Tagged: Left Brain
By The Numbers: Trash Talk vs. MellowHype
In By The Numbers, FADER looks at a big record release and breaks it down in basic digits. This week, we’re actually taking on two: Trash Talk‘s 119 and MellowHype‘s Numbers, which dropped simultaneously this … read more »
MellowHype, “Decoy” MP3
Last night, Odd Future’s MellowHype dropped new track “Decoy” via Hodgy Beats’ Twitter. With a jarring energy, the song resembles the group’s last single “La Bonita,” but fits more in line with their stoney output … read more »
Stream: MellowHype, “La Bonita”
MellowHype’s “La Bonita” is a sweltering, tropicalia-ish ode to Latina women. From the alien repetition of the song’s title over laid-back xylophone and accordion to the sultry pulling off all your clothes hook at the … read more »
MellowHype, “Fakuoy” MP3
Only Hodgy Beats raps on MellowHype’s “Fakuoy.” The track is minimal but Hodgy jumps into its waters and doesn’t look back, reaching out to pre-Millennials by referencing Titanic and the Budweiser frogs. Numbers, the follow-up … read more »
Stream: Hodgy Beats and Domo Genesis, “Timbs” (Prod. by Lex Luger)
Odd Future’s Hodgy Beats and Domo Genesis linked up with Lex Luger for “Timbs” which they’ve recorded under the name MellowHigh (a riff on Hodgy’s duo with Left Brain, MellowHype). We’re used to futuristic and … read more »
Live: Odd Future with Earl Sweatshirt and Frank Ocean at Hammerstein Ballroom
“Earl was the sickest rapper,” a guy standing near me in the crowd explained to his friend. “And then he went away. But now he’s back.” Nobody really knew what to expect last night at … read more »
Odd Future’s Loiter Squad will Premiere in March
According to Adult Swim’s website, Odd Future’s sketch show, Loiter Squad will premiere on Cartoon Network in March. Read more about the show here. On Saturday, Domo Genesis, Hodgy Beats and Left Brain (on production … read more »
Stream: Mellowhype, “45″
“45″ is a dark and slightly disorienting new track from Odd Future’s Hodgy Beats and Left Brain bka Mellowhype. But despite the track’s name, according to Hodgy, it’s not from Numbers, the album the duo … read more »
Download Mike G of Odd Future’s Award Tour EP
On “Chevron,” a melancholy, Hodgy Beats-produced track, Mike G says of his Odd Future family: We all a bunch of others. This year, Mike G accompanied his band of outsiders on a whiplash rise to … read more »
Hodgy Beats f. Left Brain, “Crap” MP3
The initial moments of “Crap” sounds clangy and disjointed, like fumbling around in Pro Tools. But as Left Brain starts drawling out a drank-paced verse, Hodgy Beats’ production takes shape. It’s part twinkle, part doom. … read more »
