i went back to igor and yeah the new one's a lot better than it. igor was him experimenting & is more about the vibes than anything else, it really de-emphasises the vocals & ends up feeling kinda formless as a result, and his different vocal style doesn't really mesh as well with his production? like his gravelly voice was important for anchoring his sound, so with him avoiding that the balance is off & the contrast between the lush higher end & the distorted bass/drums of his style clashes more.
while the new one is just playing to his established strengths from flower boy and might be even better than it too. "this is a just a really fun and quirky backpack rap album which is what I'm into" otm
― ufo, Saturday, 26 June 2021 04:04 (two years ago) link
love all three, it's his imperial phase I reckonwhat's good: when this dropped my 19yo daughter, who had been going out of her mind waiting, didn't know - so I got to tell her, and then we synced up streams while I was at work.
― assert (matttkkkk), Saturday, 26 June 2021 04:57 (two years ago) link
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Right, upper MS shakedown OTM.
Out of what's been recommended so far, Massa is the strongest to me. The second half of it is really what I was hoping for from him, but it still sounds like through much of this material he's bored; or despite the braggadocio about how courageous he is, he's still quite guarded.
― recovering internet addict/shitposter (viborg), Saturday, 26 June 2021 05:23 (two years ago) link
this is the first thing of his that's completely clicked for me I think
― intern at pelican brief consulting (Simon H.), Sunday, 27 June 2021 14:23 (two years ago) link
BET AWARDS 2021: LUMBERJACK @BET <3 LOVE pic.twitter.com/Bqzh7dLMxl— Tyler, The Creator (@tylerthecreator) June 28, 2021
― too cool for zen talk (Eazy), Monday, 28 June 2021 17:40 (two years ago) link
hooked on the first listen to the new stuff. not been fussed since the early days
DAE feel like odd future were the last exciting & punk thing to happen to music. nothing has been as forward and fun in identity since
― maelin, Wednesday, 30 June 2021 17:18 (two years ago) link
show streaming right now https://twitch.tv/amazonmusic
― assert (matttkkkk), Friday, 2 July 2021 00:21 (two years ago) link
this is pretty great on first listen
― burly crafty woodsman (James Harden) vs tall ethereal phantom (forksclovetofu), Monday, 5 July 2021 16:15 (two years ago) link
holding up very nicely in the rising heat
― intern at pelican brief consulting (Simon H.), Tuesday, 13 July 2021 15:52 (two years ago) link
am I the only person who has had the opposite reaction? two listens and this doesn't grab me the way Igor or Flower Boy did.
― akm, Tuesday, 13 July 2021 20:42 (two years ago) link
I loved Igor but have had a hard time getting into this one despite it sounding fairly similar to me. Guest verses are quite strong throughout, though. He still seems like a singular artist with a sound that I don't hear much precedence for and/or followers. Thoughts? Someone mentioned Soundcloud rap up thread...this doesn't sound anything like what I think of when I think of Soundcloud rap?
― Indexed, Thursday, 2 September 2021 21:19 (two years ago) link
i love ‘wilshire’
― flopson, Friday, 3 September 2021 03:28 (two years ago) link
I think it's a pretty great one - I've listened a lot over the weeks since its release and haven't tired of it. Interesting to see him reaching for the oldschool vibe, classic beats, DJ Drama as hypeman etc., while the content is pushing a global perspective as the antidote to 'hood vibes. Him saying "call me when you get lost" is a challenge, not a safety net. Anyway for me this music and especially IGOR feels like I feel about Frank Ocean, the artist's own emotional voyage is the centrepiece, the lyrics and bars are a tapestry of moods and anecdotes which give a complex character portrait which I find really engaging. Also "Juggernaut" slams. Thanks for reading my essay.
― assert (matttkkkk), Friday, 3 September 2021 04:06 (two years ago) link
also the crossover between "I Thought You Wanted to Dance" and Steve McQueen's LOVERS ROCK is cool
― assert (matttkkkk), Friday, 3 September 2021 04:07 (two years ago) link
this is illuminating (and beautiful) https://www.vogue.com/article/tyler-mitchell-and-tyler-the-creator-talk-picnics-dreaming-and-mariah-carey/amp
― assert (matttkkkk), Tuesday, 14 September 2021 23:47 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dh1pJqEXdsg
― papal hotwife (milo z), Thursday, 16 September 2021 19:20 (two years ago) link
want to like that but don't.
― think “Gypsy-Pixie” and misspelled. (We are a white family.) (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 16 September 2021 21:32 (two years ago) link