As an undergraduate at Oberlin, Overall once confronted faculty that endorsed his jazz studies but disapproved of his passion for hip-hop beat making.

[4] His lyrics often document his own mental health struggles, as well as the realities of living as a Black man within the American criminal-justice system.

While living there, he played with numerous notable jazz figures including Christian McBride, Ravi Coltrane and the late pianist Geri Allen.

[6] He has also contributed drums to songs for Yoko Ono and dabbled as a rapper and producer, including collaborations with Francis and the Lights and Das Racist.

She describes him as a “pre-eminent style bender and blender, successfully juxtaposing genres through his production expertise and use of melodic and harmonic forms that deftly integrate the new with the old.”[7]