WHO WORSHIPS THE DEVIL

First of all, Chris Brown can't hold a candle to OFWGKTA so whatever shit they're apparently talking, for me, is meaningless. It's banter. Chris Brown is just an absolute nutter for beating up Rhianna, and along come Odd Future with their weirdness, controversiality, religious symbology, and naturally they are met with suspicion. Chris Brown on the other hand is populist shit, utter tripe, so equal parts naturally a lot of people are going to agree with him and be utterly unable to even begin to comprehend the actually quite simple fact of the uniqueness of Odd Future.

Taco is another from OF (Odd Future) - he's in the picture at the top of this post. Worship the devil? Really? How is it that someone so clearly ignorant and touchy gets the most famous? Well, I have a theory. I think it's because he gives a fuck. In fact, I think it's because he gives too much of a fuck. So he builds his image, makes some bad music, beats up a superstar (see? he's touchy), and lives his millionaire lifstyle. Odd Future couldn't be more opposite. They don't give a fuck. They couldn't give less of a fuck. They do what they do because out of sheer fun. Chris Brown does it for money, no doubt about it.

And here's Taco defending himself again after Chris Brown cries, throws his toys out the pram and starts threatening to deck to nearest female performer, and tweets. He meets this stupidness with a quite valid point. Kanye, Jay-Z, Rick Ross, Nicki Minaj - all featured in 'Monster', which I wrote about, which itself is very dark, touching on murder, zombies, cannibalism. And these artists are all very well known; why would they put their reputations on the line if they thought the song and video would be taken the wrong way? It's quite possible that these guys also don't give that much of a fuck. Maybe not. Who knows.

Odd Future are doing what they want to do; they do a lot for shock value, but hey, it obviously works. If you can get your creativity out there to the masses with a thousand upside down ††††s, a 666, and some cockroach eating, nosebleeding, snakes-in-coffin videos, then good for you. It's clever more than anything else. What people are mistaking as Satanism, is probably more atheism, and who cares.

But check out this amazing Chris Brown song omg it's so good. See the women at the start he's frolicking with? Those are the good times, before he starts getting paranoid and aggressive... but what a tune though. You'll probably have to watch it on YouTube though, cause it's Vevo and all. I wouldn't even bother. What a waste of time. Sorry.

Chris Brown deserves it. Here is some more informed news of what is now being called a feud between Odd Future and Chris Brown.
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TYLER THE CREATOR YONKERS

This is Tyler, The Creator's video for song 'Yonkers'. It encapsulated the dark, extreme style of OFWGKTA (Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All - or just Odd Future): the 60-strong hip-hop collective headed by Tyler himself. This song serves as a vent for frustrations, allowing the young rapper/producer to drop in some pretty out-there lyrics. My personal favourites being the opening line - "I'm a fuckin walking paradox, no I'm not, threesomes with a fuckin triceratops" - and something later on: "Stab bruno mars in his goddamn esophagus and won’t stop until the cops come in," delivered with as much rage and venom as it should be.

The beat is mean, nasty, relentless, suiting the content perfectly, accompanied by a long, heavy bass that, with its stop and start style, utilises the empty spaces as much as it does its own beefy sub sound. Synth comes in over the top like a soundtrack from a horror film, having a very uncanny fizzing sound to it. All of these elements, combined with the distinctive hardline rap spat out, or vomited, by Tyler - and even the freaky creepy video - create a wonderful hark back to horrorcore - a genre of hip-hop that (according to Wikipedia) "focuses primarily around horror-influenced topics that can include demons, self-harm, cannibalism, suicide, murder, and Satanism. The lyrics are often inspired by horror movies over moody, hardcore beats." So there.

However, Tyler has stated that he hates "when journalists tell us how we remind them of a younger version of some random-ass rap group from the ’90s that I’ve never heard of." They're just doing their own thing, and the comparison seems irrelevant - if he's never heard of them, then he can't be influenced by them, so what's the point of mentioning it?





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MELLOWHYPE 64

Hip-hop for a Tuesday night. Listened to it on the train. I'd never heard of MellowHype before Pictureplane tweeted about - and I'm glad he did. This is a little alternative hip-hop duo, made up of Hodgy Beats and Left Brain, both members OFWGKTA - the hip-hop/rap collective headed by Tyler, The Creator.

Better known as simply Odd Future (or if you want it all, Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All), this group of talented young producers, rappers, and singers (numbering over 60, according to Tyler) is characterised by a love of making music. Generally populated by dark lyrics - as emphasised by Tyler, The Creator's 'Bastard' if I was going to recommend one - these young guys may be going over the top for the sake of it, but if the name of the collective is anything to go by, they have a 'fuck you' attitude. In the nicest possible way.

Here's a song from MellowHype called 'CopKiller' - it features another Odd Future rapper, 17-year-old Earl Sweatshirt (real name Thebe Kgositstile) who is currently being held back in his music career by his mother. No joke. Have a listen. The bass is unreal, supporting the unusual start stop flanging synth, and overall sounding like not much rap that's floating around at the moment. Earl's 'fuck you' (or 'fuck school'?) attitude is heard in his section, starting around two thirds of the way through; lines like "Now I'm transitioning from class clown to cash cow" give you an idea of that mindset.

CopKiller (feat. Earl Sweatshirt) - MellowHype

The image above left is is taken from the video for CopKiller. Is it really that wrong to discover things through Twitter? Eugh. Anyway.

Here are two other songs to top it all off. One commentator on the YT page put it so well that I won't even bother trying to top it.

That's basically it. And that's exactly what you get below. '65' is so chilled, a complete lean back number. The beats, courtesy of Left Brain, are nothing short of sheer genius. It's sounds like this that redeem hip-hop, and put it securely back in its place as one of the most creative genres out there at the moment, allowing for influences from everywhere, and allowing - perhaps even moreso - a perfect outlet for venting any frustrations with words. But yes, "listen to this, and then 64 in order."



And here is the fantastically visceral '64', filled with spooky saw wave synth sounds, vicious vocals, and some mean beats. There's anger and intelligence, but at the same time there's the same feeling of tongue-in-cheek in this as there is in grime - it's finally all coming together.

Only released online (uploaded to YT basically) on Sunday, 12th June, this is pushing over 200k views already - but that's superficial.

The video itself is a bit odd, and this added with the nature of the video, the nature of the sounds, and of the dark lyrics, add up to almost encompass a small part of the spirit of witch house. Witch-hop? Is that allowed? Listen for yourself.



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