Odd Future Wolf Gang Vitally Important
From NPR's piece on Odd Future, the incredible, brilliant rap group that has become the new soldout obsession:
"I think Odd Future is really healthy for young people," Nosnitsky says, "that there is an underground rap group that speaks to creativity and is the same age as their (target) audience. I mean, when I was in high school the underground rappers were dudes like Mos Def who were ten years older than I was and pushing a very conservative hip-hop agenda. Now you have guys like Tyler and Lil B interacting with their fans directly and in so many words saying, "Just be yourself," and not coming off corny at all."
This is vital. There is a lot of rape, and a lot of violence, in Odd Future's music...but they're coming up on a tip to be just as, if not more, important than Eminem (an artist who I, personally, defended tooth and nail while in college).
This is why:
Stay tuned. Hey white people with guitars? 2011 won't be your year.
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Reader Comments (1)
And just when Dr. Zachary started listening to whiteys with guitars again. (whities? anyone?)
I'm not a fan of rape and violence and drug use (well...) and abuse in music, or in real life, but I guess I would prefer that it be in music, if that's someone's world view, let it be part of their creative work. There are controlled ways to express these human desires and music is one of them so if that works, it works. Still not a fan of hearing Eminem sing about tying a girl to a bed and setting the house on fire, mostly because the song is disguised as this pretty Rihanna ballad. It doesn't make him less important...but at this point he's famous enough he's throwing those lyrics in there for sport.
Odd Future hasn't attained that level of fame yet so they've got nothing to lose and a lot to gain and, well, they're being themselves. Not kowtowing to anyone and just being crazy. That's interesting, isn't it?