They’re also frequently hilarious: “You see these excursions right here?/Just too lavish to post on the ’gram,” he humblebrags on “HOT WIND BLOWS.” “THIS IS WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE WHEN THE MOON AND THE SUN COLLIDE. He leaves most of the singing to guest stars, focusing his energies on bars designed to equally dazzle and desecrate: “Whips on whips, my ancestors got they backs out,” he spits on “LUMBERJACK.” Drama’s ad libs are persistent to the point of omnipresence, just like the old days. Here, Tyler uses the format to remind everyone why anyone ever paid attention to him in the first place: The boy can rap. And while the change appears to be permanent in some ways ( CMIYGL uses much of IGOR’s vintage-synth-heavy musical palette), the new record also has him calling back to formative influences: Namely, DJ Drama’s legendary Gangsta Grillz mixtapes with the likes of Pharrell, Lil Wayne, and Young Jeezy. Unfortunately, GOBLIN fell ill to many of the flaws that usually come with young unpolished artists and because of this it came in as the worst album in his discography. IGOR was a watershed moment in Tyler’s career, the final stage in his metamorphosis from indie rap troll to mainstream pop star. In 2011, Tyler, The Creator, an inexperienced artist at the time, made his first major label debut with GOBLIN which featured Tyler at his most raw and controversial.
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