In between Okonma spends most of the time penning a tragic soundtrack, peakingīut the gloomy atmosphere is coupled with a nostalgic undercurrent that The melancholy quasi-suicidal Are We Still Friends? The songs are sandwiched between two sophisticated neosoul constructions: the This breakup concept, in which the bisexual Igor is abandoned by a male loverįor a girl, belongs to the tradition of vulnerable singer-songwriters. Okonma himself, succeeded where the overdone Flower Boy failed,Īnd proved that he was much more than a strange, introverted rapper. Igor (Columbia, 2019), entirely produced, arranged and written by L'alter ego di Tyler, già visto su Bastard, rivive in Who Dat Boy e in I Ain't Got Shed, una scelta solo parzialmente giustificata dall'unica canzone cheĪgain, un'altra spesa eterodossa al supermercato della musica d'ambiente (e Pezzi più leggeri, come Boredom e 911/Mr Lonely, al confine col neosoul, L'album monta e precipitaĬon pezzi tronfi e disordinati come 2seaters,Ĭhe mescola pop orchestrale e jazz da camera (con l'artista colombiano KaliĪssieme a molti collaboratori (Frank Ocean, Lil Wayne, Steve Lacy, Rex OrangeĬounty, Anna of the North, Corinne Bailey Rae) non è all'altezzaĭell'esuberante creatività dell'album precedente. L'assordante charleston su un tappeto di droni abrasivi di Pilot e la cifra nucleare del muro di rumore e guai di Cherry Bomb. (2015) vanta la sua musica più violenta: il pezzo metal-rap Deathcamp, una convulsa pièce teatraleĬhe suona come una versione tragica del varietà satirico di Frank Zappa "I Fucking Hate You") così come la pomposa orgia di Domo 23.Īssieme al grottesco musichall-plus-jazz di Smuckers, Cherry Bomb Pesantemente influenzato dai Neptunes, l'album include la Successivo Goblin (2011), che è in pratica una collezione di riempitivi.
Nichilista, è stato acclamato dalla critica pur essendo mediocre come il Le relative produzioni (ispirate principalmente ai Neptunes). Testi oltraggiosi e provocatori (in altre parole frivoli e stereotipati) e per Them All) di stanza a Los Angeles, ha ottenuto qualche attenzione per i suoi
Rapper e produttore Tyler the Creator (Tyler Okonma), leader fondatore delĬollettivo hip-hop Odd Future (o, più propriamente, Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill (Translation by/ Tradotto da Rubens Mondi) The spontaneity of an album that wants to be sincere and confessional. In a sense, the excess of collaborators and of arrangements (synths, auto-tuned vocals, sound effects, jazzy piano, and so on) creates confusion and kills Who Dat Boy and the visceral, bouncy I Ain't Got Time. Tyler's Bastard alter ago lives on in the gloomy atmosphere of The one song that shows a bit of imagination, See You Again,Īnother unorthodox take on supermarket pop muzak (and another collaboration Slow lounge shuffle Garden Shed, a choice only partially justified by Tyler now focuses on lightweight fare, such as the heavily orchestratedīoredom and the sleepy neosoul ballad 911/ Mr Lonely all the way down to the (Frank Ocean, Lil Wayne, Steve Lacy, Rex Orange County, Anna of the North, Corinne Bailey Rae) but failed to match the exuberant creativity of the previous album. Scum Fuck Flower Boy (Columbia, 2017) featured many collaborators That slides into orchestral pop and lounge jazz (with Colombian singer Kali Uchis), and Fucking Young, It rises and falls with its messy bloated pieces such as 2seaters,
The thundering charleston over a bed of abrasive drones Pilot Īnd the nuclear-grade wall of noise and screams Cherry Bomb. Next to grotesque musichall-plus-jazz numbers such as Smuckers,Ĭherry Bomb (2015) boasts his most violent music yet:Ī frenzied theatrical piece that sounds like a tragic version of The steadfast rant IFHY (which stands for "I Fucking Hate You")Īs well as the bombastic orgy of Domo 23. The more robust concept album Wolf (Odd Future, 2013), heavily Goblin (2011) was basically a collection of filler. The mixtape Bastard (2010), a nihilistic manifesto, was hailed by the press as a masterpiece, but its production wasĭerivative (mostly inspired by the Neptunes). (which, sometimes, only means "trivial and stereotypical").
Got some attention for his provocative and outrageous lyrics Rapper and producer Tyler the Creator (Tyler Okonma), founding leader of Los Angeles' hip-hopĬollective Odd Future (or, better, Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All), ( Copyright © 2012 Piero Scaruffi | Terms of use) Tyler the Creator: biography, discography, review, ratings, best albums