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Didn’t hear one bad track by Dom since I discovered his music through “Watermelon Sundae” years ago. I don’t know if he actually gets paid in any way for the music itself but one thing is for sure: If Dom Kennedy releases an album, I will buy at least five of them for me plus 5 from iTunes plus 5 from amazon mp3 which makes 15 plus 5 for my mom and 5 for my neighbor plus 5 to put them in that next fucking German BestBuy CD shelf. Five is the number of “albums” in my iTunes library that I feel he should have been paid for but of course he puts out everything for free. Oddisee (well, different audience but still music…) did it the same way with his crew Diamond District and some of his instrumental projects and ended up selling them all over the world and going on tour and so on. So this is why Dom is so important to me: Dom is about pursuing dreams, doing what he loves to do, going the hard way and just crushing it whatever people might say or write. I can’t wait for the next project which will be “From The Westside, With Love 2″ I guess. If you appreciate his music make sure you follow him on twitter and stuff and get his latest release “The Original Dom Kennedy“.

I’m a fan of Mar from Amsterdam, I saw him performing live several times here in Cologne (Germany). Oddisee is one of my favorite producers and the only one who can make awesome beats AND rap without being lyrically meaningless. Now guess who teamed up. The beat is from Oddisee’s “Traveling Man” album and Mar did a great job with the vocals, love it. I would love to see some more collaboration or even an album or whatever. It’s the fucking internet, use it to create something good and collaborate like they did! Oddisee is the prototype of independent and globalized music, get it!