Album Rating: 2.5

this guy is washed

Album Rating: 3.5

Jamming this one again after the initial release spins, I have a better impression of it this time, especially the first half, but it loses steam and it’s a little long. New one was more immediately attractive to me. I dig the vibe more, we’ll see if it has the staying power.

Album Rating: 3.5

This grew off me a bit.

Album Rating: 3.5

New one seems like a ton of fun to me so far. Reminds me of Igor which was always my favorite release of his.

Album Rating: 3.0

He's now become an established 3 out of 5 artist and no one is going to change my mind on that

Album Rating: 4.0

i think there's def a staleness to his style now that while slightly apparent on here, is especially apparent on the new one.



and i hate to say it but i think its the production. he's great at what he does but i find all his production sounds incredibly similar despite how much he attempts to switch up the style with every album. would be interested to hear an album of him rapping on someone else's beats

New one is a hard 2.5

Album Rating: 4.0

I'm still getting a lot of mileage out of the new one. Fun summer vibes

I wrote this about Tyler, kind of oddly in an email to a struggling student:

"his musical instincts strike me as decisively “raw” in the manner of The Neptunes, and he is as clearly talented in jazz voicings as he seems evidently self-taught on piano; like The Neptunes, his beats somehow convincingly play up both amateurishness and conversance with the principles of music theory, and it could be said that he achieves a lightly “uncanny” aesthetic effect from this combination of strain and ease...[further down] Tyler thinks like an artist, trying to create patches of salutary disorientation within a comforting sonic weave. He’s “complex” in his creative means and ends, in other words, though once in a while this means I get a “sickly” effect from his style that I don’t like."

I think thats part of the aesthetic that repeats itself maybe

Havnt connected with Tyler since being an angst teen who loved Goblin. Have heard a track or two from him here and there over the years but have not cared to re-listen much.

Album Rating: 3.5

New album is kinda disappointing. When you hear Tyler's making a dance album you expect something new and exciting, but the album just really sounds like b-sides from his other albums. Its not exactly trash but very few tracks stand out and overall nothing really compels you to replay the album

Album Rating: 4.0

This is one of his best

Album Rating: 2.5

Feels like the people that said that Chromakopia was too pretentious and weird got to him

Album Rating: 4.0

i think at the most basic level, tyler has essentially made three albums in a row about how unfulfilled he feels while reminding us over and over how disgustingly rich he is and its becoming increasingly boring with each release.

Album Rating: 2.5

Happens to every rapper unfortunately.

not a Tyler fan but the new one is fun

i prefer his production to his rapping/delivery by far

Album Rating: 3.5

Caught him live in Brissy over the weekend, new stuff was great fun in that context, he also basically did a weird mash-up of hits and stuff from across his discog, mostly focused the longer tracks on Chromokopia but did like minute-long segments of a whole range of songs. Yachty was support and also did a bit of Minnesota which was nice.