7/1/2023 0 Comments Tyler igor![]() The swirling analog synths and vocal embellishments that envelop the track evoke the sheer complexity and dizzying nature of love. Frank Ocean is in fine voice on the very Frank Ocean-y Running Out of Time, which sees the pair chart fleeting romances.Tyler has managed to create a wild and cathartic portrayal of love, forming not only a fresh take on the "breakup album" format, but crafting Tyler has managed to create a wild and cathartic portrayal of love, forming not only a fresh take on the "breakup album" format, but crafting a sound which perfectly and creatively captures the essence of infatuation, separation, and desperation. And from a songwriting perspective, Tyler remains a sucker for tales of young love. The sunny, Roy Ayers-esque grooves remain part of Tyler’s playbook, while his eternal kinship with Pharrell Williams is clear in the way this album echoes the slick, immaculate vibes of the producer’s G I R L era – particularly on Earfquake, which features help from Charlie Wilson, Devonté Hynes & Playboi Carti. That’s not to say that this is totally unidentifiable as a Tyler, the Creator album. In these moments I am reminded of comedian Nat Puff, aka Left at London, who recently put out a hugely viral video recreating Tyler’s supposedly predictable songwriting – but in these moments, he pushes his sound well above anything deserving parody. There’s more ingenuity in the stuttering rhythms of the wonderfully offbeat A Boy Is a Gun, which comes across as something Brian Wilson might have cooked up had he been born a B-boy (and samples the same soul tune Kanye did on Bound 2). Tyler will never be a powerhouse singer but here he evokes memories of Prince’s show-stopping soul number International Lover. The closing track, Are We Still Friends, is a big-hearted ballad. This buzzing, eardrum-bursting key riff – half southern crunk, half horror movie – is matched with 70s-style funk drumming, splashes of piano and unusual falsetto croons in a strange, scintillating concoction. Press play on track one, Igor’s Theme, and you smash into an immovable synth wall. ![]() The album is bookended by two of its best and most surprising songs. “Don’t go into this expecting a rap album,” he wrote in a statement before Igor’s release.Ĭover art for Igor. With the focus more on sonic texture than song structure, the album is a smorgasbord of buzzing basslines, prominent piano chords and out-of-key synths. ![]() Yet Igor, Tyler’s fifth full-length solo album, represents his sharpest stylistic swerve to date. Yet here we are, over a decade since The Odd Future Tape, and the release of a Tyler, the Creator album is still an event.Īfter the mutinous, uncompromising sounds of his earlier work, the evolution of Tyler took a huge leap with the richer arrangements, languid grooves and more considered writing of his excellent 2017 record Flower Boy. ![]() ![]() It always seemed as if Tyler would rather do something other than rap. There have been explorations into other creative realms: screenwriting, fashion, film scores, app development and singing ( he once said he was looking to Isaac Hayes and Barry White for a blueprint on how to harness his deep voice). Leading the generation-defining rap group Odd Future didn’t stop the young Los Angeles radical from regularly declaring that a career as a traditional MC would be a lousy fit. T yler, the Creator always said he didn’t want to be a rapper. ![]()
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