The Odd Future Tape

The Odd Future Tape
Mixtape by OFWGKTA
Released 2008
Recorded 2007–2008
Genre Alternative hip hop
Length 61:28
Label Self-released
Producer Tyler, the Creator, Left Brain, The Super 3
OFWGKTA chronology
The Odd Future Tape
(2008)
Radical
(2010)

The Odd Future Tape is the debut mixtape by OFWGKTA. In 2007, members of Odd Future were Tyler the Creator, Hodgy Beats, Left Brain, Super 3 (Matt Martian) and Casey Veggies, the latter of which is no longer a member of the group. The songs were recorded on a computer camera microphone.[1] The mixtape was made available for free download in 2008[2] – LA Weekly dates the release as November 2008.[3]

The songs "Odd Toddlers" and "Slow It Down" were later released on Tyler, the Creator's debut album Bastard. "Odd Toddlers" was previously released on Casey Veggies's mixtape Customized Greatly under the title "Odd".

Reception

Tom Breihan, from Pitchfork, described the mixtape, "the tape works as a fascinating glimpse of a rap group figuring out its identity, but even with a handful of strong Tyler moments, it's not really anything you need in your iTunes". He also says of Tyler, the Creator's input to the album, "A couple of the tracks here later showed up on Tyler's Bastard album, and he's so far beyond everyone else here that it's ridiculous".[4]

Track listing

The Odd Future Tape[5]

No. Title Lyrics Producer(s) Length
1. "The Tape Intro"   Tyler Tyler, the Creator 3:03
2. "Odd Toddlers"   Tyler, Casey Veggies Tyler, the Creator 3:36
3. "Laxin'"   Hodgy Beats The Super 3 1:31
4. "Back for Another One"   Casey, Tyler Tyler, the Creator 3:30
5. "Bubble Gum"   Hodgy, Tyler, Casey The Super 3 4:25
6. "Fucking Lame"   Tyler Tyler, the Creator 2:26
7. "Pimp Slap"   Tyler, Hodgy Left Brain 4:04
8. "Bitches Brewin'"   Tyler Tyler, the Creator 2:47
9. "Money Talk"   Hodgy, Casey The Super 3 3:00
10. "Our Story"   Hodgy The Super 3 1:56
11. "The Life Like"   Casey Tyler, the Creator 3:12
12. "McDonalds"   Hodgy Left Brain 2:42
13. "Slow It Down"   Tyler, Hodgy Tyler, the Creator 3:07
14. "Remember Me"   Casey, Tyler Tyler, the Creator 3:39
15. "Malaya"   Hodgy Left Brain 3:01
16. "Lisa"   Tyler, Jasper Tyler, the Creator 5:09
17. "Fin"   Tyler Tyler, the Creator 5:15
18. "Commercial"   Tyler, Casey Tyler, the Creator 2:52
19. "Dracula"   Tyler Tyler, the Creator 2:13

References