The Odd Future Tape, Vol. 1
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These guys set it up from the very beginning
that they aren't out to make friends. They're out to poop on
hip-hop. They're the nerdy Wu-Tang
with the I don't give a fuck attitude of skate punks. Not
ages away from another mixtape favorite, The
Cool Kids, they take the same kind of lazy, homemade style,
but add doses of drugs, hoes, homophobic slurs (thanks, Kobe!)
and the n-word and even some Gravediggaz
stuff that is either supposed to be ironic or is just a little
scary in its belligerence. But it all does seem somewhat tongue
in cheek, so I'm free to ignore most of the objectionable stuff.
For instance in the song "Bitches Brewin'," one member repeats
the word bitch over and over and then raps "I can't believe
I lost my virginity to you." The beats and tunes are mostly
negligible, varying from strange light jazz sounding stuff to
some Casio keyboard effects. It all sounds relatively the same
from song to song, but the stuff is either sped up a tiny bit
of slowed down a tiny bit. These are kids clearly still finding
their footing and trying on some styles for size, but putting
in the work to make it in the game. Despite the beginnings of
the misogyny and almost cartoonish horror stuff and whatnot
that comes to later define a lot of the Tyler, the Creator and
Earl Sweatshirt stuff, this is still a bunch of kids playing
with toys. |
Musical Connections:
Hodgy Beats
Earl Sweatshirt
Tyler, the Creator
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