Oddisee - Caprice Down (Official Video)

Official music video for 'Caprice Down' by Oddisee

Oddisee - The Beauty In All

Directed by Jeremy Ian Thomas
Produced by Oddisee | from the album "The Beauty In All"
Mello Music Group 2014. "Sounds Beautiful Like The Truth"

Oddisee - The Beauty In All

About the Video:
The skaters featured in the video are from a crew called "Hammer City".

Hammer city is a collective of skaters who all live near or in the neighborhood on 14th street in Long Beach California. The crews founder was a skater named Michael Green A.K.A Blacc. Mike was gunned down in 2005 over a case of mistaken Identity. Needless to say, 14th street is not a conducive environment for skating, drugs and gangs shadow the landscape but n the middle of out all the kids found an escape, they found refuge in a park they dubbed "Ghetto Park" which later became know as "The Michael K. Green Skate Park."

Featured in the video are three members from Hammer City: Juice, E.C., and ManMan (Blacc Mike's brother).

The Filmmakers.
Director Jeremy Ian Thomas is a writer/director living in Los Angeles California. Jeremy was once involved in the independent Hip Hop scene under the moniker Surreal. He released an album (True Indeed) on ABB records with the Sound Providers, and another (Future Classic) on Hip Hop is music, both in 2006. He attended the Los Angeles Film School in 2007 and has been working in the industry ever since.

Producers:
James Cheeks III
James is a graduate of the USC film school and the director of On The Grind, a film about Hammer City and the 14 street skate park. James film has won many awards including Documentary" In COLOR Film Festival 2013 "Best Short Documentary" Roxbury International Film Festival 2011 "Official Selection" Newport Beach Film Festival 2011"Best Documentary Short" Mammoth Film Festival 2009.

Pete Cote is a filmmaker and business owner living in Los Angeles. Pete left a successful ad agency he started from the ground up to pursue his passion. Pete acted as director of photography and producer on the video. He brought along his Phantom camera which was used for all the slow motion shots.

Credit

Produced by
Jeremy Ian Thomas
Peter Cote
James Cheeks III
Kevin Michael Campbell

Director - Jeremy Ian Thomas
Director of Photography - Peter Cote
Camera 1 - Alex Sanberg
Camera - 2 Kevin Michael Campbell

Editor - Jeremy Ian Thomas

[francoispierrerousseau]

still one of the most complimented pairings ive ever seen or heard

[McSaltyNutz]

I was expecting Oddisee rapping, but this was so much cooler. I'm a skater and it just brought back all the memories I had with my crew.

[ggjones]

It's good to see young brothers enjoying life in a positive way. No pimps, no hoes twerking or on stripper poles, and no gang banging. No negativity what so ever. According to the mainstream media, and how society perceives our black community today, this is a rarity. This was a heartwarming experience for me. It helped me restore a little faith back into our black community. Thanks for posting this fellas. You did a great job. 5*

[Drumer]

I love how there is music videos to just an instrumental track
Fuck yes

[slimwon]

Swear that Oddisee makes some of the dopest beats on Earth!

[charmedlife]

This is the free spirits theme song. This song can make any place Venice, CA. on a lazy Saturday afternoon. Peace.

[secretymes]

Love Oddisee's sound. Never disapointed.

[eljefe]

Love the use of light leaks and the film frames. And Oddisee brings it as usual.

[mnymatt]

So simple yet so entertaining. Brilliantly directed. Quality video. 

[OJRamos]

Oddisee has a way of transporting you to another realm. When I listen to any of his compositions, I can visualize the nuances in his construction of sounds and moods. The Odd Tape is a favorite of mine, next to March On Washington. He is absolutely a beast; he is in my top 5 of favorite producers of all time. Much respect. One.

[AFROkid]

This video, everything in it is great. The vibes from it and the cinematography is phenomenal.

[Presence_o_Mind]

Brings me back to the days when life was simpler. A true masterpiece, my man.

[larasimoes]

this video made me wish living in long beach. these boys are amazing and seemed having a really good time skating. And the words can't describe

[AzusaNyan]

Amazing, I knew oddisee was good, but this, it speaks more than words (yet it has none). Rare to find stuff like this these days, we need more.

[BullshitV]

So sad this don't have more views, raw genius with a couple of people enjoying the little things that matter most in the background

[AzusaNyan]

10 months later and still coming back to this. This should have over a million views by now, or at least 500k, people are missing out.

[GeminiEye]

Oddisee is already making himself a staple in the music world. 10 years from now I guarantee he will be regarded as a legend.

[haneefshaheed]

Tuff! Peace to Oddisee and the bruddas in this vid. This is that retorted, disgustingly great music right here!!!

[MFCOMMAND]

The perfect summertime jam right here!

[kroekman]

To all you cats wondering why Oddissee didn't kill this: it's a track from his instrumental album. He said in an interview he likes to switch every album between instrumental producing (more room to play with samples and stuff) and a vocal album. 
there ya go