Left Brain

Left Brain
Left Brain in July 2011.
Background information
Birth name	Vyron Dalyan Turner
Also known as	Scottie Pimpin' Mellow Left Brizzle David McGruffin Lord Rudah
Born	(1989-12-29) December 29, 1989
Origin	Los Angeles, California, United States
Genres	hip hop
Occupation(s)	Record producer rapper actor DJ song-writer
Instruments	Keyboards Vocals Reason FL Studio Logic Studio
Years active	2007–present
Labels	Odd Future RED Fat Possum
Associated acts	MellowHype Odd Future MellowHigh SLEEPTVLK
Website	vyron.tumblr.com

Vyron Dalyan Turner (born December 29, 1989), better known by his stage name Left Brain, is an American record producer, rapper, actor, and DJ from Los Angeles. He serves as one of the main producers in Odd Future, having produced portions on nearly all Odd Future releases. He was also one half of MellowHype, along with rapper Hodgy Beats, and a third of MellowHigh with Domo Genesis and Hodgy Beats.

Music career

Left Brain performing in Dublin, Ireland, 2011.

Left Brain was a founding member of Odd Future and was, with fellow Odd Future member Hodgy Beats, half of the duo MellowHype, acting as the producer for the duo's releases. MellowHype has released three albums; YelloWhite, BlackenedWhite, and Numbers.

He has also produced many songs for other Odd Future members, such as Rolling Papers by Domo Genesis, Ali by Mike G, Goblin by Tyler, The Creator, The Dena Tape by Hodgy Beats, and Earl by Earl Sweatshirt. He also produced songs on The Odd Future Tape and The OF Tape Vol. 2. He also contributed production to the Pusha T song Trouble On My Mind featuring fellow Odd Future member Tyler, The Creator, off of his 2011 EP Fear of God II: Let Us Pray. Left Brain has rapped on three tracks for the group; "Swag Me Out" from Radical, and "Real Bitch" and "Oldie" from The OF Tape Vol. 2.

Left Brain is the producer and backing vocalist for the duo MellowHype, with Hodgy Beats taking the lead vocal role. While generally only noted for his production and for doing backing vocals on the duo's songs, he has rapped on the songs "BankRolls", "RokRok", and "Thuggin'"^[1] from YelloWhite, "Fuck the Police"^[2] and "Circus"^[3] from the duo's second album BlackenedWhite, and "Grill",^[4] "La Bonita",^[5] and "LeFlair"^[6] from the duo's third album, Numbers.

Left Brain is featured on 2 songs from The Internet's debut album Purple Naked Ladies, the single "Cocaine" and the song "Lincoln", which he sings the chorus on and which also features Mike G. He also contributed production to the tracks "Tevie", "She Knows" and "Visions". He performed the hook on the track "TrashWang" from Tyler, the Creator's third album Wolf. He was also featured on the track "Karateman" from Hodgy Beats EP Untitled 2. Left Brain handled the bulk of production on MellowHigh's self-titled debut album. The album debuted at number 89 on the US Billboard 200.^[7] In 2014, Left Brain produced the scores for the short film BELONG directed by Lije Sarki, revolving around overcoming bullying.^[8]

Discography

Solo

Mixtapes

• MindGone Vol. 1 (2017)

with Hodgy Beats, as MellowHype

Studio albums

• BlackenedWhite (re-release) (2011)
• Numbers (2012)

Mixtapes

• YelloWhite (2010)
• BlackenedWhite (2010)
• MELLOWHYPEWEEK (2012)
• INSA (I Need Some Answers) (2014)

with Odd Future

Studio albums

• The OF Tape Vol. 2 (2012)

Mixtapes

• The Odd Future Tape (2008)
• Radical (2010)

Compilations

• 12 Odd Future Songs (2011)

with Hodgy Beats and Domo Genesis, as MellowHigh

Studio albums

• MellowHigh (2013)

with SLEEPTVLK

EPs

• MindGone (2015)

Guest appearances

References