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# Tyler, the Creator signs to XL Recordings Manager of **The XX**, Caius Pawson announced in a mass email yesterday that he had personally signed the 19 year-old abstract hip-hopper and beats extraordinaire **Tyler, the Creator** to the XL Recordings label. The LA based artist signed a one-album deal and is part of the **Odd Future** crew who late last year attracted huge label and media interest. The crew made up of about ten individual [teenagers][1]{: target="_blank" .xmlblocklink} includes, \"rappers, producers, visual artists, skate kids, contrarians, outcasts, amoral teenagers, and fatherless children\" who also received a lot of wanted attention because of their lyrics that dealt with murder, kidnapping, blasphemy, and rape. Fans of the crew also include **Wu-Tang Clan's GZA** and the photographer **Larry Clark**. Upon his signing to XL Recordings signing, Tyler said on Twitter, \"Yes, I Did A One Album Thing With XL. Thats Family. Don't Trip, Still Have %100 Creative Control Over Raps, Beats, Videos, Covers. Fuck You.\" The video for the first single below \"Yonkers\", references a more **Anti-Pop Consortium/Madvillian** style, but for anyone that wants to go back to the original horrorcore rap source, look no further than [**Necro**][2]{: target="_blank" .xmlblocklink}. This will be Tyler's second solo album entitled *Goblin* which will be released in April. If you feel like exploring the LA-collective further, check out **Earl**, who is a 16-year old member of the Odd Future crew, and on hiatus for being a juvenile trouble-maker, he made this [\"tasteful\" video][3]{: target="_blank" .xmlblocklink}. [1]: http://pitchfork.com/features/articles/7863-the-b-boys-odd-future-and-the-swag-generation/ [2]: http://www.myspace.com/necro [3]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78_loMbmKJ8

--- id: 5f31b236-1610-4380-aa66-24d3f44dcab3 blueprint: article title: 'Tyler, the Creator signs to XL Recordings' date: 2011-02-15T18:45:31+01:00 wp_id: '8971' slug: tyler-the-creator-signs-to-xl-recordings contents: - type: text text: |- Manager of The XX, Caius Pawson announced in a mass email yesterday that he had personally signed the 19 year-old abstract hip-hopper and beats extraordinaire Tyler, the Creator to the XL Recordings label. The LA based artist signed a one-album deal and is part of the Odd Future crew who late last year attracted huge label and media interest. The crew made up of about ten individual <a href="http://pitchfork.com/features/articles/7863-the-b-boys-odd-future-and-the-swag-generation/" target="_blank" class="xmlblocklink">teenagers</a> includes, "rappers, producers, visual artists, skate kids, contrarians, outcasts, amoral teenagers, and fatherless children" who also received a lot of wanted attention because of their lyrics that dealt with murder, kidnapping, blasphemy, and rape. Fans of the crew also include Wu-Tang Clan’s GZA and the photographer Larry Clark. Upon his signing to XL Recordings signing, Tyler said on Twitter, "Yes, I Did A One Album Thing With XL. Thats Family. Don’t Trip, Still Have %100 Creative Control Over Raps, Beats, Videos, Covers. Fuck You." The video for the first single below "Yonkers", references a more Anti-Pop Consortium/Madvillian style, but for anyone that wants to go back to the original horrorcore rap source, look no further than <a href="http://www.myspace.com/necro" target="_blank" class="xmlblocklink">Necro</a>. This will be Tyler’s second solo album entitled Goblin which will be released in April. If you feel like exploring the LA-collective further, check out Earl, who is a 16-year old member of the Odd Future crew, and on hiatus for being a juvenile trouble-maker, he made this <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78_loMbmKJ8" target="_blank" class="xmlblocklink">"tasteful" video</a>. ---