I love the sound of new music from new places. I really love the sound of new music that has something that I can feel. Nowadays rap music has fallen far from the days of it's creative glory. I can remember when it was a bad thing to copy someones style. But now everybody is rapping about the same materialism and foolishness. Even the sound of the production and the rappers themselves are sounding more and more alike.
For the few people that have been living under a rock comes a new LA collective called Odd Future a.k.a OFWGKTA which stands for Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All. This rap group is not your so-called average hip hop act. Most of the guys are skate borders and range from the ages16-19(ish). The Front man of the crew is Tyler, The Creator and he is the creative force behind the groups music production and concept. When you hear his production you can feel the essence of hip hop banging through your headphones. The great thing about his production skills is that they don't weaken as a result of his superior rap skills. When I first heard this guy's voice and delivery I was like...he's only 19 and got skills like that!
When it comes to the OFWGKTA sound-imagine Onyx, The Flatliners and some of the so-called Horror Core Rap that was suppose to be the big thing in the mid 90's. That's right, HORROR CORE RAP sorta like hardcore but with scary kinda gruesome topics rapped over grimmy often spooky production. When you hear these guys rap you will know that they're not trying to be scary more than trying to push the creative envelope.
Tyler, The Creator has a solo project titled Goblin being released on XL Records and the first single and video is titled Yonkers but when you see it you will think it's bonkers. The track is crazy erie and the flow is mad and I do mean mad as in crazy. The video clearly shows how out the box this MC is. The group have been on the fast track so far this year having doing live televisions shows like Letterman and Jimmy Fallon and even an MTV Award Show performance. Like I say, steadfast work and originality and a huge Internet buzz wins every time. Check out this exciting new act at their website Oddfuture.com and remember have some fun and get something done.
