News of Tyler, The Creator’s fifth studio album came initially via a leak from Colombia parent label Sony Music, before Tyler began to roll out a series of bizarre video vignettes on YouTube, teasing 50 odd seconds of album tracks ‘IGOR’S THEME,’NEW MAGIC WAND,’ ‘WHAT’S GOOD’ and ‘A BOY IS A GUN.’ On ‘IGOR’ it…
In what must surely be one of the most exciting collabs of the summer, Tyler The Creator & A$AP Rocky join forces on new track ‘Potato Salad’, which hints at a forthcoming project entitled WANG$AP. The track is as loose, funny, and relaxed as the video, with the Odd Future and A$AP Mob head honchos…
Tyler, The Creator drops a second loose cut in as many months, uploading new track ‘435’ to YouTube following recent cut ‘OKRA.’ It’s described in the video’s caption as “a random song laying around from the Flower Boy tour in Feb, filmed by Luis Panch Perez.” It’s a little harder than most of the material…
Tyler, The Creator’s latest track ‘OKRA’ comes as a complete surprise. Referred to as ‘a throwaway song’ in the YouTube description, Tyler begins the track by announcing that it was recorded in one take; impressive given that he’s rapping at full tilt save for a few breaks for a very short hook. Although it’s been…
Following a name change for the less obscene and recent singles ‘Who Dat Boy‘, ‘Boredom‘ and ‘Ain’t Got Time‘ Tyler, The Creator’s new album ‘Flower Boy’ is out now. On the album, Tyler seems to have perfectly resolved the duality that makes him such a compelling musician; marrying his undeniable proficiency in shock-tactic with his…
With controversy still circling newly released Kanye West album ‘The Life Of Pablo‘, Tyler, The Creator puts his own spin on ‘Freestyle 4’. Released as part of a lo-fi video featuring A$AP Rocky and a few of his Odd Future cohorts, Tyler proceeds to go ignorant over the TLOP instrumental. Stream below via YouTube.
Last time Earl put an unreleased track up on SoundCloud it was very swiftly removed, so make sure you get to new tracks ‘Wind In My Sails’, ‘SKRT SKRT’ and ‘bary’ immediately! ‘Wind In My Sails’ takes its production cues from Madlib & Flying Lotus’ ‘Children Of The Atom’. The two producers are credited on the track,…
‘Mirror’ was originally leaked yesterday, before swiftly being taken down. The unreleased track is produced by Samiyam, who worked on much of Sweatshirt’s ‘Doris‘ and ‘I Don’t Like Shit, I Don’t Go Outside‘ and was originally intended to feature on the latter. By the sound of the track’s off-kilter vocals it’s easy to see why –…
Tyler, The Creator’s sound has evolved considerably since he first appeared on the scene. Having transitioned somewhat into an airier style [inspired largely by The Neptunes] on latest album ‘Cherry Bomb‘, Tyler re-visits his darker, more outwardly aggressive side on new track ‘Fuck It’. While we completely admire and respect his artistic evolution, Tyler’s early material was just so deeply…
Central to Tyler, The Creator’s ‘Wolf‘ [and indeed all his albums] is its storyline. We’re not yet sure how it’s all going to piece together, but the latest piece of the puzzle is a new video for ‘Buffalo’. In typical fashion, the video is split in two. Disturbing first half ‘Buffalo’ is reminiscent of ‘Yonkers’ both…
