After the positive response we all saw after Tyler The Creator’s first street release gained him a nice number of sales, MellowHype is next up with the re-issue and re-worked version of their latest project Blackenedwhite. Blackenedwhite was first released in the fall of 2010 but they have gone back, re-worked some tracks, added a few new ones and are ready to re-issue this project to the masses and see how well the OddFuture following is. I think something that a lot of people missed on Tyler’s Goblin was its impressive production value which hopefully will be something that more people are able to pay attention to with MellowHype. I feel that when Hodgy and LeftBrain collaborate it doesn’t have the overwhelming eye of “Oh this is Tyler” and people always focusing on how raunchy the lyrics are but to jamming to the songs. I know from word of mouth most people’s favorite tracks on Goblin were those which featured Hodgy and I don’t think that is a coincidence. It is scary how much all talent all of Odd Future really has. I know there are a ton of people out there who are saying how can you like these kids with what they are doing or they haven’t proved anything, blah blah blah, but what most of you don’t feel like paying attention to is the quality of music that each member puts out and what they are able to do in such a short period of time.
MellowHype should turn some heads when Blackenedwhite hits shelves July 12th via Fat Possum Records. If you want to check out some new material from MellowHype you can check out their live performance of “64” featuring Bass Drum of Death which will appear on the re-issue.