Left Brain

Left Brain
Left Brain performing live with Odd Future.
Background information
Birth name	Vyron Dalyan Turner
Also known as	Scottie Pimpin', Mellow, Left Brizzle, David McGruffin
Born	(1989-12-29) December 29, 1989
Origin	Los Angeles, California, United States
Genres	Alternative hip hop
Occupations	Rapper, record producer, songwriter
Instruments	Keyboards, Vocals, Reason, FL Studio, Logic Studio
Years active	2007–present
Labels	Odd Future Records, Fat Possum Records
Associated acts	MellowHype, Odd Future, MellowHigh
Website	vyron.tumblr.com

Left Brain (born Vyron Dalyan Turner; December 29, 1989) is an American record producer, rapper, and photographer from Los Angeles. He serves as one of the main producers in Odd Future, having produced portions on nearly all Odd Future releases. He is also one half of MellowHype, along with rapper Hodgy Beats, and a third of MellowHigh with Domo Genesis.

Personal life

Turner went to Crenshaw High School, with fellow Odd Future member Mike G. He is the godfather of Hodgy Beats' son Trenton.

Music career

Left Brain performing in Dublin, Ireland, 2011.

Left Brain is a founding member of Odd Future and is, with fellow Odd Future member Hodgy Beats, half of the duo MellowHype, acting as the producer for the duo's releases. MellowHype has released three albums; YelloWhite, BlackenedWhite, and Numbers.

He has also produced many songs for other Odd Future members, such as Rolling Papers by Domo Genesis, Ali by Mike G, Goblin by Tyler, The Creator, The Dena Tape by Hodgy Beats, and Earl by Earl Sweatshirt. He also produced songs on The Odd Future Tape and The OF Tape Vol. 2. He also contributed production to the Pusha T song Trouble On My Mind featuring fellow Odd Future member Tyler, The Creator, off of his 2011 EP Fear of God II: Let Us Pray. Left Brain has rapped on three tracks for the group; "Swag Me Out" from Radical, and "Real Bitch" "Oldie" from The OF Tape Vol. 2.

Left Brain is the producer and backing vocalist for the duo MellowHype, with Hodgy Beats taking the lead vocal role. While generally only noted for his production and for doing backing vocals on the duo's songs, he has rapped on the songs "BankRolls", "RokRok", and "Thuggin'"^[1] from YelloWhite, "Fuck the Police"^[2] and "Circus"^[3] from the duo's second album BlackenedWhite, and "Grill",^[4] "La Bonita",^[5] and "LeFlair"^[6] from the duo's third album, Numbers.

Left Brain is featured on 2 songs from The Internet's debut album Purple Naked Ladies, the single "Cocaine" and the song "Lincoln", which he sings the chorus on and which also features Mike G. He also contributed production to the tracks "Tevie", "She Knows" and "Visions". He performed the hook on the track "TrashWang" from Tyler, the Creator's third album Wolf. He was also featured on the track "Karateman" from Hodgy Beats EP Untitled 2. Left Brain handled the bulk of production on MellowHigh's self-titled debut album. The album debuted at number 89 on the US Billboard 200.^[7]

Discography

with Hodgy Beats as MellowHype

Studio Albums

• YelloWhite (2010)
• BlackenedWhite (2011)
• Numbers (2012)

with OFWGKTA

Studio Albums

• The Odd Future Tape Vol. 2 (2012)

Mixtapes

• The Odd Future Tape (2008)
• Radical (2010)
• Radical 2 (TBA)^[8]

Compilations

• 12 Odd Future Songs (2011)

with MellowHigh

• MellowHigh (2013)

Production Discography

References