MellowHype
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Hodgy Beats and Left Brain (pictured left to right) in November 2010.
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| Origin | Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Genres | Alternative hip hop |
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| Website | oddfuture.com |
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MellowHype is an American hip hop duo from Los Angeles, California, that consisted of rapper-producer Hodgy (Gerard Long) and producer-rapper Left Brain (Vyron Turner). Both were members of hip hop collective Odd Future. They have released two studio albums which both charted on the Billboard 200 albums chart and four mixtapes.
Left Brain and Hodgy Beats were already making music independently of each other when they first met and began collaborating around 2006 or 2007. MellowHype consists of Left Brain (Mellow) producing and Hodgy Beats (Hype) rapping.
Although Hodgy Beats and Left Brain were both featured on the first two Odd Future mixtapes, their debut as MellowHype came with their debut mixtape, YelloWhite. The mixtape was released on February 24, 2010. The group was later featured on Domo Genesis's debut mixtape Rolling Papers on the track "Basic Bitch". Their debut studio album, BlackenedWhite was released on October 31, 2010 for free online.
In early 2011, MellowHype gained massive popularity, along with the rest of Odd Future following the release of Tyler, The Creator's single, Yonkers.
On April 5, 2011, MellowHype performed the song "64" with Mississippi-based grunge labelmates Bass Drum of Death on the Fuel TV program The Daily Habit. They also performed their song "65" alongside Tyler, The Creator for the BBC music showcase.
On July 12, 2011, the duo re-released a remastered version of BlackenedWhite on Fat Possum Records along with a music video for the lead single, "64".
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