The only issue I have with Tyler and this track is that lyrically he could step it up a bit. The album has such a jazzy/dark/fun feel to it. On a musical side the album is great, Tyler’s production value is great, the songs just flow it’s hard to describe in just words. As a fan this is something beautiful to see. He’s no longer the angry, bitter man-child we saw all over Goblin, he is moving into a much more mature territory musically. This album speaks bounds for Tyler’s development as an artist. from a jazzy sound in “Treehome95,” to a softer sound in “PartyIsntOver/Campfire/Bimmer,” to the usual antics we expect from Golf Wang in “Domo23.” The album goes everywhere in Tyler’s spectrum, but somehow it all seamlessly fits into one another. Track after track the listener is exposed to a new form of the OF leader. Whether that is a good or bad thing for his career, that will be seen next week when the sale numbers come out.
This is something I personally have wanted to see from Tyler since he was thrust into mainstream popularity. Throughout Wolf we are exposed to the many layers of Tyler. That was until now with Wolf, for the first time, we are able to see Tyler’s true talents.
2, Tyler finds a way to gross his listeners out, and astound the masses with his extremely vulgar lyrics. Song after song, album after album he seems to outdo himself in the weird category, Whether it be Bastard, Goblin or last year’s OF Tape Vol. Tyler, the Creator is an enigma to say the least. This week is all about OFWGKTA, as Tyler, The Creator his released his second studio album WOLF. So sit back, relax and check out soulandsoles first album review: Wolf is Tyler’s best work to date and he accomplishes it, not through sheer force or shock value, but through fresh production, a calm flow, and that off-kilter vibe that is ever-present in the world Odd Future.Today, I am going to start a new tradition, every Wednesday, this site will provide a review of the most anticipated album release of the week. The guest verses are solid as always from his OF brethren, and the work of Erykah Badu and Pharrell is spectacular, and a coup for a young artist to feature such veterans on his album. His verses strike a perfect balance of irony and honesty. It’s heavy the beats are equal parts Wu-Tang and Star-Trak.
Wolf is exactly what we wanted from Tyler, The Creator. “Domo23” is the banger that is required of all OF projects, although “Trashwang” and “Tamale” also have enough adrenaline pumping energy to incite riots among skater kids and hip-hop heads. In amongst all this seriousness and gut-spilling honesty are still moments where all control is lost. TC, as hinted at in the title track of Bastard. It makes sense- Wolf is the third session with his fictional therapist Dr. Tyler seems a bit more intent on spitting what’s on his mind that he has in recent memory. Tyler explores the concepts of newfound fame in “Colossus”, and some pretty deep daddy issues in “Answer”, which may turn out to be the most honest and cutting hip-hop track of the year. What’s new about this album is the amount of insight we get into the mind behind the music. Tyler reminds us that he’s more than the growling, green-hatted leader of the Golf Wang he’s also one of the most gifted producers and musical minds of our generation. The latter surely belongs on a jazz compilation album rather than a 22-year-old’s hip-hop vision. Nuance, craft, and introspective verse fall victim to youthful abandon.īut with Wolf, Tyler pulls the old tricks out, with silky smooth tracks like “Bimmer” and “Treehome95”. It’s an absolute madhouse the performers spend almost as much time stage diving as they do actually performing. Watch Loiter Squad, which should tell you all you really need to know about the level of reckless abandon that courses through the veins of the young LA crew. The Golf Wang is a crazy group of hyped up kids. Wolf shows a return to restraint for Tyler. Maybe the pressure from XL Recordings to produce an album rushed him through his artistic process, who knows? It doesn’t really matter, the album is still one of the best hip-hop efforts in recent years, so what if it wasn’t that ‘next level shit’ we were all expecting? The things that drew so much attention to Bastard at times could go conspicuously missing on Goblin it felt less like a cohesive work, and more like a hodgepodge of tracks compiled to capitalize on newfound notoriety. It’s his follow up to 2011’s Goblin ( QRO review), a slight disappointment after the major underground hit that was Bastard.
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