Fireplace: TheNotTheOtherSide

Liner Note Author: Hodgy.Recording information: Premier Studios, New York,NY; Redwoods, CA; Violet Phoenix,CA.Back in 2009, Gerard Long, then known as Hodgy Beats instead of simply Hodgy, was the first Odd Future member to release a solo tape. Although he didn't complete his proper debut album, Fireplace: TheNotTheOtherSide, until 2016, there was an abundance of Hodgy-related releases during the intervening years: projects as part of OF, MellowHype, and MellowHigh, solo mixtapes and EPs, and appearances on a few albums worth of cuts, such as Tyler, The Creator's "Sandwitches." All the while, juvenile provocation and stoned eccentricity gradually became less prominent in Long's output. The development is epitomized here by "They Want," a lucid, angered track in which Long laments murderous police, scolds an underachieving friend, and ties it together with a refrain of "They want you to fail, they want you to hate yourself." Just beneath that is "Resurrection," its lyrics concerning fait