Odd future the of tape vol. 2 zip1/4/2023 ![]() ![]() The hoary old Earl Sweatshirt myth gets proper treatment here as well. Conversely, the record ends with Tyler stepping back and admiring everything he’s built (“I was 15 when I first drew that donut/5 years later for our label yeah we own it”). The tape begins with an introductory skit reintroducing us to that “ugly ass nigga Tyler” and his crew of reprobates: “gay-ass” Syd “crusty” Mike G an “ugly as fuck” Earl Sweatshirt. 2’s successes – maybe its principal success – is its ability to recover some of the collective’s depleted mythology. The trademark, however, has suffered: OFWGKTA seems to become a byword for the brattish and the frattish. That’s not to say there haven’t been worthwhile releases ( Purple Naked Ladies the Untitled EP) from the camp since. Their iconoclasm turned into immaturity with entropic speed. But then came the turgid, stodgy Goblin the deeply unpromising trails for TV vehicle ‘Loiter Squad’ their needling attention-seeking on screen and in print. When OFWGKTA first muscled into the wider public consciousness, they initially maintained their underground momentum: that performance of ‘Sandwitches’ on Jimmy Fallon is still priceless, and there was an audible clonk as the ‘Yonkers’ video caused jaws to drop worldwide. ![]() After a succession of overcooked promos, it was about time. ‘Oldie’, their best visual statement in ages, offered a lo-fi snapshot of the crew playing with, and playing off, one another. Through their regular Tumblr updates, this crew of skaterats and weedhounds became the model of can-do candour. The tagline recalls the D.I.Y, upload-and-go pragmatism that first brought OFWGKTA to mass attention. Whoever it was, they gave the clip a telling strap line: ‘We Said Out Verses Into A Camera While This Song Was Playing In The Background. God knows which OFWGKTA member was industrious enough to upload the wonderful video to The OF Tape Vol. ![]()
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