Odd Future Make Hip Hop Interesting For The First Time In Years;

by Erick Pressman

For the most part, Jimmy Fallon’s late night television show leaves a lot to be desired, but Wednesday night he may have put himself on the historical map forever by unleashing Odd Future, or OFWGKTA, onto the senses of the part of the world who isn’t necessarily immersed in what’s going on in underground hip hop.

Wednesday night’s Fallon appearance was easily the greatest musical performance on late night tv since Queens of the Stone Age did “Little Sister” with Will Farrell on SNL a few years back, and will always be remembered as what took OFWGKTA from being initials found all over Twitter and Tumblr to becoming a force to be reckoned with in hip hop, and modern music at large. But still, who and what are Odd Future, you ask?

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