MellowHigh was an American hip hop

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. It consisted of rapper

Hodgy Gerard Damien Long (born November 9, 1990), better known by his stage name Hodgy (formerly Hodgy Beats), is an American rapper, record producer and music video director. He is best known for being a founding member of the hip hop collective Odd ...

and producer

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MellowHype MellowHype was an American hip hop duo from Los Angeles, California, that consists 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 t ...

, and rapper

Domo Genesis Dominique Marquis Cole (born March 9, 1991), known professionally as Domo Genesis, is an American rapper and songwriter. He is best known for being a member of Los Angeles hip hop collective Odd Future. He has since continued his solo career, re ...

, all members of the hip-hop collective

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. They have released one eponymous studio album in 2013.

History

2011–12: Early career

Since the formation of the group

, which consisted of rapper

Hodgy Beats Gerard Damien Long (born November 9, 1990), better known by his stage name Hodgy (formerly Hodgy Beats), is an American rapper, record producer and music video director. He is best known for being a founding member of the hip hop collective Odd ...

and producer

, they frequently collaborated with fellow

member

. Together they officially formed the sub-group of Odd Future, MellowHigh in 2011. The songs "Bitches", "Lean", "Rella", and "Hcapd" from ''

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'' feature MellowHigh. In April 2012 the group released their first two official songs, "Timbs" produced by

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and "Go". Along with the song's releases, they announced that they would be working on a collaboration project together.

2013–14: ''MellowHigh''

On April 20, 2013, MellowHigh released their first single and music video entitled "Troublesome 2013". On August 24, 2013, it was revealed their debut album by the group '' MellowHigh'' will be released on October 31, 2013. The group also released promotional vlogs leading up to the release, showing footage of them on the Odd Future European tour 2013 and recording the project. Over the following months they periodically released songs via

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. On October 10, 2013, the music video for "Yu" was released. It was revealed ''MellowHigh'' will contain guest appearances by

Tyler, The Creator Tyler Gregory Okonma (born March 6, 1991), known professionally as Tyler, the Creator, is an American rapper and record producer. He is one of the founding members of the music collective Odd Future. Okonma self-released his debut mixtape Bast ...

Curren$y Shante Scott Franklin (born April 4, 1981), better known by his stage name Currensy (often stylized as Curren$y), is an American rapper. In 2011, he founded the label Jet Life Recordings. Music career 2002–2008: No Limit and Young Money ...

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, and

Earl Sweatshirt Thebe Neruda Kgositsile (born February 24, 1994), also known by his stage name Earl Sweatshirt, is an American rapper, songwriter, and record producer. Kgositsile was originally known by the moniker Sly Tendencies when he began rapping in 2008, ...

among others. Upon the release, the album debuted at number 89 on the US ''Billboard'' 200.HipHopDX (November 6, 2013)
"Hip Hop Album Sales: Week Ending 11/03/2013"
''HipHopDX''. MellowHigh did not release any material in 2014, leading people to believe MellowHigh disbanded.

2015–present: MellowHype disbandment

On January 18, 2015, Hodgy Beats confirmed that MellowHype disbanded. He also added that he and Left Brain will continue to work with Domo Genesis as MellowHigh.

Discography

Studio albums

* '' MellowHigh'' (2013)

Other appearances

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song "4th Chamber", from his album ''

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song "The Realest", from their album ''

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References

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