Tyler, the Creator - IGORā ā @feliciathegoat #tylerthecreator #oddfuture #ofwgkta #tylerokonma #rap ā ā I'll be honest, I've loved so much of the Odd Future lineup's releases since way back in the day of Frank Ocean's mixtapes with all the uncleared samples, Tyler's early stuff like Bastard and Goblin, pretty much everything Earl Sweatshirt has every committed to tape, and even the offshoots like The Internet who kind of did their own thing with amazing results. The entire collective catalog isn't entirely perfect, naturally, but it's hard not to see how much talent was in the same room, so to speak, as a group of musicians that like to start as much shit as they did write amazing music came to power. Central to that whole world is Tyler, the Creator, the real and perceived leader of the troupe both organizationally and from the production mastery standpoint. We now know that just about everyone in Odd Future can stand on their own just fine, but I like to think that Tyler was the catalyst that got it all off the ground and encouraged them all to work together to get where they are today.ā ā Tyler's solo work has been radically unpredictable at times, both in subject matter and in style, but what has always been true is that he is nearly fearless in what he'll say and how he'll say it (and many times it's really missed the mark and alienated people who love him, but I digress). IGOR is certainly not the first time we've heard Tyler be absolutely real to a fault, but it's one of the first times I have felt like we've really seen inside of his heart. It's, from my perspective, a breakup album and not just a breakup album but one about a boy. If that doesn't challenge some deep-seated rap culture assumptions, I don't know what would. Like everything else, he's presented himself and his art as take-it-or-leave-it and frankly, I'll keep taking it as long as he keeps making it.ā ā ā #vinylrecords #vinylcollectionpost #vinyls #recordcollector #vinyladdict #vinyljunkie #onmyturntable #nowspinning #vinyligclub #vinyllovers #vinylclub #vinylcollective #vinylexams #vinyl #vinylporn #vinylcollector #recordcollectionā https://www.instagram.com/p/B7UwZ1uofzG/?igshid=1w8ecpmqfklr4
