May 4th, 2011
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Author: By now you've heard about how post-this, uber-that, and pre-apocalyptically radical the Los Angeles collective Odd Future is. Or maybe your little sis came home with ringleader Tyler the Creator's tag tatted on her teenage ta-ta's.
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By now you've heard about how post-this, uber-that, and pre-apocalyptically radical the Los Angeles collective Odd Future is. Or maybe your little sis came home with ringleader Tyler the Creator's tag tatted on her teenage ta-ta's. Critics adore them: despite having only inked a distribution deal last week (with RED/Sony), Odd Future — or, formally, Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All (OFWGKTA) — has been the object of writerly erections for about eight months now. Meanwhile, female fans cry at the sight of them, and not just because of Tyler's promise to shove them down a flight of stairs.
Even heads who deplore gratuitous rape rap and hyperbole-hop have been captive audiences for their belligerence. Odd Future is damn near impossible to avoid — even NPR and the New Yorker are on the case. Pitchfork gushes despite the gang's surreptitious stabs at the site. New York magazine, it seems, has writers covering Odd Future around the clock. And the Boston Phoenix is running this, an entertainment article, in the news section.
How did it all happen? Who foresaw this Odd Future? And how did they end up with an Adult Swim series in the works?
The rap personas of this diverse 10-person posse are well-known — gruff, insane Tyler, bong jockey Domo Genesis, sleeper talents Left Brain and Hodgy Beats, and the rest. For the most part, though, the crew conceals its backstory. Since their prodigious young gun — Tyler's 16-year-old brother, Earl Sweatshirt — was reportedly shipped off to reform school, they've refused to address the subject with reporters. In fact, it's unclear whether Earl and Tyler really are brothers. The details change with every interview.
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