Photos by Will Deitz

The average age among the mass of people waiting under the Hammerstein's majestic awning for the Odd Future show looked to be hovering around eighteen years old, bumped up a few notches because of the parents interspersed throughout. The crowd was still extremely, ridiculously young. Even the non-teenagers seemed young. Standing in line for a 21+ wristband, the guy behind me asked his buddy to share his (forthcoming) drink with him, saying, "I don’t have any money for drinks. My mom only gave me $20 for the train."

To start the evening, Odd Future's upcoming Adult Swim show "Loiter Squad" was projected onto a screen on stage. It's a "Jackass"-meets-"Chappelle's Show" sketch show; everyone in my vicinity seemed to become really interested in bootlegging it on their phones. After that, Syd the Kyd warmed the crowd up with a brief DJ set, going through Waka Flocka Flame, Crime Mob, and an Earl Sweatshirt song (foreshadowing).

After the crowd became good and lathered, Left Brain (carrying an open red, white, and blue America umbrella) and Hodgy Beats took the stage to "64", from MellowHype's BlackenedWhite reissue on Fat Possum. A few more members of Odd Future trickled onto stage, including Tyler, the Creator, who launched in "Transylvania", from Goblin. Domo Genesis jumped in with Tyler for "Rolling Papers".

One of the themes of the night-- and of The Odd Future Tape Vol. 2, in general-- was the even-handedness of it all. The whole group was involved. As their set progressed through newer tracks like "Lean", "50", and "Ned Flander", most of the group was on stage at all times, dancing, shaking, and rapping along. Even when Domo or Mike G weren't specifically featured on a song, they were still involved. Even Jasper was on stage carousing and drinking Hennessy.