The Odd Future Tape


The Odd Future Tape is the debut mixtape by Odd Future. It was released independently on November 15, 2008. In 2008, Odd Future consisted of Tyler, the Creator, Hodgy Beats, Left Brain, Jasper Dolphin, The Super 3 and Casey Veggies, the latter of which left after the mixtape's release. The songs were recorded on a computer camera microphone. The mixtape was made available for free download in 2008 – LA Weekly dates the release as November 2008.

Background

The songs "Odd Toddlers" and "Slow It Down" were later released on Tyler, the Creator's debut mixtape Bastard. The "Odd Toddlers" instrumental was previously used on Casey Veggies's mixtape Customized Greatly under the title "Odd". A few of the songs were released as singles before, such as Back for "Another One", "Odd Toddlers", "Slow it Down" and "Lisa".
Odd Future's manager Christian Clancy announced via Twitter on January 17, 2012 that the second volume to the predecessor tape would be released March 20, 2012. The album was named The OF Tape Vol. 2 and served as the group's official debut studio album.
The album was re-released on Google Play and iTunes on December 9, 2014.

Reception

Tom Breihan from Pitchfork has said "the tape works as a fascinating glimpse of a rap group figuring out its identity, but even with a handful of strong Tyler moments, it's not really anything you need in your iTunes". He also says of Tyler, the Creator's input to the album, "A couple of the tracks here later showed up on Tyler's Bastard album, and he's so far beyond everyone else here that it's ridiculous."

Track listing