O.C. ft. Yvette Michele - My World + Far From Yours (Produced by DJ Premier & Buckwild)
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- From the 1997 Album: "Jewelz"...(Click "show more" for artist info)..
Omar Credle (born May 13, 1971), better known by his stage name, O.C., is an American rapper and member of the group D.I.T.C., who has been involved with several renowned underground hip hop groups: Crooklyn Dodgers '95, Luv NY, Perestroika.
Omar was born in Brooklyn, May 13, 1971, and raised in the Bushwick section. O.C. cites legends like Kool G. Rap, Rakim, Big Daddy Kane and Slick Rick as his main influences. In 1991, he made his recording debut on Organized Konfusion's "Fudge Pudge",. One year later he made an appearance on the remix of MC Serch's "Back to the Grill" (which also features a very young Nas) after meeting Serch on the inaugural Source tour. Following the tour, O.C. signed with Wild Pitch Records in 1994 where Serch was vice president. O.C. also met Lord Finesse and Buckwild on the first Source tour, marking his introduction to the D.I.T.C crew. After the tour he connected with Buckwild and started recording a demo that would become his debut album Word...Life.
By 1994, he finished the album Word...Life, which included everything from his demo, along with "Time's Up," the song that would go on to be his most notable single. "Time's up" was initially a record for Pharoahe Monch from Organized Konfusion. Beyond a quick outro from Prince Po, Word...Life does not have any guest appearances. This was not by design, however, as Nas was supposed to be on the album but never showed up to the studio for the recording session. The album was critically acclaimed and remains beloved in hip-hop circles.
In 1996, Credle appeared on the Red Hot Organization's compilation CD, America is Dying Slowly, alongside Biz Markie, Wu-Tang Clan, and Fat Joe, among many other prominent hip hop artists. The CD, meant to raise awareness of the AIDS epidemic among African American men, was heralded as "a masterpiece" by The Source magazine.
In 1997, O.C. signed to Pay Day Records, where he released his second album Jewelz, featuring collaborations with DJ Premier, Da Beatminerz and Freddie Foxxx. The single "Far From Yours" peaked at #81 on the Billboard Hot 100, making it his highest charting single to date. By this time, he was a part of the underground hip hop act known as Diggin' in The Crates together with Lord Finesse, Fat Joe, Showbiz & A.G., Diamond D, Buckwild and Big L. In 2000 the crew released their self-titled debut album through Tommy Boy Records on which O.C. featured on the majority of the songs. In 1998, O.C. was featured on Pete Rock's "Respect Mine" from Pete Rock's 1998 solo debut album Soul Survivor.
The 2001 release of Bon Appetit was met with very mixed reviews; the negative accused O.C. of selling out with a polished, shining and toned-down sound. This was although Buckwild produced the large bulk of the album with the only help coming from Lord Finesse and Ahmed (pretty much the same formula that made Word...Life a success). After the disappointing release O.C. disappeared from the scene until 2005, when he released his fourth album with Grit Records; Starchild which only dropped as a very limited Japanese/European import and was met with great acclaim. Later that year, he signed with Hieroglyphics Imperium Recordings and teamed up with Bronx-native producer Mike Loe, and dropped Smoke and Mirrors.
O.C. is also known for his feature on the Clockers soundtrack as part of the Crooklyn Dodgers, which also featured rappers Chubb Rock and Jeru the Damaja on the now classic DJ Premier produced "Return of the Crooklyn Dodgers". This is however the only time the group has ever collaborated.
O.C. collaborated with fellow D.I.T.C. member A.G. for an album entitled Oasis. The bulk of the album was produced by French beatsmith E-Blaze with additional tracks supplied by Lord Finesse, Statik Selektah and Showbiz who also acts as the executive producer of the album. May 2012 saw the release of a new collaborative album with Detroit-based producer Apollo Brown entitled Trophies on the Mello Music Group label. The first single was "Prove Me Wrong". The vinyl version of that album has also been repressed several times over. With Ray West in 2014 O.C. has curated a more laid back and purposefully smooth affair. Besides flowing freely from track-to-track with the help of atmospheric interludes, Ray’s Cafe is noticeably and gratifyingly short at nine tracks long as well. Ray's Cafe was released on Red Apples 45, a small label co-founded by A.G. and West. While the cover-art and some of the subject-matter place the listener squarely in a hazy Jazz cafe from the 1970s, most songs aren’t tethered to the idea too closely. O.C. joined D.I.T.C. for their 2016 release Sessions which was preceded by the lead single "Rock Shyt" - Hudba
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Never going back to the basement
Facts😂😂😅
Livin my life and im hella faded
Don’t bring that here please
That beat is insane
DJ Premier & Buckwild killed it on this one
Tomorrow, Brothers Johnson
@@freddyvidz same shit quincy had Tevin Campbell singing on. Bro. Johnson has so many samples its crazy
Word up its hypnotic
Exactly !!!
O.C. & A.Z. will probably go down in history as two of the most underrated and under appreciated emcees to ever have come outta Brooklyn 😑.
FUCKING BIG FACTS 💯
Kool Keith #1
Kool G Rap #2
O.C.#3
Scarface #4
Ghostface Killer #5
Sauce Money as well.
They will never get thier third eyes opened
@@youngbrodie3997 he had the bad bitches gaspin for air in aspen searchin for asprin we he ass inn'ed
This album was criminally underrated in my opinion a classic
Why is O.C. so underrated? Seriously, his flow, lyrics, and style is all on point. Plus, he has two great albums, Word... Life and Jewelz.
BobBub Not good enough promotion ! Plus alot of mc's got caught in between Nas and Biggie and Tupac ! It was a rough time for upping coming MC's ...
two you mentioned are CLASSIC!!!
@@oldschool4396 them niggas had content...
Syed Jaffrey df ...
BobBub Because they can’t (dig it)!😎😊
This whole era was magical so many dope MCs
So true.
Truth!
Trust me
This album has aged like fine wine 🍷
97 was a vintage year for rap
The mid 90's to the late 90's
Salute to O.C ,Yvette Michelle and Buckwild for creating this timeless classic 💯🔥🔥
And the Tevin Campbell sample..🔥🔥
@@truthhurtz8517 yes although I believe it sampled the brothers johnson version of tomorrow.
@@truthhurtz8517 catchy sample .
Oc had flow !!
@@musiclover-cn7tb Yeah, you are right. You clearly hear that it's the Brothers Johnson original version. The instrumentation is the same. Campbell's has the same melody but the instruments sound different. Some of the lyrics of the hook are taken from the Tevin Campbell song but that's it.
The 90s nostalgia with this joint is heavy 🔥
I use to bump this heavy in 97
Hell yea on the west and i did to the jewels album is classic
1997 was the year my man, used to bump this song with Chubb Rock Life remix and Pete Rock with CL Smooth Take you there.
SAME
Me too!!!+
@@thandomvimbi1558 ....1997 was a fun filled year I remember like it was yesterday.
I just realized that this was filmed in St Lucia. My husband and I went there on our honeymoon.
Wow I thought he was in Jamaica.lol.
Every real Hip Hop head knows his value he added to that game.
Facts 💯
Still got this album on cassette. Dude was so underrated.
Got Word...Life on cassette also.
Mad underrated!
Word
‘96 was that year!
@@harrymay5987 D.I.T.C 4 Life 💯
This is one of the best produced rap albums of all time!!
Facts!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Word life.
@@Etcher yep
WORD
Yeah you know preem gets busy wid it
One of New York's greatest 💯
Brooklyn....🔥🔥🔥
Nostalgia hits me again...
Puts me right back in the 90s...
@@quest127 Yes It Does
I never herd this song from O.C. Till yesterday, I’m glad I found it
This album was a major part of my youth. Nice when I meet people that know what's up ! ✊ Salute family ✨
I remember listening to this back in the dizzay in school and all the hiphop heads were fiendin for it. Having come off the back of Time's Up and Word... Life everyone was expecting a solid album and no one was disapointed. Always felt OC and AZ never got the kudos and success they truly deserved.
ps: Roc Raida on the cut, rest in power Raida
One of the most underrated and slept on mc’s O.C has a great voice too.
One of the best MCs that you have never heard of. If you were born after 95, you need to do yourself a favor and check the catalog fam.
this is the sh*t. great beat, great samples, great flow, great arrangement. hip-hop. DITC and premo 4 life.
Buckwild is a genius. Top 5 NY producer of all time
Top 5 ever
O.C was BIG slept on joe! Faithfully!🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
I remember getting ready for school to this joint this is a real feel good hip hop
It’s ridiculous how banging this track still is after all this time. This whole album is a banger.
O. C. Always been underrated!
Underrated by who, we the heads how valuable and intelligent he is
Underrated and under-appreciated. Jewelz was just an amazing album overall. Peace to O.C!! One of my favorite rappers for real!!!!!
Shut up. You underrated ppl are the most annoying. In what effing universe is OC underrated???
It was an honest opinion that I had, but hey, to each its own. Peace. I feel like OC is not as appreciated as the Big L fan base. That’s where I was coming from. But peace man, your opinion is your opinion.
STILL on heavy rotation
This song and video will never get old
I had this cd back in ‘97, ashamed that I didn’t appreciate it like I should have.
We had no idea music would take the turn that it took
Yes shame on you smh
O.C absolutely killed this well orchestrated track 🙌
real hip hop
D.I.T.C forever
You will never find another MC well orchestrated like a symphony, some will go down in history, some in infamy…. Summer 97…. Where my childhood go man
It's crazy how no one talks about the genius Buckwild, when talking about underrated..
Oc and redman are the understimated mcs who keep real hh alive
I was bumping that Jewelz album heavy in 97
I was bumpin Jewelz heavy from '97 til I'm dead.
I’m still bumping it till this day 🙌🏼
MrKing8050 I’m trynna find that song Strange right now
I rediscovered this album in ‘07 during my college days.
MY MOVEMENT ELEVATE
Living life hella faded 😮
CAME IN THE GAME AND IT FELT BELATED 🗣🗣
This track is pure dope from start to finish. Production and samples are great. Michelle s hook ist beautiful and very fitting. And that Rakim sample... OC is a beast and an underrated MC (at least as today), but every true head loves and respects him and his flow. I have all his albums on vinyl still..
Rakim’s voice leading into the hook, sampled from his line “Phrases, thoughts, made by the R of course. One thing i do is keep ‘em different, and far from yours,” from the song “To the Listeners” on the Follow The Leader album.
Of course, daps
ShawnChemistry y'all ready to roll. About to flip
100
That along with the Tevin Campbell's , "Tomorrow" sample.
"He's no average M.C., with a smile on his face....."
EVERYBODY IS EITHER CRIME RELATED OR SEXUAL Truly a Legendary M.C.
💯 “I’m here to make a difference”
@@oceanlover2426 Nuff Respect
Real Hip Hop, I used to bump this ablum everyday in the 90's.
Still listening. The flow the beat the lyrics 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
The beat and flow is so classic
I am so happy this song exists.... you have no idea. Lol
Epic album , single was on heavy rotation on hip hop charts when it came out. 25 years and still bumping
2020 and still heavy in my hip hop music rotation
His first CD, too. The lyricism and cadence in Time’s Up are still unmatched by many.
Classic!!!!
Look at the simple makeup and hair on her ! Beautiful
Underrated. This is a gem.
O.C.’s 97 album was a smooth banger still listen to this day
Just bought this single on vinyl 🔥🔥🔥
A trip down memory lane
oc is a legend beyond the glitz and glamour.
Love the hook on this song it matches so well with the beat, for sure very underrated Mc
I remember hearing this song as a kid and couldn’t find it until a few years ago! This is a CLASSIC!!!
Beautiful.
I could've sworn I heard this song in the early 90s, like 92 or 93. I was in the 6th grade in 97. I must've heard this song by chance on the radio and it stuck with me ever since!
This is my child hood I was 13 teen when this came out I miss those dayz😆.
This track is amazing!! OC very underrated!!
Yessir.... Let's Go
The beat is illlllll
O.C. First 2 albums 🔥🔥🔥
💯💯
Full of great music
He is a great powerful rapper!💥🔥🫵🏾
top 5 tracks of all-time of mine..... so underrated!
Now that's Hip-hop !!💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯
First time listening to O.C and I must say he is a dope MC 🙆🏾♂️
The beat is ill as hell🔥
I hope you check out “Time’s Up” by O.C. 💯
Still one of my top 10 favorite MC's!!
Yes!!
Still listenning, he's never too old. Great MC
Hip hop so pure organic!😮
Positive lyrics, underrated MC
Oh Yvette... That voice ❤️
Oc one of the very best, love from Nairobi Kenya
Kweli kabisa
Straight 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Classic shit from the East! Tevin Campbell "Tomorrow" sample.
this so called m c of today they can't even do a sample of any classic
Facts on it
Actually it’s the original version of “Tomorrow” by the Brothers Johnson!!!!
@@rwyatt26 you right. I did my research after posting that comment.
BigBandit225 it’s ok!! I thought the same thing at first. Grand Puba also sampled it for “Amazing” from his “2000” album from 1995!!!!
O.C got that fly lyrical shit
Timeless Classic 💣🔥👊🔝🎙
This is timeless go hop right here
Jewelz album got me by as an early teen. White artwork with the money green disc. Timeless.
Chorus sounds like a Tevin Campbell song....🔥🔥🎵🎵 Brooklyn Rappers...🔥🔥🎵🎵
It is, the song "Tomorrow" with Tevin Campbell and Quincy Jones.
@@RamalAnkh💯💯👍👍
This album is so good ☺️☺️
o.c jewelz is one of my favourite albums of all time
One of my favourite hip hop records ever
Incredible
Timeless
I just discovered this but feel like I known it forever. This is hip hop 💯
Great album! Loved my summer bumpin this shit out the caddy!
I remember my boy and i had a "listening party" at his crib. He played OC's album, The firm album, and Organized Confusión album Equinox. OC joint was kool but i was feeling the firms joint more than anything.
DITC representer!!!
Excellent
Underrated song and rapper
💯💯💯
I have played this song for years. I have the cd and everything. Im just realizing this song had a video. 8/1/23 🤦🏿♂️
OC THE GREAT. 2024. WERE IN HERE. REAL HIP HOP!❤❤❤
We were so spoiled that we can put great shit on the Shelf to listen to Great shit there's no other era that can consistently do that . 😊
Man 7th grade year bumped this on my way to school im from New Orleans kids was bumping cash money no limit and suave house rap a lot etc etc i was bumping O.C. Mic Geranimo duck down busta of course nas big and jay everyone thought i was crazy
Who still watching / listening to this classic? ✋🏽
The third verse 🤧 🤯 slaps hard 🧘♂️🔥🔥🙌
One of the smoothest