Man, Tyler's production. Feel like it's got so mature and crispy over the years. He knows exactly what he wants. Sometimes that's annoying. Feel like every album has a song like Hey Jane where he just goes in on some concept over a sparse beat. He has his ways, he creates his worlds, sometimes it feels formulaic but this album really surprised me. As someone whose not really a fan of the character thing he does like on Igor, I was hesitant about this when the first video dropped, but pleasantly surprised when the character was just a masked up version of himself. He calls this his most personal album and you can tell.
What do you do when your victory lap earns you another Grammy? Tyler, The Creator’s latest album delivers an undeniably personal experience—a raw, unfiltered invitation into his world, his Chromakopia.
In this album, Tyler embodies a new persona that walks us through an existential journey, colored by the pressures and milestones of an artist nearing middle age. From grappling with a pregnancy scare and the looming possibility of fatherhood to the relentless drive to create, Tyler confronts the expectation to distill his most intimate moments into art for immediate online scrutiny. Themes of mortality, creativity, and vulnerability weave together in what feels like his most expansive work yet.
In the end, I’m left wondering whether this album… More
(listens to a pretty heavy album while having a hard day and doesn't know what to think about any of it) ... (gets to "Balloon") ooh this is fun! I'd better add it to my playlist
I keep expecting Tyler to serve the immeasurable high that was Flower Boy but end up being somewhat disappointed. He is a visionary, granted, but 2017 had something magic for music released that year. That, or everything was great because I was 18.