Alex gives us his take on the uproar about Odd Future Wolfgang Kill Em All.<\/em><\/p>\n

As the lone dedicated hip-hop fan in my group of friends, I\u2019m kind of the go to guy for anybody wondering about trends that are going on in hip-hop. Questions like, \u201cWhat new rap music is really good?\u201d \u201cYou must hate Drake, huh?\u201d and \u201cOHMAGAWD, THE WEEKND IS THE BEST!\u201d abound (answers: Big KRIT\u2019s Return of 4Eva; outside of the accent, not really; the beats are pretty cool, but the singing does nothing for me). Unsurprisingly, I have had to discuss Odd Future Wolfgang Kill Em All quite a bit over the last six months.<\/p>\n

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Odd Future is a \u2018hip-hop collective\u2019 of sometimes talented but mostly just interesting rappers and producers, with the legitimately talented Tyler, the Creator as the group\u2019s leader\/most prolific tweeter. The group has drawn comparisons to the Wu-Tang Clan, mostly because of a swelling of underground buzz but also because there are, like, a hundred people in the group. They have also been compared to Eminem, mostly due their often-offensive lyrical content.<\/p>\n

I suppose the zenith of Odd Future\u2019s exposure came in May when Tyler, the Creator released his latest solo album, Goblin, a mostly-decent collection of dark, sparse beats, with Tyler\u2019s uncomfortably deep voice all over them. Tyler and Hodgy Beats had recently performed on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, complete with a swagtastic Mos Def cameo, and their following mini tour was a remarkably hot concert ticket. There was a long New York Magazine profile on Tyler, a predictably great Nardwuar the Human Serviette group interview, and the Internet was generally ablaze with talk of Odd Future.
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