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and Erykah Badu feature little to no rapping from the Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All leader. The three songs in the form one, “Party Isn’t Over/Campfire/Bimmer” featuring Lætitia Sadier & Frank Ocean and “Treehome 95” featuring Coco O.
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On this album, which he solely produced, there are songs where the production is the main showcase. “Colossus”, is an amusing story about Tyler being cornered at an amusement park by overzealous fans, but the best tracks are when he is emotionally open on songs like “Answer” where he wants his long lost Dad to answer if he ever calls, and “Lone” which tells the story of Tyler’s last interaction with his grandmother before losing her to cancer. There are a lot of tracks with great storytelling from his own personal experience except for “48”, where he portrays a drug dealer with a conscience, which is still worth a listen for the commentary from Nas.
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Interesting enough, the main subject of most of the songs is Tyler himself. Throughout the album, there are several skits at the end of songs that tell us about Wolf’s interactions with his new peers. Surprisingly, I actually find myself enjoying a large number of tracks from his album, Wolf.īy the end of the instrumental of the album opener, listeners are introduced to the character of the new kid at summer camp by the name of Wolf. While I have enjoyed Wolf Haley’s production in the past, I have always thought his rhymes were really simple and featured no factual subject matter just made up stories for shock value: rape, murder, etc. Except for Franck Ocean and The Internet (Syd tha Kid & Matt Martians), I really paid them no attention. In the last two years, I have heard about how he and the rest of Odd Future are really talented. This is the same weird skater dude that does more antics for attention than putting focus on his music. I am actually listening to an album from Tyler, The Creator. 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.Halfway through the album on my first listen, a thought popped in my head. 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.
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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.