Tyler, the Creator - Call Me If You Get Lost ALBUM REVIEW
Summary
TLDRIn this review, Anthony Fantano explores Tyler, the Creator's sixth studio album, 'Call Me If You Get Lost.' He discusses the album's departure from the narrative style of 'Igor,' noting its mixtape feel and features from artists like Lil Wayne and NBA YoungBoy. Fantano praises the album's eclectic sound, from jazzy bangers to groovy R&B tracks, and commends Tyler's growth as an artist. He also touches on the album's personal success narrative and Tyler's evolving character, giving the album an 8 out of 10.
Takeaways
- 🎤 'Call Me If You Get Lost' is Tyler, The Creator's sixth studio album, following his critically acclaimed 'IGOR'.
- 🔄 Tyler shifts gears from the narrative style of 'IGOR', opting for a more eclectic and holistic approach in his new album.
- 🔥 The album features high-energy tracks and collaborations with artists like Lil Wayne, 42 Dugg, and NBA YoungBoy.
- 🎵 Tyler experiments with various musical styles, including jazz, lo-fi, and reggae, showcasing his versatility as a producer.
- 👏 DJ Drama's presence throughout the album adds a layer of hype and represents a certain sector of the hip-hop world.
- 🏡 The album is likened to a mansion with extravagant pieces of furniture, symbolizing Tyler's growth and success.
- 🎶 'Lemon Head' and 'What's Your Name' are highlighted as standout tracks, blending different genres into a cohesive sound.
- 🔙 Tyler reflects on his past and evolution as an artist, particularly in tracks like 'Masso' and 'Run It Up'.
- 💬 The album includes personal touches, such as an interlude with Tyler's mom, adding depth to his narrative.
- 🌟 Despite being a 'vanity project', the album is well-received, reflecting Tyler's maturation as an artist since his 'Goblin' days.
Q & A
What is the title of Tyler, the Creator's sixth studio album?
-Tyler, the Creator's sixth studio album is titled 'Call Me If You Get Lost'.
What was the most successful album for Tyler, the Creator prior to 'Call Me If You Get Lost'?
-The most successful album for Tyler, the Creator prior to 'Call Me If You Get Lost' was 'IGOR'.
How does 'Call Me If You Get Lost' differ from 'IGOR' in terms of narrative?
-While 'IGOR' was a narrative-driven album, 'Call Me If You Get Lost' does not follow a super narrative but is still artsy, left field, and holistic.
What is the significance of DJ Drama's presence throughout 'Call Me If You Get Lost'?
-DJ Drama's presence throughout the album signifies Tyler's inclusion of a certain sector of the hip-hop world, as DJ Drama often represents a specific style within the genre.
What kind of features does 'Call Me If You Get Lost' have?
-The album features artists such as 42 Dugg, Lil Wayne, NBA YoungBoy, and a throwback to his Odd Future days with Domo Genesis.
How does the album showcase Tyler's growth since his early work?
-The album demonstrates Tyler's growth through his mature execution of the same energy and style from his early work, but with the expertise and finesse he has developed over time.
What is the role of 'sir boat lair' in setting the tone for 'Call Me If You Get Lost'?
-The song 'sir boat lair' eases listeners into the album with curious layers of horns and plucky melodies, painting a picture of luxury and refinement.
What is the style of the track 'Lemon Head'?
-The track 'Lemon Head' is described as Tyler's own version of a blaring trap banger with a minor key and brassy synth horns.
How does 'What's Your Name' differ from other tracks on the album?
-The track 'What's Your Name' stands out as a groovy R&B throwback, a seductive and feel-good summer jam, contrasting with the heavier hip-hop tracks on the album.
What is the significance of the track 'Hot Wind Blows' in the album?
-The track 'Hot Wind Blows' is packed with dramatic jazzy piano and flute samples, and it has a vibe that could fit a Rick Ross track, but features Lil Wayne instead.
How does 'Call Me If You Get Lost' reflect Tyler's current status and narrative?
-The album reflects Tyler's current status as a successful artist, using his narrative of personal success and his unique personality to drive the project.
Outlines
🎤 Tyler, the Creator's New Album Review
The paragraph introduces a review of Tyler, the Creator's sixth studio album, 'Call Me If You Get Lost.' It discusses the anticipation following his previous successful album 'IGOR' and sets the stage for exploring the new album's direction. The review hints at a return to Tyler's roots with features from artists like Lil Wayne and NBA YoungBoy, while also noting the album's eclectic and artsy nature, suggesting a mixtape vibe with DJ Drama's presence throughout.
🔥 A Deep Dive into 'Call Me If You Get Lost'
This section delves into specific tracks from the album, highlighting Tyler's lyrical prowess and the album's varied musical influences. It discusses the album's narrative, which focuses on Tyler's personal success and evolution as an artist. The reviewer praises the album's features, production, and the way Tyler has matured in his approach to music, comparing the new work to his earlier projects like 'Wolfen Goblin.' The paragraph also touches on the album's lengthier tracks and their impact on the listening experience.
🌟 Reflecting on Tyler's Artistic Growth and 'Call Me If You Get Lost'
The final paragraph wraps up the review by reflecting on Tyler's growth as an artist and the overall impression of 'Call Me If You Get Lost.' It acknowledges Tyler's personal success narrative as a central theme of the album and discusses the challenges of creating a vanity project that still resonates with listeners. The reviewer concludes with an appreciation for Tyler's improved production and lyrical skills and invites viewers to share their thoughts on the album, ending with a call to like, subscribe, and engage with the content.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Tyler the Creator
💡Call Me If You Get Lost
💡Artsy
💡DJ Drama
💡Grimy Mixtape
💡Odd Future
💡Lofi
💡Braggadocious
💡Manifesto
💡Wilshire
Highlights
Tyler, the Creator's sixth studio album 'Call Me If You Get Lost' is a unique and artistic project.
The album does not follow a narrative structure but is still holistic and uniquely Tyler.
DJ Drama's presence throughout the album represents a certain sector of the hip-hop world.
The album features a mix of grimy mixtape style and high-end production.
Tyler collaborates with artists like 42 Dugg, Lil Wayne, and NBA YoungBoy.
The track 'Manifesto' brings back memories of Tyler's Odd Future days.
The album showcases Tyler's growth from his early work to his current mature style.
The opener 'Sir Boat Lair' eases listeners into the project with a dreamy sound.
The track 'Corso' is a return to foundational elements of hip-hop with clever wordplay and energy.
The song 'Lemon Head' is a trap banger with a nasty attitude and brassy synth horns.
'What's Your Name' is a groovy R&B throwback, perfect for a summer feel.
The track 'Hot Wind Blows' has a dramatic jazzy production reminiscent of Madlib and Alchemist.
The album's midpoint introduces a more aggressive and reflective tone with tracks like 'Masso'.
The song 'Run It Up' feels like a time machine back to Tyler's 'Goblin' era.
The track 'Beaten to Death' showcases a different approach to lo-fi for Tyler.
The two-part track 'Sweet/I Thought You Wanted to Dance' is a standout with its unique blend of R&B and reggae.
The album's last leg includes interludes and personal moments, like a conversation with Tyler's mom.
The song 'Juggernaut' features a strong collaboration with Tyler, Uzi, and Pharrell.
The album closer 'Safari' leaves listeners with an energetic and abstract instrumental.
The reviewer gives the album a light 8/10 rating, appreciating its vanity project nature.
Transcripts
hi everyone swethanyglandtano here the
internet's busiest music nerd and it's
time for a review
of the new tyler the creator album call
me if you get lost
yes this is a brand new album from
rapper
singer producer director writer
doer of things tyler the creator hitting
us with his sixth
studio album his first for this decade
which follows his most
successful release to date both
artistically and commercially igor a
love triangle
slash breakup album that explored
touches of r b
lo-fi and soul alongside the kind of
weirdo rap that tyler is known for
and it went to number one on the charts
so after such a huge conceptual release
the question is where will tyler go next
and ingeniously with call me if you get
lost
tyler's not trying to force lightning to
strike in the same place twice
while he's not going super narrative
with it this time around in a way this
project still ends up being artsy left
field holistic
and uniquely tyler now as the teaser
lumberjack forecast
the bangers are back now they're really
back
and for those of you who are not in the
know a dj drama screaming his brains out
on that song
was not an isolated incident no he is
all
throughout this album hyping up every
corner of it and for good reason if you
know dj drama's history he tends to
represent a certain sector of the
hip-hop world
so considering that his inclusion in
call me if you get lost makes sense
because much of this project runs like a
grimy mixtape you download off of
datpiff like 10 years ago the way i look
at it call me if you get lost is like a
mansion that tyler is building on this
project and
dj drama is just an amazing centerpiece
sitting in the living room like a really
extravagant crazy piece of furniture but
going down this grimy mixtape road is
also why tyler has features on here from
42 doug
lil wayne as well as surprisingly nba
young boy who he pulls
an amazing performance out of on what's
your name tyler even throws it a little
bit back to his odd future days with
domogenesis on the track manifesto and
in a way it does feel like tyler as far
as his
lyrics and vocals and general energy are
concerned
is throwing it a bit back to those odd
future days specifically that wolfen
goblin era but
executing it with the maturity expertise
and finesse he's gained up until this
point
with that being said though this record
is also a
massive flex he's just such a different
person now than he was in 2011 and his
success has essentially become his
narrative but you can't really say he
hasn't taken full advantage of that
between his albums his work with other
artists his festival his clothing line
and while tyler has been critical of
braggadocious rappers in the past
at least he waited until his ducks were
in the neatest and longest of rows
to go this hard the opener sir boat lair
eases us into this project with curious
layers of horns and plucky melodies
as tyler paints this picture of luxury
and refinement
the whole thing sounds like a dream
packed with eccentric and
eclectic details even in the midst of
excess
tyler's a man of taste following this
song though we have a pretty tight
succession
of heavy hitters in the track list
there's corso where lyrically we have
tyler slickly talking his
with all these one-liners over a
whirlwind of jazzy piano fragments
booming drums and
group chants and sure in terms of
meaning it may not be as deeply layered
as anything off igor is
but in so many ways this track is coming
back to the foundational elements of hip
hop to begin with
clever word play visceral energy huge
instrumental
all delivered in that typically tyler
way the following lemon head comes off
like tyler's own version of a
blaring trap banger with a minor key and
brassy synth horns
the 42 dug feature just adds to the
song's nasty attitude
meanwhile what's your name is like a
groovy r b throwback
it's a seductive feel-good summery jam
that feels like
hanging out poolside with a hottie all
day the beat has a sweet but chaotic
feel to it as well it's like tyler's
casually singing and rapping over what
sounds like just a radio snippet of some
oldies with some vocals and various
sounds of this kind of just
being thrown on top of each other in a
controlled chaos sort of way
ty dolla signs guest vocals are great
but really the stunning
performance on the track is nba young
boy who uh
comes off way more passionate and uh
sensible over this kind of production
than i thought he would be
meanwhile the track hot wind blows is
packed with all these
dramatic jazzy piano and flute samples
production really sounds like a
combination of like some mad lib and
alchemist
the vibe and the lyrics feel so rich
like
rick ross could be on this track easily
but i will totally settle for lil wayne
in rare form
as he speeds up his flow quite nicely at
one point even dropping gems like wind
beneath my wings
desert eagle underneath my coat this
somewhat ritzy fever does
break around the midpoint of the record
a bit though we have the song masso
where
the bass the drums and tyler's flow just
feels like
goblin all over again which sort of
makes sense because the song is a meta
moment where tyler lyrically is
explaining his
progression a bit even going into the
shifty sound of cherry bomb
and how his perspective personally and
artistically changed
to get him to this point there's also a
really manic and explosive finish to the
track too where
tyler does come off a little nutty like
he did on a lot of that early work he
put out back in the day and i wonder if
still at this point
does he have trouble relating to his
audience or feeling like he's speaking
to the audience that he wants to
then run it up also feels like i've
taken a time machine back to goblin town
as this track runs like a really
blissful feel-good interlude from that
album but
maybe not as rough around the edges and
wild lyrically this one feels like
another stretch of the same victory lap
but now with tyler juxtaposing this
against his past a bit more
the refrain is beaten to death a bit and
it does take a fair amount of time to
get going
but i do like the way the instrumental
switches around the halfway point into
what sounds like kind of a
a bad bit crushed mp3 sort of a
different approach to the lo-fi thing
for tyler and it was a smart move
then the following manifesto feels like
an aggressive response to
any attempts to force tyler to be like a
role model of sorts
speak up on social and political issues
which he doesn't feel an obligation to
especially since there was a time when
he was kind of like
enemy number one in the music world and
was getting canceled before there was
cancel culture
all in all i think his response and i
think his statement here is pretty well
put together and also passionate clearly
tyler supports
uh efforts to uh change policing
and and get rid of police brutality and
so on and so forth but he doesn't want
to come
in here as like some sort of moral
arbiter and be making decisions and be
making statements speaking over anyone
necessarily or taking the lead
then we have an insane centerpiece on
this record which comes in the shape of
sweet slash i thought you wanted to
dance
which is a two-parter obviously the
first leg of it is this
cynthia r b blend which has a solid tune
and a great performance from brent fayas
on vocals
like if you separated this off from this
track this would be one of the most
solid songs on the record
for sure just on its own but then we get
this really curious transition into i
thought you wanted to dance
which uh radically shifts into a
somewhat dubified reggae direction yes a
reggae tyler track
complete with quirky organs and a really
rock steady beat
instrumentally and aesthetically these
two tracks just feel like really weird
sweet leftovers from the igor vault but
obviously couldn't make it onto the
record because
lyrically they don't contribute to the
narrative of that project
but they're just such fun tracks and i
love the way that they kind of melt into
each other
and the instrumentation just feels so
hazy and fun and colorful
and together these two tracks rack up
like 10 minutes of run time but
each section is so well uh
partitioned off that as we kind of go
from part to part to part
it doesn't really get boring it stays
engaging now from here we move into a
somewhat spotty last leg that has a
couple of interludes
there's one that features tyler's mom
talking with him
for a little bit and even though it's
not a very long portion of the record
it is a really endearing portion of the
record uh just hearing her speech
patterns the way she talks and kind of
referencing back to a past moment in
their life together
it says so much it says a lot it says a
lot about
tyler's personality his upbringing
even the way he talks they talk so alike
from their cadence to their word choice
and i mean of course that's nothing new
or different or weird for parents and
children but
uh to hear it and see it kind of
contextualized in that way
uh puts tyler in a new light i think for
a lot of people that may just sort of
see him in a vacuum
the song rise brings more brags to
tyler's
success doctrine here while also telling
us he's gonna do stuff that you tell him
he can't do but honestly he's kind of
driving this
uh angle into the ground at this point
but juggernaut is an
insane banger where tyler uzi and
pharrell
bounce off of each other quite well the
song wilshire is the second longest tier
at eight minutes and change
and uh you might have caught lyrically
earlier on the lp
tyler alluding to this scenario where
he's playing the role of a home wrecker
i guess he's kind of inserting himself
into a relationship with
someone who's already got somebody and
he doesn't care he's trying to
assert himself get this person to date
him instead
and tyler essentially gives us the
detail
by detail rundown of this whole
situation and his
ball of emotions that he's been left
with in the aftermath
of it and yeah again he goes through
this whole story
for eight minutes with a somewhat like
totally
mix like for some reason the
right channel is
really fuzzed out and kind of clipping
and there's a lot of record static in
there
the other channel has mostly tyler's
voice and a good chunk of the
instrumental
i mean i guess it was an interesting uh
little story to add to
the record but god is it kind of a slog
then the closer safari features this
grand abstract instrumental with a lot
of weird horn and jazz chops
lo-fi bass as well once again this track
to me feels like musically controlled
chaos
there's a really hungry delivery from
tyler in the second half i'm not crazy
about the
pitched chipmunk vocals at the start but
i i will say they sound better than they
did when tyler was trying to pull this
exact kind of thing off
at the start of his career yeah i think
his verse on this track is solid
and he comes off convincing uh leaves us
with a lot of energy but
i imagine it's kind of a difficult task
to
give us a summation or really kind of
you know put a
a bow on a record like this where it's
just kind of like
this is me me me this is the me hour
this is everything going on with me
i'm so great i'm so great i'm so great i
guess in a way he's leaving us with a
determined snapshot before he pops up in
our point of view once again
overall calm if you get lost i loved it
but maybe only about as much as i could
love something that is
such a vanity project so much of this
thing hinges on tyler's
personal success narrative his
personality
his character his likability and
in that regard he as an individual is
still far from perfect
but my god he has improved leaps and
bounds beyond where he was at the goblin
stage for sure
the way tyler produces writes raps and
dissects
and and describes his world
is just so much better than it used to
be and i think even he is uh well aware
of that
i'm feeling a light too decent eight on
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