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Earl Sweatshirt- Brand New (Snippet)

IF Earl keeps making dope ish, unlike ACE THE CREATOR and those POTS AND PANS WEAKSAUCE BEATS then I’ll be Content.

earl just finished a EP with dutch massive and now he is hating on my production?

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• Tyler the Creator [VIDEO]
• She (f/ Frank OCean)

This Video is Butters, one of the only tracks off Goblin I can Tolerate

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ACE.

Multiple Choice

Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All is:

A)    An group of young, precocious audio/visual artists based in Southern California

B)    Some of the most original and interesting rap music you are likely to hear anytime soon.

C)    A collection of disturbed teenagers obsessed with swastikas, rape and kidnapping.

D)    Steve Harvey’s sworn enemies

E)    All of the above


What follows is an interview with Tyler the Creator; producer, rapper and visual artist for Odd Future. He is a really smart kid who, by the time this article sees print, will probably be far too famous for me to ever reach by telephone again without circumnavigating a slalom course of publicists and managers. Good thing I got it right the first time, eh?

You are 17, right? Are you on summer break right now or are you done with high school?

I’m a fresh 19-year-old, old as fuck. Going to school for film at the moment, they’re not teaching me shit that I didn’t teach myself.  

So what is this, your freshman year in college?

I am about to go into my second year in a few weeks or whatever.  
 
How did OFWGKTA come into existence?

This fucking wizard named Steven Harvanly came into my room one day and granted me one wish. I asked for some people to play with, and he gave me these fucks known as OFWGKTA. 


“Seven” is probably my favorite joint out of your records. So much to discuss…hmm…well, you shitted on Dom Kennedy, Kid Cudi, and various other people, reiterated your distaste for 2dopeboyz, and slipped in a clever Jermaine Dupri reference. Tell me stuff about this song and any associated subject that will increase my listening enjoyment.

Oh, shit, you caught that JD Line? Swag, it’s a lot of little lines I say that people just won’t get the eighth fucking time listening. And that song was done first take my first time at the studio I’m always at. The title “Seven” has some meaning, that goes with the title “Bastard” and all my future releases, I just can’t let the cat out the house, or the bag, whatever that saying is. And fuck that site, and fuck all those hip-hop blogs and forums and shit. I seriously hate those websites.   


Your beats are crazy, what do you use in your production? Who engineers all your records?

I use everything from Logic to fucking Fruity Loops. It doesn’t really matter the program, it’s the person making it. I stay away from samples, not saying I don’t like people who sample, but I like to create shit, some brand new shit, that kids will sample in the future. And Syd the Kyd sits and makes sure the shit we record sound good.  

Do you still skate?

Yeah, here and there. Recently, since Earl left I been more on a filming (kick) but I am gonna get back into it.  






So, what’s the deal with Earl right now anyway? You and him got any new stuff on the way and if so, in a duo capacity or two solos?  [Editors Note- the 16-year old Earl is supposedly in a boot camp right now]

Lets just say, “Free Earl.” I miss him so much, that’s my brother, man. We had an EARL/WOLF project in the works, on some Red x Meth, Madvillain type shit, but that’s on fucking hold. And yeah, we were both working on our new solo albums, but now it’s just me working on WOLF. I don’t want to talk about him anymore.

All right, so tell me about this WOLF project.

Oh shit. Man, that shit is about to be…damn! Fuck! This album is gonna be fucking amazing. A lot of the beats and shit are stuff that I made before BASTARD was even thought of. It’s some of the best shit; I saved some of the best shit for WOLF. So all the beats on there are on some next level shit and lyrically I am just making sure it’s ten outta ten on this motherfucker, so I am taking time out for this one. And the beats are off the wall, making BASTARD look like the wackest shit that I have ever done!

I like that ambition. At nineteen, I was just trying to perfect my blunt rolling technique.

[Laughs] Music is my…I don’t want to say drug because that is clichéd. It’s not even a drug; I just really like doing this shit. And it’s kinda weird that niggas is calling…just that I’m on the phone doing an interview right now. ‘Cause I would have never thought, a month and a half ago, that someone would even give a fuck. I just do this shit ‘cause I like it and I have nothing else to do. And I guess it is working out in my favor. 




So, as far as this music, what is your favorite part of the whole thing? When you’re in the lab making beats? Writing before you record it? The moment when you actually record it and listen back? When you play shit for the crew or is it when you are by yourself and listen to it? Or is it being on stage, performing?

Fuck…that’s…fuck! You giving me some swagged out questions that I ain’t never thought about.

Obviously, you can like them all but what is your favorite?

I like performing, a lot, because we usually get kicked out and that’s when we can do what we want. But I think the best part is actually coming up with shit. Like, I have this song called “Bobbing Bitch” and it’s on some…it’s kinda corny but it’s tight as fuck. And the way I came up with it was I was just sitting at my keyboard, joking around like [starts snapping fingers and sorta-kinda-sing-rapping] “And I said/That she would/Suck my/Dick” on some cheesy Will Ferrell, fucking song-type shit. Then I just made a beat that sounded like it would go with it and now I am about to film a video for it next week, that I might do with Fader [magazine]. I feel like the best shit just comes out of nowhere. Usually when me and Earl or fucking Hodgy or whoever…all the stuff that people think is great, we just randomly come up with. And I think it works for us because we have really big imaginations, like, our imaginations be going far as fuck, and we just say the first things that come into our heads. Next thing you know it’s a fucking album! And the best part is we don’t even realize it until after the fact, when it’s done, then we are like damn, that’s crazy how we came up with that. And then we look back at it like damn, that shit was actually fun.  

Yeah, because someone can like it or not like it, but you had fun while you were doing it so it is always kinda worth it.  

Yeah, at the end of the day I am always going to make music that I want to listen to, no matter what the fans tell me. So, the most important thing is always to make sure that I am like, “This shit is fucking crazy”.

Word up. So, you got a “Hot Beat Clap” on there?

[Laughs] Aw shit, that “Hot Beat Clap” was spontaneous as fuck! We were in the studio listening to R. Kelly or something and I randomly was thinking…well, first off, one of my other goals is to have a show, a sketch show on Adult Swim…





[Interrupting] That would be ill and it’s funny that you are saying that watching some of those clips you have, I thought of how its like a combination of rap, skate videos, and a bugged-out black “Mr. Show.”  

Yeah, like that “Hot Beat Clap,” I was like “what could be the wackest fucking beat you could make?” I was like this is a hot-ass beat, add clap with your voice, and see if a nigga will rap over it. So as we were filming that little part of me making the beat we thought we could just make it a whole fucking reenactment-type shit. We edited it the same night, put it up, and that shit got a lot of fucking views. We were just surprised that people liked that shit because we just put that up for our friends.  

So what did you do with your summer vacation besides get Internet famous?

I don’t know, my fucking summer’s been good. Really this summer has just been me and Taco and shit. I don’t know why but I have been doing nothing. I barely made beats, I recorded like one fucking song, barely did any skating. Basically it has been 7-Eleven, eating bacon, and watching fucking movies. ‘Cause it’s been hot and we ain’t been doing shit productive. I done a bunch of interviews and there has been a lot of jacking off I have been doing this summer.  

You think it’s hot in LA? I was just out there and I needed a hoodie every day. You want to see hot, you shoulda come to New York this July or August.

Nah, I just meant the last few days it’s been the hottest of the summer but yeah, that’s why I like LA. I can wear a sweater in the summer but it’s August so it’s hot as fuck now. I powdered my fucking balls like fucking crazy this fucking morning.  

I had never been to California until this year when I went to LA twice. Now I have a question for you. Why do people talk about California girls so much? Two trips to LA, and I the quality of the womenfolk was roughly equivalent to what I would expect in Peoria, Illinois or Sacramento. Now, I am scared to even see what girls look like in Sacramento. Thoughts?
Well, it’s different types of females. From what you said, it’s a high chance that you have been in contact with “Doo Doo Mamas.” These are the lowest of the female race. They stink, and are very, very, unattractive. And they stick. I would like to apologize for that happening, next time you come out here, don’t go back to the area you were in. 


So yeah, swastikas, frequent rape references, pentagrams and such forth…what were the inspirations, were you just like let’s make the most blatantly offensive shit we can think of? Or was it just a way to keep the voices at bay?

I don’t know. It’s the first shit that comes to our heads, seriously. I’m interested in serial killers’ minds and shit, so I rap about it at the moment. Who the fuck knows, next week I can be rapping about oatmeal if that’s what I’m into. And for the record, I don’t worship the devil, I just hate religion. 

Word. That’s an interesting process…you’re a smart motherfucker for a nineteen-year-old. Give me your top five producers and don’t include yourself.

Hmm. Left Brain. The Neptunes, for sure. I don’t give a fuck about anybody’s approval on this Earth, including my mother, but if I had to choose anybody who I would feel good if they said my shit was cool, it would be Pharell. Just throwing that out there. Roy Ayers. Roy Ayers, his unreleased shit, he has so much shit on vinyl that never came out on CD that is crazy. James Pants, on Stones Throw, have you heard his music?

Yeah, and I like a decent amount of it. It’s weird because Mayer Hawthorne is on the same label and kinda doing something similar but he is fucking awful.  

James Pants swags his shit out.

Dre or Madlib? I’m talking beats here because neither of them can rhyme.

Fuck! Dre or Madlib? Fuck man, that’s a fucked up question. Okay, I like Madlib a lot because he is diverse as shit, he can play some of the most elite jazz shit in the world and then go back and make a fucking Madvillain album. And even though Madlib samples, he can play all that shit back if he has to on the keyboard. With Dre, he made 2001, the first rap album I ever bought, I don’t give a fuck. 2001 is legitly that shit! That came out and I got that when I was like eight-years-old, on Christmas, listening to “What’s The Difference” with Xzibit and Eminem, so that shit is implanted in my brain as the best shit ever. I can’t choose. I legitimately can’t choose.

[Laughs]

Fuck, I want to say Madlib cause of that Jazz shit and Madvillainy…but I’m gonna say Dre. Dre, I’m going with Dre.
 
All right man, thanks again…

Yo man, not to sound corny or whatever but I did a good amount of interviews this month and last month. And this is probably the first one where they didn’t annoy me with their questions. You asked some question I never got and would never have expected, so yeah, thanks, that shit was swagged out. 
 
 



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Who the Hell Are Odd Future?

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What the fk is Odd Future? A rap group made up of ten or so skateboard rats from L.A., ages 16 through 19(ish). “Odd Future” is short for “Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All,” which usually gets abbreviated as “OFWGKTA.”

Who the fk are Odd Future? The leader of the group is a 19 year-old named Tyler, or Tyler The Creator. The second-most prominent of the group is a rapper named Hodgy Beats. The rest of the group splinter off into sub-groups. The youngest member is Earl Sweatshirt, who was recently sent away to boarding school by his parents.

What the fk is the big deal about Odd Future? Imagine the most belligerent, psychotic, damaged, and mischievous teenagers you’ve never wanted to meet. Pair them with ounces of charisma, an SAT-ready vocabulary, and rap records. You end up with their mixtapes, which have involved raps about drugs, sex, rape, anarchy, Freudian damage, epic self-consciousness, and a purview of the world mostly involving nihilism, anarchy, and obscenities as vocally nutritious content. Sample hook from a new song debuted Tuesday night: “Kill people, burn sht, fk school!” They make Eminem sound about as violent as Wolf Blitzer. They are intent on terrifying every parent and Republican in America. And they just might.

Why the fk is everyone talking about Odd Future? They performed on Jimmy Fallon Wednesday night after hitting small nightclub shows in Washington D.C., and New York. It was mildly terrifying. Tyler was recently signed by XL Records, which is incredible, because they’re an obscure rap group plucked from said obscurity by legions of music critics — Tyler’s first mixtape, the self-released Bastard, ended up on many 2010 year-end lists. And yet, they routinely go after all critics, even those who adore them. Most of their music is available for free at their blog.

But really, what the fk is the big deal about Odd Future? They make their own beats: no samples. They are young and prodigal. They are anarchists — smart, and catchy ones. Their lyrics are dark and demented, and legitimately controversial (see: “On Odd Future, Rape and Murder, And Why We Sometimes Like the Things That Repel Us.”

Who the fk is talking about Odd Future? The Roots’ drummer and ringleader Questlove supposedly helped get them booked for Fallon after hearing about them from Mos Def, who was in the house at both of their two shows in New York City. Everyone in rap is excited about them right now. Questlove even had Jay-Z watching last night. And after Kanye West, Rhianna, Drake, and a handful of other acts made all the more powerful by Jay-Z’s anointment of status, they very well could be causing you to lock away your loved ones shortly (while you listen to them in secret).

Finally, why the fk are they always screaming about “SWAG”? It’s hard to explain. Tyler’s asthma is “SWAG” but so are women, fighting, and telling everyone to “motherfk off.” SWAG is like the Odd Future version of The Force. When you find yourself chanting it at random in a few weeks after getting OFWGKTA’s dark hooks stuck to the side of your head, you’ll understand.

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