Father (rapper)
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 Father in 2022 in a music video | |
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| Born | Centel Orlando Mangum August 20, 1990 Mississippi, U.S. |
| Origin | Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. |
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| Years active | 2011–present |
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| Website | awfulrecords |
Centel Orlando Mangum (born August 20, 1990), known professionally as Father, is an American rapper and record producer. He is the founder of the Atlanta-based independent label Awful Records.
Career
[edit]2011–2017: Career beginnings, rise to prominence
[edit]Father rose to prominence as part of Awful Records, an independent record label and creative collective he founded with a group of friends in Atlanta, Georgia. He met most members of Awful while he was attending Georgia State University, studying chemistry.[1] Awful, as a collective, formed in 2011 and recorded with each other shortly thereafter.[2] However, he only began posting his music on SoundCloud in 2013. His breakout single was 2014's "Look at Wrist", featuring iLoveMakonnen and Key!.[3] He released his mixtape Young Hot Ebony in September the same year.[4]
Father unexpectedly released his debut studio album Who's Gonna Get Fucked First? in 2015.[5] Pitchfork described the project's style as "aggressively minimal, leaving [Father] room to experiment with rhythm and timing to better effect".[6] His next album, I'm A Piece of Shit, was released in 2016. Pitchfork characterized the album as an attempt to "forswear his debauched lifestyle" that was portrayed in the previous album.[7] Following the I'm A Piece of Shit tour in late 2016, Father would begin to record a new album entitled Mad as Hell, but it was later shelved. Feeling uninspired, Father would relocate from Atlanta to Los Angeles to record new material.[8]
2018–2020: Awful/RCA, partnership with Adult Swim & departure from RCA
[edit]In 2018, Awful Records announced a partnership with RCA Records that would allow Awful to sign artists to a joint Awful/RCA contract.[8][9][10] Father's major label debut, Awful Swim was released in conjunction with RCA and Adult Swim the same year.[11] Awful and Father would formally end the RCA partnership in 2020 following the release of his EP, Hu$band.
With his departure from RCA, Awful Records would serve to only release new Father material; dropping all of its signees, and as a clothing brand. He told Earmilk in an interview:
"The thing that I started, you know what I started. I never truly intended to become a major label, I just wanted to go with the flow. It started off initially as a collective of artists working together which is what I always wanted it to be, which is what it’s returned to now... I don’t want to own people's careers."[12]
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Father would move back to Atlanta from Los Angeles for familial reasons.[13] Later that year, he released another EP, Tha Thingz I Do 4 Money. The EP marked a complete switch from Father's usual deadpan flow and careless demeanor towards a crooning, auto-tuned style. Father would follow up with his fifth studio album, Come Outside, We Not Gone Jump You in late 2020. The album continued the crooning, auto-tuned flow that was displayed on the EP. As described by Pitchfork, the album is more suitable for "slow dancing than moshing, [but] the party continues."[14]
2021–present: Young Hot Ebony 2
[edit]After a string of singles in 2021 and early 2022, Father announced a sequel to his breakout mixtape, Young Hot Ebony.[15] Young Hot Ebony 2 was released on June 10, 2022, with guest appearances from former Awful associates Zack Fox, Meltycanon, and Archibald Slim, alongside Tony Shhnow.[16] The album was a return to Father's signature groaning, deadpan style following the crooning on Come Outside, We Not Gone Jump You.
Personal life
[edit]Mangum was born in Mississippi, United States. He relocated to Metro Atlanta with his family at age 10. He attended Georgia State University for a degree in pharmacy, although he did not graduate.[13] His son, Sunday, was born in January 2020. He currently resides in Atlanta with his son and girlfriend.[17][18]
Discography
[edit]Albums
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| Who's Gonna Get Fucked First? |
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| I'm a Piece of Shit |
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| Awful Swim |
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| Come Outside, We Not Gone Jump You |
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| Young Hot Ebony 2 |
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| Patricide |
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Mixtapes
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| Young Hot Ebony |
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Extended plays
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| Pretty Boy Satan |
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| Teen Gohan |
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| L1L D1DDY |
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| Boys & GIrls Club |
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| BRAWL (with Richposlim & KeithCharles SpaceBar) |
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| Dionysus (with Archibald Slim) |
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| Papicodone |
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| Hu$band |
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| Tha Thingz I Do 4 Money |
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References
[edit]- ^ Harris, Gregory (April 15, 2015). "Not Your Average ATLien: Getting To Know Father". VIBE.com. Retrieved June 23, 2022.
- ^ "Level Unlocked: An interview with ABRA on her comeback". The Face. August 24, 2021. Retrieved June 23, 2022.
- ^ Gus Fisher (February 15, 2019). "How Awful Records Made Its Mark On Atlanta Hip-Hop". HotNewHipHop. Retrieved September 16, 2021.
- ^ Tom Breihan (September 17, 2014). "Mixtape of the Week: Father Young Hot Ebony". Stereogum. Retrieved September 20, 2021.
- ^ Alexander Iadarola (March 18, 2015). "Awful Records' Father Shares New Album". The Fader. Retrieved September 21, 2021.
- ^ Meaghan Garvey (March 25, 2015). "Father: Who's Gonna Get Fucked First? Album Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved September 17, 2021.
- ^ Rebecca Haithcoat (March 24, 2016). "Father: I'm a Piece of Shit Album Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved September 17, 2021.
- ^ a b Ian Servantes. "How Father Restructured Awful Records & Got His Mojo Back". Highsnobiety. Retrieved September 16, 2021.
- ^ John Twells (June 21, 2018). "Awful Records announces partnership with RCA, teases new Father material". Fact. Retrieved September 16, 2021.
- ^ Dan Rys (June 21, 2018). "Father, Awful Records Ink Creative Partnership With RCA Records: Exclusive". Billboard. Retrieved September 16, 2021.
- ^ Briana Younger (September 29, 2018). "Father: Awful Swim Album Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved September 17, 2021.
- ^ "Father is creating for himself again on new record Young Hot Ebony 2 (Interview)". EARMILK. June 13, 2022. Retrieved June 23, 2022.
- ^ a b "Perfect Pretty Chaotic Bubble: An Interview With Father". Notion. November 27, 2020. Retrieved June 23, 2022.
- ^ Stephen Kearse (January 8, 2021). "Father: Come Outside, We Not Gone Jump You Album Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved September 17, 2021.
- ^ "YOUNG HOT EBONY 2 arrives this Friday". Twitter. Retrieved June 23, 2022.
- ^ Young Hot Ebony 2, June 10, 2022, retrieved June 23, 2022
- ^ "yeah, technically lol. his names sunday so i just call him sun/son". Twitter. Retrieved June 23, 2022.
- ^ "my girlfriend don't like my feet cuz they too flat, soft n moist". Twitter. Retrieved June 23, 2022.
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