O.C.: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

April 18, 2018 | Abby O’Neill -- As a member of Brooklyn rap collective Diggin’ In The Crates, Omar Credle, aka O.C., helped shape what was known as the golden age of 1990s rap. Marked by loops sourced from jazz recordings and lyrics rooted in one-upmanship, O.C’s two ’90s albums, and Jewelz established him as a rapper’s rapper, an underground star. O.C. was joined at his Tiny Desk by Soul’D U Out, a jazz ensemble led by Grammy-winning trumpeter Maurice “Mobetta“ Brown. The live instrumentation