![]() “Mom was in a shelter when ‘Yonkers” dropped,” he raps on “Massa” about his 2011 single. He can’t help but reflect on how far he’s come. ![]() Rapper and producer Tyler made his name as provocateur of the bountifully talented Los Angeles collective Odd Future, along with Frank Ocean, Earl Sweatshirt, Syd Tha Kyd, and Domo Genesis. “We just landed in Geneva … We on a yacht, a young lady just fed me French vanilla ice cream.” On Call Me If You Get Lost, the Philly-raised Drama serves as hype man, setting the scene for Tyler’s adventures. ![]() The album is a homage to DJ Drama’s popular Gangsta Grillz mixtapes from the 00′s. Its packed-with-ideas songs last only as long as they need to, whether two minutes or 10. Tyler, the Creator’s sixth album - the follow-up to 2019′s Grammy-winning Igor - is a beautiful mess: a free-flowing rumination that jumps abruptly from one style to the next, by turns braggadocious and anxiety-ridden, celebratory, and introspective.
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