Star Wind CD: Odd Future Are Shopping A Record Deal In Unconventional Ways

Monday, April 4, 2011

Odd Future Are Shopping A Record Deal In Unconventional Ways

'If you are serious about the meeting, I want Randy's Donuts, swivel chairs and a megaphone,' Tyler, the Creator tells record exec.
By Alvin Blanco

Photo: Roger Kisby/ Getty Images

Los Angeles' OFWGKTA (Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All) are one of the most lauded and debated acts in hip-hop today. Being a hot commodity has granted the collective the luxury of having music executives seek out their services, and Odd Future have in turn conceived some odd requests in order to gain their audience.

Odd Future is asking record label execs to meet with them to discuss business at the Supreme skate shop in Fairfax, California, according to the New York Post. SRC Records founder Steve Rifkind was able to get them to his office but allegedly only after acquiescing to Odd Future mouthpiece Tyler, the Creator's demands. "If you are serious about the meeting, I want Randy's Donuts, swivel chairs and a megaphone," Tyler reportedly told Rifkind.

It was also revealed that Bad Boy Records head honcho Sean "Diddy" Combs was the one who set up the meeting between Justin Bieber and one of his biggest fans, Tyler, the Creator. Although Tyler has signed a one-album deal with XL Recording and MellowHype is having the album BlackendWhite formally released by Fat Possum Records, Odd Future itself is still unsigned.

Some of the other major rap industry players trying to earn Odd Future's services include Interscope/ Geffen/ A&M chairman Jimmy Iovine, who signed Eminem, and Jay-Z, who signed Rihanna to Def Jam while he was the label's president and whose Roc Nation is currently home to Jay Electronica and Willow Smith. Jay-Z met with Odd Future during the South by Southwest Festival — over tacos — and left quite an impression.

"It was hard for me to look at Jay-Z for 10 minutes. Like, real sh--, this is the godfather of music," MellowHype's Hodgy Beats told MTV News. "I just shook his hand in his house. Honestly, it made me want to work harder. Jay-Z is amazing."

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