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Plus this guy’s Playa Please face steals the show every time. The visuals are stunning and plays well into the “money can’t buy happiness” theme. It’s like something plucked from one of my mom’s soap operas. It’s just Tyler throwing a fit over some dude he likes in an obscenely opulent mansion. No edible cockroaches, no makeshift wrestling rings, no giant dollhouses, none of the chaos you’d expect. Wanna know why I like this one – well, besides it being maybe my favorite Tyler song ever? It’s because it doesn’t SEEM like a Tyler video. I mean, Tyler, the Creator doing a mountain of cocaine as a centaur with a bob? C’mon. California time, which made it, like, 11 or midnight in Alabama. I remember waiting up late for this video to premier on their YouTube channel it was premiering at 9 p.m. It’s obscene, absurd, and hilarious, which is exactly what Odd Future was at this point. There’s nothing to it except that it’s pure chaos. Speaking of imagery, what’s Tyler’s best music video? When even the album art can tell a compelling story, you know you’re in for a treat. The symbolism of the bee obscuring Tyler’s face isn’t lost on me, especially when this album is filled with themes that focus on identity and self-acceptance. Artist Eric White’s design for the main Flower Boy cover is an extension of that – a wonderful blend of color, cool and “umm, what IS this?” intrigue. If you haven’t been able to tell from me repeating it over and over again, I’m constantly in awe of Tyler’s artistry. Tyler has some of the dopest album covers in recent memory. His distorted vocals and the song’s themes are tailor-made for Tyler’s wacky-yet-insightful video treatment. “Awkward” might be slightly too low key for a single in the 2010s era but it definitely feels worthy of visuals. This was tough because Tyler’s pretty good at selecting singles – or at least giving worthy album cuts the video treatment. Close runner up, though, is that obnoxiously titled ScHoolBoy Q collab from Cherry Bomb. I can’t help but do my best/worst dance when it drops. The beat is so fun and windows-down, and the bass unapologetically THUMPS. It’s got a beautiful and immediately catchy hook from Frank Ocean, and I often find myself randomly saying “I rock, I roll, I shine, I glow I GLOW” to myself. This song reeks of Big Single Energy (am I cool yet?). Name a Tyler album cut that should have been a single.
I have no idea why he’s so angry about lettuce at the end of the song but it’s Tyler, who knows. He’s just a ball of kinetic energy here, spitting absolute madness over a hyperactive track that seems plucked from Aqua Teen Hunger Force. Well, since you mentioned it, this is MY favorite version of Tyler. And it kicks off Cherry Bomb with an incredibly strong energy that none of his other album intros have had (except maybe “IGOR’S THEME”). He’s channeling that N*E*R*D spirit that he loves so much, and he does it well it’s a little bit aggressive, a little bit goofy, and a lotta bit hard. On the surface “She” is the kind of crass material that would bury his career in a mountain of think pieces today but it’s the artistry and nuance that hooked me. So when Tyler dropped “She” as his next single, I paid much closer attention than immediately writing him off as some bug-eating shock rapper. But once I got past the roach eating, I recognized that he was actually a pretty solid rapper. Circa 2011, I’d spend my mornings in the gym being completely grossed out by Tyler’s “Yonkers” video.
I mean, I guess they could be still playing them today but I have no idea – these days I only frequent MTV when I wanna watch the buffoonery that is Catfish. Believe it or not, there was a time in the early 2010s where MTV still played music videos on the regular. Great pick, I love both that song and The R.E.D. Game tried too hard to beat Tyler at his own game (pun intended), and I wish Lil’ Wayne had a verse, but Tyler made this song worth it. Album, and his verse (and appearance in the video, let’s be honest) won me over. What’s the first song that made you a fan of Tyler, the Creator?īefore this song, I had seen the “Yonkers” video and was disgusted I was also (regrettably) a fan of Hopsin, who had dissed Tyler several times, so I had no interest in listening to him. That chaos really holds him back here, an album that boasts a few good tracks but man, you gotta plod through some clunkers to find them. As I mentioned earlier, Tyler’s greatest charm and biggest drawback is that he’s just all over the place. You’ll get no flak from me playa, when you’re right you’re right.
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