Odd Future Collaborating with Nas and Pusha-T

By Austin Johansen Friday, June 24, 2011

Odd Future continues their meteoric rise working with industry heavyweights Nas and Clipse rapper

Pusha-T.

Tyler, the Creator may be one step closer to his VMA and/or Grammy dreams with his two most recent

projects. In a phone interview with Pitchfork, Mellowhype rapper Hodgy Beats spoke about an

upcoming song alongside Tyler, Frank Ocean and Queensbridge’s finest, Nas himself. While the song

isn’t quite finished yet, Hodgy added that he’s “just stoked to be on a song with *Nas+,” and I, for one,

am more than stoked to hear the final result.

As for the VMA nomination that Tyler so desperately desires, (recently tweeting his frustrations about

MTV playing “Jersey Shore” and “16 and Pregnant” but not his latest music video, “She”) working with

Pusha-T on his track “Trouble on My Mind” could be a positive step. Reports and photos from L.A.

Weekly show the pair dressing up as one another, and in true Odd Future form, raising hell and chaos in

Los Angeles.

Appearing in the video should be a tad more MTV-friendly than stalkers in green ski masks, eating

cockroaches and suicide. “Yonkers” has appeared on MTV before, but not usually anytime before 2 a.m.;

not prime viewing time for VMA considerations.

It’s highly encouraging to see Tyler and his friends in OF working with artists of this caliber, as Tyler has

made it known to his fans that he has no interest in being an underground artist. Mainstream and

limelight is exactly where he wants to bask, and jumping on a track with Nas is sure to garner the

respect of more renowned hip-hop artists who might have been hesitant to recognize what could be

viewed as a bandwagon’s hype.

If Tyler’s artistic competition is truly the likes of Kanye West, at least he’s getting a head start on the

Louis Vuitton Don; Tyler couldn’t even buy beer with his first album’s profits (and still can’t). Not even

Kanye can say that.