“We collaborated on some shit today. I don’t even know what it’s called. Don’t care. Just sounds good.” And with that, our Closed Session with Hodgy Beats was finished. The Odd Future/MellowHype/MellowHigh emcee happened to come through the studio during down time in the windy city, where his Odd Future collective had a show later that night at the Vic Theater.
Hodgy was calm and relaxed throughout the session, slightly different that the Hodgy we came to know through Odd Future’s live shows and music videos. While we kind of expected Hodgy to come in, bounce off the walls, and take over the space, he instead grabbed a spot on the couch and methodically listened to production from Thelonious Martin. With Left Brain beside him, Hodgy found his beat, and went to work.
After cooking up a nice new joint with Thelonious, Hodgy sat down with me for a new interview. Here he talks about his need to constantly be create, the value he places on originality, his adjustment to fame, and of course, MellowHype’s sophomore LP, Numbers, which released shortly after this interview took place.
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