"Julian Berman is a Los Angeles photographer who – before you cry trend-rider – has been shooting the members of Odd Future since back in 2009 (aka probably before you knew they existed). What we like about Berman's images are their easy, candid nature; nothing seems too formulaic or constructed. Just some kids in bright clothes, doing their thing. Sometimes the simplest things are the most effective. Did we mention he's 19-years-old?"
A lot of hype and interest has sprung around the interweb about this collective of hip hop artists, who call themselves ODD FUTURE WOLF GANG KILL THEM ALL, also known as simply ODD FUTURE or the acronym OFWGKTA. This hip hop collective features a range of dudes brought up on skating and broken homes, ranging from age 16 to 23.
Led by rapper/producer TYLER THE CREATOR, who released his first solo album called "BASTARD" in 2009, and is about to release his second offering "GOBLIN" next month. Other members includ HODGY BEATS, EARL SWEATSHIRT, DOMO GENESIS, MIKE G & FRANK OCEAN, with also producers LEFT BRAIN, SYD THE KYD and the SUPER 3.
There are also groups inside the group, MELLOWHYPE is a group consisting of LEFT BRAIN & HODGY BEATS, THE JET AGE OF TOMORROW consists of producers MATT MARTIANS and HAL WILLIAMS and EARLWOLF consists of TYLER, THE CREATOR and EARL SWEATSHIRT.
They've released four mixtapes and eight studio albums, all free from their website. The group tapes are called "The Odd Future Tape" and "Radical".
What has made these dudes involved in a lot of hype is the lyrical content in their songs. A lot of songs talk about drug use, raping women, killing people, putting them under the genre HORRORCORE, yet the group has dismissed that genre that represents them. Personally its not like it hasn't been done, Eminem used to rap about killing people, same as a few other gangster rappers like Ice-T & 2PAC, NECRO raps about similar shit too.
Anyway got some clips below of the group, certainly worth keeping an eye on. They're playing Vivid Live in Sydney later in the year. GOLF WANG!
TYLER, THE CREATOR - YONKERS off GOBLIN (2011)
EARL SWEATSHIRT - EARL off EARL (2010)
TYLER, THE CREATOR & HODGY BEATS perform at The Woodies 2011.
TYLER, THE CREATOR & HODGY BEATS perform "Sandwitches" on Jimmy Fallon 2011.
MELLOWHYPE perform on The Daily Habit.
EARLWOLF- Orange Juice off the Odd future mixtape "RADICAL"
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