BlackenedWhite
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| Mixtape by MellowHype | ||||
| Released | October 31, 2010 | |||
| Recorded | 2010 | |||
| Genre | Alternative hip hop | |||
| Length | 45:03 | |||
| Producer | Left Brain | |||
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| Studio album by MellowHype | |
| Released | July 12, 2011 |
| Recorded | 2010–11 |
| Genre | Alternative hip hop |
| Length | 31:07 |
| Label | Fat Possum |
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| Source | Rating |
| AnyDecentMusic? | 6.7/10 |
| Metacritic | 72/100 |
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| AbsolutePunk | 8/10 |
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| The A.V. Club | B |
| HipHopDX | 3.5/5 |
| Now |   |
| Pitchfork | 8/10 |
| RapReviews.com | 6.5/10 |
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| Slant Magazine | |
| Spin | 8/10 |
BlackenedWhite is the second mixtape by Odd Future sub-group MellowHype. Production for the album was handled by Left Brain. It was made available for free download October 31, 2010, and re-released on July 12, 2011, through Fat Possum Records, as MellowHype's debut studio album.
The first single "Right Here" was released on October 14, 2010.
Left Brain raps on the songs "Fuck Police" and "Circus".
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The mixtape was re-released on July 12, 2011 by Fat Possum Records, without the song "Chordaroy" because the label did not have permission to use Earl Sweatshirt's vocals. Also, the re-release does not contain the songs "Hell", "Loco", "Stripclub", "Gram" and "Based".
The first official single, "64", was released on June 13, 2011. The music video of the single was released on June 13, 2011.Left Brain raps on the songs "F666 the Police" and "Circus".
BlackenedWhite received generally positive reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 72, based on 21 reviews. Drew Beringer from AbsolutePunk called it "the most accessible Odd Future release to date" and went on to say that it's "another strong album from the Odd Future pack." David Jeffries of AllMusic said, "The original mixtape is worth checking for the Sweatshirt bits alone, but this version does a better job of putting the spotlight on Mellowhype, the Odd Future crew's secret weapon." Evan Rytlewski of The A.V. Club said, "In spite of its marvelous production from Left Brain, who shares Tyler's ear for beautifully deformed grooves and Lex Luger's gift for epileptic bangers, BlackenedWhite doesn't boil over as maniacally as Goblin, and it never fully reaches that album's reckless highs."
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