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Odd Future
Odd Future, Lil Wayne, and Trash Talk performing together in September 2012.
Odd Future, Lil Wayne, and Trash Talk performing together in September 2012.
Background information
Also known as
  • OFWGKTA
  • Wolf Gang
OriginLos Angeles, California, United States
GenresHip hop
Years active2007–2015
LabelsOdd Future Records
Past membersTyler, The Creator
Hodgy Beats
Left Brain
Earl Sweatshirt
Domo Genesis
Mike G
Frank Ocean
Syd Tha Kyd
Matt Martians
Hal Williams
Jasper Dolphin
Taco
Lucas Vercetti
L-Boy
Casey Veggies
Websiteoddfuture.com

Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All, often abbreviated to OFWGKTA (stylized OFWGK†Δ) or simply Odd Future, was an American hip hop collective from Los Angeles, California. The collective was led by rapper and producer Tyler, The Creator, and included rappers Hodgy Beats, Earl Sweatshirt, Domo Genesis, and Mike G, singer, songwriter and rapper Frank Ocean, producers Left Brain, Syd Tha Kyd, Matt Martians, Hal Williams and other non-musical members, notably Jasper Dolphin, Taco Bennett, L-Boy and Lucas Vercetti. There were multiple smaller groups inside the collective: MellowHype, The Internet, The Jet Age of Tomorrow, EarlWolf, and MellowHigh.

History

2007–09: Early career

Odd Future formed around 2006-2007 in Los Angeles. The original members were founder Tyler, the Creator (Tyler Okonma), Left Brain (Vyron Turner), Hodgy Beats (Gerard Damien Long), Matt Martians (Matthew Martin), Jasper Dolphin (Davon Wilson) and Casey Veggies (Casey Jones), the latter of which appeared only on the group's debut mixtape before branching out to other projects. However Casey Veggies remains a close contributor. At some point before the release of Bastard, Chicago-based rapper brandUn DeShay collaborated with the group, and appeared on the track "Session," but Tyler and DeShay had a falling out, and his vocals on "Session" were replaced by Mike G. Much of their early music was recorded in a room of Syd the Kyd and Taco's South Central Los Angeles home, known as the Trap.

2010: Rise in popularity

2009-2010 saw several new members arrive: Domo Genesis (Domonique Cole), Earl Sweatshirt (Thebe Kgositsile), Mike G (Michael Griffin II), and Frank Ocean (Christopher Breaux). FoAngeles, the 2010 release of his debut album Earl, member Earl Sweatshirt was subsequently absent from the group for two years.

The group completed a two-stop tour, their first outside of Los Angeles: in London, England, on November 5, 2010, and New York City on November 8. The concert at The Drop in London sold out within 48 hours of announcement by the group. Their concerts have been compared to punk rock shows, with stagediving, moshing, and group members antagonizing the crowd.[1][2]

2011–2015: Solo releases, TV show, Radio station and rumoured split

MellowHype re-released their album BlackenedWhite through Fat Possum Records. Tyler, the Creator also signed a one album deal with XL Recordings and released his sophomore effort, Goblin, on May 10, 2011. They have collected a cult following, and have received press attention from blogs and magazines.[3] Though they are often labeled as horrorcore, the group has universally dismissed it on Twitter,[4] in interviews,[5] and on tracks such as "Sandwitches". Pitchfork Media has labeled the group as indie rap.[6] In April 2011, the group signed a deal with RED Distribution and Sony Music Entertainment to start their own label, Odd Future Records.[7] On August 2, 2011, Odd Future announced on their website the Golf Wang Tour 2011.[8] The tour included 27 stops, beginning on September 28, 2011 in San Diego, California at the House of Blues.[9]

On September 8, 2011, it was announced that Odd Future would be making a television show called Loiter Squad. The show was announced to be a sketch comedy show featuring various skits and pranks and originally aired on March 25, 2012 on Adult Swim. The show features Tyler, Jasper, Taco, Earl and Lionel as main cast members with other members of Odd Future making cameo appearances.[10][11] The program is produced by Dickhouse Productions, which also is the production company for Jackass.

On October 3, 2011, Tyler, The Creator tweeted a link to iTunes with a compilation album of 12 old Odd Future songs from artists within the group such as Domo Genesis, Hodgy Beats, Mike G, The Jet Age of Tomorrow, MellowHype, The Internet, and Tyler himself. The album is simply named 12 Odd Future Songs, despite having 13 tracks, including a brand new release by The Internet. On March 20, 2012, the collective released their debut album, The OF Tape Vol. 2. The album was a sequel to the original mixtape, The Odd Future Tape. On the same day, Earl Sweatshirt, who was absent from Odd Future from June 2010 until February 2012, first performed with the group at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York.[12][13] It was rumored that his mother sent him to an all-boys boarding school in Samoa, intended to discipline kids with drug issues and depression.[12][14][15] Earl confirmed in an interview, after returning to the U.S., that he attended Coral Reef Academy, a therapeutic retreat school for at-risk boys situated outside the Samoan capital of Apia, because he was getting himself into trouble.[16]

Frank Ocean released his debut studio album channel ORANGE on July 17, 2012. Other solo releases for the second half of 2012 included Domo Genesis's No Idols with The Alchemist, released on August 1, and MellowHype's Numbers, released on October 9.[17][18] On December 5, 2012 it was announced Frank Ocean was nominated for six awards at the 55th Grammys, including Best New Artist, Record of the Year for "Thinkin Bout You" and Album of the Year for channel ORANGE.

On April 2, Tyler, The Creator released his second studio album, Wolf, which received positive reviews from critics and debuted at #3 on the Billboard 200 selling, 89,895 copies in the United States.[19][20] Earl Sweatshirt released his debut studio album Doris on August 20, 2013, which was met with critical acclaim, and MellowHigh released their self-titled debut album together on October 31, 2013.[21]

An excerpt of a sting used on Odd Future Radio.

On September 12, the Odd Future station premiered on the online 24/7 radio, Dash Radio, which was released the month before by DJ Skee. The station features a live playlist, special links such as "Taco Tuesday" (also repeated on Sundays) and coverage of live events, such as the Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival, also hosted by Odd Future.[22]

In May 2015, Tyler posted a photo on Twitter from 2010 which contained the entire Odd Future collective. He added that, although Odd Future was "no more," "those 7 letters [OFWGKTA] are forever."[23] This was widely believed to be a confirmation of the collective's dissolution. However, the next day he explained that his tweet was misinterpreted and was merely "looking at old photos with friends and thinking about how time flies."[24] Member Earl Sweatshirt confirmed the break-up of the group a day later, in a less than nostalgic way, writing: "No sympathy for male virgins who're in their feelings about tyler pointing out and solidifying the obvious." [25]

Members

Tyler, The Creator the de facto leader of Odd Future.
Earl Sweatshirt
File:Mellowhype.png
Hodgy Beats and Left Brain of Mellowhype

Sub-groups

Controversy

Odd Future were scheduled to appear at the February, 2014 Rapture Festival in Auckland, New Zealand, as a supporting act to Eminem. The group were not on the original bill, but were substituting for Kendrick Lamar after the concert had been sold out.[31] A campaign was launched by an anti-violence group to prevent Odd Future performing, based partly on prior occurrences of the group supposedly inciting violence by their fans towards members of the public, and by the group's lyrics allegedly supporting rape and violence towards women.[32] Immigration New Zealand canceled the visa of some group members because of prior acts of inciting violence, including one where the group allegedly encouraged fans to attack members of the police.[33]

Discography

See also: Tyler, The Creator discography; Earl Sweatshirt discography; Mellowhype discography; and Frank Ocean discography

Albums

Mixtapes

Compilations

Awards and nominations

Year Organization Award Result
2011 O Music Awards Best Web-Born Artist Nominated[34]
MTV2 Sucker Free Awards Best Crew of 2011 Nominated[35]
2013 NME Awards Best International Band Nominated[36]

References

  1. ^ Gabe Meline (February 23, 2011). "Live Review: Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All at Slim's, San Francisco". North Bay Bohemian. Retrieved February 27, 2011.
  2. ^ Weingarten, Christopher M. (November 9, 2010). "The Live Insanity that Is Odd Future Wolf Gang..." Spin Magazine Online. Retrieved February 28, 2011.
  3. ^ CarolineRyder (October 14, 2010). "The Future Is Odd – Page 1 – Music – Los Angeles". LA Weekly. Retrieved February 27, 2011.
  4. ^ "Ofwgkta Twitter". Twitter. October 8, 2010. Retrieved February 26, 2011.
  5. ^ "Thrasher Skateboard Magazine | Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All". Thrashermagazine.com. Retrieved February 27, 2011.
  6. ^ Plagenhoeff, Scott. "Tyler, The Creator". Retrieved May 11, 2011.
  7. ^ Markman, Rob (April 26, 2011). "Odd Future To Ink Deal With Sony's RED Distribution – Music, Celebrity, Artist News". MTV. Retrieved May 3, 2011.
  8. ^ "OFWGKTA official Tumblr page". August 2, 2011. Retrieved August 2, 2011.
  9. ^ "OFWGKTA announces 2011 tour". August 2, 2011. Retrieved August 2, 2011.
  10. ^ "Adult Swim Picks Up Live-Action Series with Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All". Adultswim.com. Retrieved February 28, 2012.
  11. ^ "Loiter Squad Airs On March 25, 2012". Latimesblogs.latimes.com. January 17, 2012. Retrieved February 28, 2012.
  12. ^ a b "Exclusive: We Found Earl Sweatshirt". Complex. Retrieved May 9, 2011.
  13. ^ Earl Sweatshirt Performs With Odd Future In NYC « ILLROOTS. Illroots.com (2012-03-21). Retrieved on 2012-05-06.
  14. ^ Roberts, Randall (May 16, 2011). "Mystery solved: Earl Sweatshirt, his mother and his poet-father communicate with the New Yorker". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved May 23, 2011.
  15. ^ "Where's Earl?". Retrieved May 24, 2011.
  16. ^ Kgositsile, Thebe. "Interview with Peter Rosenberg". YouTube.
  17. ^ "4 Strikes". Twitter. July 11, 2012.
  18. ^ "OFWGKTA". tumblr.com.
  19. ^ "Building Album Sales Chart". HITS Daily Double. Retrieved April 17, 2013.
  20. ^ "Tyler, The Creator Sells Nearly 90k Copies of "Wolf" His First Week". Complex. April 9, 2013. Retrieved April 17, 2013.
  21. ^ Trevor Smith. "Artwork & Release Date Revealed For Mellowhype & Domo Genesis' "MellowHigh"". HotNewHipHop.
  22. ^ "Odd Future Launch Their Own 24-Hour Radio Station". MissInfo. September 12, 2014. Retrieved November 29, 2014.
  23. ^ Tyler, the Creator (May 28, 2015). "@fucktyler on Twitter". Retrieved May 28, 2015.
  24. ^ "@fucktyler on Twitter". May 28, 2015. Retrieved May 29, 2015.
  25. ^ "Earl Sweatshirt Weighs In On Odd Future Break-Up". BallerStatus.com. May 29, 2015.
  26. ^ Tony Markovich. "Jasper Dolphin From Odd Future's 25 Best Rides Photos on Instagram". Complex.
  27. ^ "Hopelessly devoted! Tallulah Willis showers her boyfriend Lucas Vercetti with kisses and cuddles over breakfast". Daily Mail. London.
  28. ^ "Earl Sweatshirt Slacks Off in 'Whoa'". Rolling Stone.
  29. ^ "Thoughts From A Random Black Guy: Odd Future's Upcoming Show Loiter Squad". LA Weekly.
  30. ^ "L-Boy of Odd Future Punches In For LA Weekly". RESPECT.
  31. ^ "Nzherald.co.nz". [dead link]
  32. ^ "Call to ban Odd Future". Stuff.
  33. ^ "Odd Future refused entry to New Zealand - Entertainment - NZ Herald News". The New Zealand Herald. February 13, 2014.
  34. ^ "Offbeat, Outrageous, Online". O Music Awards. Retrieved February 28, 2012.
  35. ^ "Sucker Free | Vote". MTV. Retrieved February 28, 2012.
  36. ^ "The Rolling Stones, Tame Impala, Haim and MIA lead NME Awards nominations – vote now!". New Musical Express. January 21, 2013. Retrieved January 24, 2013.
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