Oddatee - Halfway Homeless

Born in the Bronx in the late 70s, Ricardo Galindez, aka Oddateee, grew up in Union City, New Jersey, where he began his hip-hop odyssey after meeting producer Komplx. They later founded the legendary collective The Labteks, and from 2002 onwards, Oddateee gradually distanced himself from The Labteks to embark on a solo career or appear as a guest artist.

After a first album, "Steely Darkglasses," released in 2004, an American and European tour with Dälek (2005), and numerous high-flying vocal contributions – Markus Kienzl (Sofa Surfers), Karuan’s Chocolate Distance, as well as the Deadverse Massive project (a studio collaboration with Dälek and Destructo Swarmbots) – Oddateee returns at the beginning of 2009 with the impressive "Halfway Homeless," a veritable punch below the belt of neo-hip-hop, delivered straight from the depths of our man's madness.
Musically, this new effort is at the confluence of old-school East Coast hip-hop, Hispanic music, contemporary electro hip-hop, and darker genres such as industrial and New York noise. Lyrically, his texts and flow express his fears, anger, and frustrations with a clear state of consciousness across the 13 tracks of this scorching album. Oddateee offers an album that he describes as emanating from the dark and scary street atmospheres and "joint parties" in abandoned New York buildings.

Ultimately, our maestro's possessed flow punctuates haunting, dark, and violent instrumentals, such as the weighty "Not even one," the terrifying "Devil run Nation," or the gigantic and touching "My Ex," concluding this magnificent album, a true paranoid and sonic cavalcade from the brain of this little genius. Remember this name: Oddateee.