jamrage · Post by **jamrage** » Mon Nov 23, 2009 9:26 pm

Listened to this today, wasn't exactly blown away.

This isn't going to have much replay value at all.

Thun · Post by **Thun** » Mon Nov 23, 2009 9:31 pm

Both OC & AG are extremely underrated emcees.

However, they are also kind of understated and plainly spoken in their style of rap, meaning that they don't usually transcend underwhelming production.

This is good because at least they don't play themselves with stupid vocal gimmicks and concentrate on what matters most but it also means that if they choose lackluster beats the album suffers.

True King · Post by **True King** » Mon Nov 23, 2009 10:40 pm

is that song "It Doesn't Matter" on here? came out like a year or so ago? that was my shit but i dont think it ever came out in real cdq

nm i was thinking about Masta Ace and Edo G