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Tyler, The Creator: Wolf
(Sony)
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- Simone Keenan
He’s a walking, talking contradiction that Tyler, The Creator – the self-proclaimed leader of the Odd Future pack. Despite the fact his new album Wolf features the freshly-out-of-the-closest Frank Ocean (also of the OF clique), the rapper/producer has no qualms about dropping the ‘faggot’ bomb throughout the 18 tracks featured on the record, all the while using the album as a form of self-therapy or some kind of exorcism of demons that have clearly haunted him for many, many years (as an example, Jamba, featuring Hodgy Beats, focuses on Tyler’s daddy issues and a lack of a fatherly presence in the young man’s life). The guest list gets even more impressive, also including Erykah Badu on Treehome95 and Pharrell Williams on Ifhy (among other collaborators), while the tracks themselves are impressively fresh (often times just plain amusing to listen to), blending in a mix of jazz, old-school hip hop and even a bit of indie rock. A welcomed addition to the record collection.
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