As the group coalesced in the late s, they realized something that no one else at that time did: disparate musical styles and identity politics could and would all exist within the same dialogue. Each member represented a distinct aesthetic and experience that both challenged shallow societal representations of blackness and strengthened their collective force. There was Tyler and his baritone growl, the visionary who saw the world through tie-dye pastels and brash, shapeshifting music that rejected couth in its raw expression.
Later, there was the lyrical virtuoso Earl Sweatshirt, with his propensity for melding syllables into stream-of-thought confessionals. Back then, artists like Kid Cudi and Drake were also actively laying the groundwork for what popular rap would ultimately become. There was something fundamentally off about the Odd Future way of making music, how for so many it was repulsive and magnetic all at once. A trail of thinkpieces and hand-wringing followed their irreverent destruction of respectability and conventionalism.
For all of their prescience and ambition, the mentality that allowed Tyler and his cohorts their unruly creativity was also ill-informed from the start. An icky sense of elitism and essentialism showed up time and time again when Tyler explained his motivations. Earl Sweatshirt performs during the Life is Beautiful festival in As each member has grown up and moved past their incendiary early work, they have been generally hush when it comes to clarifying the details of their varied relationships.
Their personal business is their own. The group were not on the original bill, but were substituting for Kendrick Lamar after the concert had been sold out. 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.
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. Wiki Content. Recent blog posts Forum. Explore Wikis Community Central. Register Don't have an account?
Odd Future. Edit source History Talk 0. Cancel Save. Throughout the years, hip hop listeners have witnessed the creation of some of the greatest collectives. When speaking on collectives, however, it's impossible not to mention Odd Future.
During their run, the group touched on sexuality , anxiety, depression, goals and finances; while most artists were hesitant to touch on such controversial topics. However, Tyler so cleverly points out that the group was able to gain recognition from trusting their ideas. Elsewhere during the conversation, Tyler explained not being aware of the collective's impact on the culture.
We were just being us. I'm aware of the influence we've had on certain s--t, but I'll never know how much deeper it goes other than some people starting to wear a certain shirt or people's album artwork. We rounded up some of Odd Future's game-changing visuals throughout the years. Check them out below. Back in , Tyler released this simplistic black and white visual.
Throughout the three-minute-clip, he has a cockroach crawl on his hand before he proceeds to eat it. Although the video gets creepier by the minute, the artist finds a way to keep the audience engaged. Back in , Sweatshirt released his Hiro Murai-directed visual, which features slowly-panned cameras in dark rooms. In the visual, he rides around town with a mask covering his face. In the Joe Weill-directed film, the collective shows off their killer dance moves.
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