On December 17th, 2020, a heavily tagged, thirteen-second snippet of “Llama” was posted onto Youtube by “Ace, The Creator”. "You're Drunk" was uploaded to Youtube in 2017 by "user 144596". Unreleased OFWGKTA also uploaded "Cherie" in 2012 also said to be on the album, after it was played on Transmission 3 of Animal Collective Radio. However, this version is not from Wolf 2010, it is from Stereo-Type. OFWGKTA RARE also uploaded an instrumental called "Adam's Family" in 2020 and claimed it to be on 2010 Wolf. Additionally, a snippet of the song "Mars" said to be from Wolf was uploaded onto Youtube by "OFWGKTA RARE" in 2020. "Lucky Charms", uploaded to Youtube by "TerrorizeSpeed" in 2012, was also said to be on Wolf 2010. Ī few songs from supposed track lists exist online, but one confirmed to be from 2010's Wolf was "One/Untitled/Wolf", uploaded by user "Wolf2TheGang" in 2012 who mistakenly claimed it would be on the upcoming 2013 Wolf album. Although Tyler would later create Wolf in 2013, it was very different compared to the original 2010 version of Wolf. However, due to the record deal, Wolf 2010 was scrapped with some songs from Wolf being moved onto 2011's Goblin. He is, in his own words, “the cowboy on my own trip.Before Tyler, the Creator got signed to XL, he had planned to create an album titled Wolf in 2010 to succeed his debut mixtape, 2009's Bastard.
He’s embraced the national spotlight, all the while keeping his Island-of-Misfits crew in tow. He is still very young, and it will be interesting to see if he can carry his adolescent, moody act with him into his 30s.īut for someone who could have receded into the background, Tyler has instead evolved into a more complete, mature musician. Despite some strides forward, he remains an incredibly alienating presence who is wont to recoil from uncomfortable situations - his awkward, disengaged performance on Letterman a telling example. At 71 minutes, Wolf is too long, and Tyler’s dense rhymes and similarly lush beats have the tendency to run together. Of course, both Tyler and Wolf have flaws to work out. The rhymes are fairly simply here, but he is inarticulate in a way that strikingly conveys manic depression. On the lead single, “IFHY,” he embodies the most violent one, swinging between seething aggression (I’ll lose a couple screws in due time, I’ll stop breathing/And you’ll see the meaning of stalking”) and tender love (“When I hear your name, I cannot stop cheesing”). Wolf traces the voices of two of three demented characters as they interact with and threaten each other. It’s impressive, then, that Tyler can lend his voice equally well to both rote adolescence and psychosis. “Making eye contact I feel like the damn man/Cause even though I am and get a round of applauses/I’m insecure and start to think that I do not stand a chance.” For such a polarizing, controversial figure, Tyler comes off as surprisingly relatable. We know that Tyler can get rowdy, but here lends his impressive chops to painfully honest lyrics that get capture the desire and heartbreak of an adolescent love story. “Awkward” also shows his maturation as a storyteller. In the nostalgic “Awkward,” jazzy piano and quivering strings combine with Tyler’s chopped and screwed vocals to create a dreamy soundscape. Tyler plays many of the piano parts himself, and he adds horns, bells, vocal samples to create dense, varied textures. His rhymes are supported by rich production that shows impressive growth from the tinny synth-driven beats of Goblin. His blunt, unyielding flow mashes reference after reference, necessitating multiple listens to catch everything: “Wolf Haley got more methods than Pinkman/I'm never civil, f*ck Lincoln.” Within the first verse of the album, he’s employed alliteration, assonance, and homophones to skillful effect.
If anyone still doubts Tyler’s abilities as a rapper, they’ll have to answer to the dense lyrical schemes on Wolf. Perhaps for the first time, Tyler’s music can be taken at face value, and it’s pretty damn good. His content is still shocking, for sure, but he’s also deft wordsmith with an urgent story to tell and an excellent ear for hooks. 2, was both commercially and critically successful, and Tyler’s recently released third solo album, Wolf, shows that he may be around for a while. Odd Future’s 2012 debut album, The OF Tape Vol.
rapper named Tyler the Creator gulped down a cockroach and hung himself in his first music video, “Yonkers.” However, after countless debates over Tyler’s violence, misogyny, and homophobia, the hype faded, and it seemed like the young rapper and his rowdy crew, Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All, were destined to become another flash in the pan.īut Tyler’s stuck around, against the odds. In 2011, the world watched in fascination and horror as a young L.A.