Tuesday, 1 February 2022

Born To Audiomack: the best of Seiji Oda

"Any time I put on jeans, it's Japanese denim
They ain't even Japanese, I just happen to be in 'em"
Remember that Seiji Oda breh from a couple of posts ago? His music has proper popped out with the Snagglepuss knock and made me drop my croissant, so I've compiled a playlist of his best songs. Sometimes he sounds like a Japanese Kap G who took it to the Bay; sometimes he sounds like a Slap-Tranquilo P-Lo; sometimes he sounds like Valee if his main artistic inspiration was Mac Dre's Off The Rictor; and sometimes he sounds like an R&Based version of Japanese City-Pop. Somehow it all works and, more importantly, it all works together as this playlist proves. Shout out to the Cosmos, Seiji is beyond tho.

~~ The Best Of Seiji Oda ~~
1. Like This (2020)
2. Aero (2019)
3. Ridin' Round (2021)
4. How U Doin'? (2020)
5. Perfect Timing (2021)
6. Pomegranite (2021)
7. Tuesday! (2020)
8. Like Furl (acoustic) (2020)
9. Colors (2021)
10. Outtapocket (2021)
11. House Shoes (2021)
12. No Fillins (2021)
13. Gasbreakdip ft. Lil' Ricefield (2021)
14. Cyborg (2021)
15. Gochujang ft. Lil' Ricefield (2022)
16. Aero2 (2021)



Surprised myself by how much I like his sangy Auto-Tune songs. The reason they work for me is that they're very warm and fuzzy and are still distinctly Oakland. No Fillins, for instance, is dreamy R&B which interpolates Cupcake No Fillin by the Trunk Boiz. Told you that Seiji has unexpected depth like a Japanese bathtub.
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32 comments:

  1. Jmil8431 February 2022 at 19:02

    Recently listened to Japanese City Pop (80s) through a SoundCloud binge and I must say…. pretty good stuff.

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  2. Anonymous1 February 2022 at 19:03

    He looks like 100s to me. Also this should’ve been a smash hit in a just world https://youtu.be/CbyMjvvERNg

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  3. Kelvin Mack10zie1 February 2022 at 23:21

    "I usually let this sideshow but now I'm burnin' rubber
    I'm cool with being a sidepiece, don't wanna meet your mother"

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  4. El guapo2 February 2022 at 14:43

    Is there a chance for some mp3s?

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  5. Kelvin Mack10zie2 February 2022 at 14:59

    Maybe at a later date, but for now go enjoy the playlist in a long hot bath.

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  6. Grant Cohn2 February 2022 at 19:54

    This dude is fantastic. Oakland is undefeated.

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  7. Kelvin Mack10zie2 February 2022 at 20:02

    My new favourite rapper/sanger.

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  8. GGGGGG3 February 2022 at 18:40

    Good stuff here

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  9. Anonymous4 February 2022 at 15:51

    Gochujang sauce

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  10. Kelvin Mack10zie5 February 2022 at 09:22

    Too nice like white friends.

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  11. Anonymous5 February 2022 at 14:45

    Did a Seiji video deep-dive (in a 🛀, as you would say!) after your initial post & was fillin’ the feel/variety too. & it’s not just that it’s danceable, it’s how excited he is to dance to his own sh*t! (+ is he single-handedly—like he’s trying to catch the bus 🚌—bringing sagging back?!) And didn’t realize Oda meant rice paddy, making his bro’s name even more apropos.

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  12. Kelvin Mack10zie5 February 2022 at 16:39

    Stuff I've found out since making this post:

    He only wears clothes from thrift stores.

    He broke his neck snowboarding and now has a steel cage in his neck, which explains all his "metal in my neck turned me into a cyborg" lines.

    I've added the song Cyborg to the playlist.

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  13. Yohan9 February 2022 at 09:47

    I'm pleased to report that this playlist is perfect car music while enjoying the last dying moments of sunlight on a cold februari evening. I particularly enjoyed Colors, Like Furl, Gochujang, Gasbreakdip and most of all, No Fillins. That said, I'm also enjoying the charms of Trapanese, which was my cheat addition to the playlist.

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  14. Kelvin Mack10zie9 February 2022 at 10:04

    Trapanese is great, I didn't include it because it's Ricefield's song and Seiji hadn't developed the Snagglepuss vocal stylings at that point.

    They have a few good tracks as a duo. Shout out to the Anime Shawty remix.

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  15. Yohan9 February 2022 at 11:27

    You’re right, Seiji sounded a bit like DaBoii light on Trapanese. Definitely not like his later material.

    Will peep that track, thanks.

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  16. xanaxfantasia23 December 2022 at 12:41

    plz sir may we have some seji mp3s now? til then im downloading the audiomack app ur too real for making this playlist, doing the lords work pon the intranert

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  17. Kelvin Mack10zie23 December 2022 at 13:11

    Tbh I still haven't got around to getting all the MP3s. I used some of Seiji's own uploads in this playlist.

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  18. xanaxfantasia23 December 2022 at 20:21

    a rapper uploading to audiomack himself... we love to see it!
    tbh this playlist might be an AOTY contedner so smooth, so hyphy

    i might have to get on my rip and upload game on myself -- the people deserve it!

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  19. Kelvin Mack10zie23 December 2022 at 20:44

    He's got at least 90% of his music on Audiomack.

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  20. xanaxfantasia23 December 2022 at 23:23

    some people just get it :')

    is there a full length project of his worth checking out?

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  21. Kelvin Mack10zie24 December 2022 at 09:31

    Most of his EPs and album thingies are worth checking.

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  22. xanaxfantasia24 December 2022 at 20:14

    damn that is surprising and excellent news in the year 2022... ok if u had to pick one?

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  23. Kelvin Mack10zie25 December 2022 at 10:58

    Technically, he only has one album lofi // HYPHY. His other releases are EPs like Blue+ and Wading In Shallow Warer; 3 or 2 track things or loosies.

    You gotta dig through 'em yourself now and see what floats your boat,

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  24. xanaxfantasia25 December 2022 at 15:50

    🙏🏻😌 with seiji it is clearly all about floating, looking forward to it and thank you for setting me upon this path

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  25. xanax fantasia26 December 2022 at 23:51

    marty christmas everyone, stay wavy

    https://www.mediafire.com/file/qgn7m2s3xvki1g3/MARTORIALIST_%257E%257EThe_Best_Of_Seiji_Oda%257E%257E.zip/file

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  26. Kelvin Mack10zie27 December 2022 at 10:03

    Nice one 🍻 Nothin' but Gentle Giggin' into the new year.

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  27. xanaxfantasia27 January 2023 at 04:33

    realized not all of the mp3s downloaded properly when i finally dragged them into my itunes 🤦🏼‍♀️

    lord forgive me for posting bad links 🙏🏻

    will right this wrong as soon as i get internet in my apartment or via a flash drive at the public library tomorrow lmao

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  28. Kelvin Mack10zie27 January 2023 at 09:05

    Putting in that work to make the internet a better place 👏

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  29. xanaxfantasia30 January 2023 at 02:39

    alright merry january 29th everyone, loader.to was playing with my heart so i ripped the songs off of soundcloud this time

    https://www.mediafire.com/file/52l8hjaxzplzwof/MARTORIALIST_%257E%257EThe_Best_Of_Seiji_Oda%257E%257E.zip/file

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  30. Kelvin Mack10zie30 January 2023 at 09:13

    Hooray! 👏

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  31. xanaxfantasia30 January 2023 at 18:38

    for those about to get lofi, but also HYPHY, we salute you 🫡

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  32. Kelvin Mack10zie30 January 2023 at 18:45

    **TQ on that Lil' Wayne song voice**

    🎵 Don't you know it's the way of life 🎵

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