Tyga – Hotel California

    Though it hasn’t defined Tyga’s musical career (yet), the 23-year-old Los Angeles rapper has become synonymous with his salacious 2011 single “Rack City.” Not only did the song chart exceptionally well on the Billboard Hot 100, it also spawned various business opportunities, none more striking than the release of his adult film Rack City: XXX. Such reinforcement unfortunately can then give way to Hotel California, a project rot with sleazy lyricism and a nefarious demeanor to match.

    It’s only appropriate that his latest album opens with the Lil Wayne-assisted “500 Degrees.” Over pervasive synth and mind-numbing drums, Tyga shells out tasteless rhymes (“Got bars, front gate, face shot, blind date”) with ease. Not to be outdone, Young Money’s head honcho turns in his own lewd prose (“But let me pass the weed, and stop passing judgment / Before I have to beat him like a dick, he had it comin”). This stigma carries over to tracks like “Hijack” and “Get Loose,” reiterating Tyga’s sexually obsessed libido.  

    Whereas records like “Rack City” and “Faded” were paired on Careless World with considerably compelling cuts (“Black Crowns,” “Let It Show”), Tyga instead opts to drive home a bombastic approach that becomes more burdensome than entertaining. “Dope” contemptuously flips Dr. Dre’s 1992 classic “Deep Cover,” and save for a menacing beat, Tyga sounds severely out of place alongside the corner boy bravado of Jadakiss on “Hit Em Up.” Without subtleness, the Compton rapper trounces around the subject of pill popping on “Molly” like he was making commission on sales for the designer drug. Suffice it to say, it’s an exploitive performance that warrants an Arnold Jackson side eye.

    Not until the latter half of Hotel California does the album begin to gain momentum. “Palm Trees” and “M.O.E.” are feel-good tracks that offer a change of pace to the usual debauchery, while “Diss Song” digs deep into a friendship that went south. Calling out his former partner, Tyga raps, “Looking at my story, breaking down my glory / Judging my highlights, winning shots like Horry / Always trying to take from me, criticize, hate on me / Want to call me fake ‘cause you really can’t relate to me.” With its layered production bolstered by fiery guitar licks, “Drive Fast, Live Young” is easily the album standout. Tyga isn’t necessarily saying anything profound here, but his polished delivery matched with JMSN’s crooning makes this record flawless.

    In similar fashion to Weezy’s I Am Not a Human Being II, the production, features and overall material on Hotel California displays a regressive sense of originality from Tyga. His sexual callousness wears off quickly, and what listeners are left with is a release better fit for a Ramada Inn than a Four Seasons. Hopefully the reservation is refundable.

    229 thoughts on “Tyga – Hotel California

    1. No surprises here. Shitty album from a shitty rapper. Drake’s the only one from YM who hasn’t lost all their buzz…Wayne, Nicki and Tyga are about done, thank God.

    2. Suss. I think Drake is the only artist left on that Young Money roster that is trying to make quality music that is also commercially successful. Nicki just vomits out commercial pop garbage, Wayne does rap as a side hobby to his skateboarding, and Tyga is just plain wack MC with good production.

      1. I agree entirely. Such a shame what’s happening to a once, if not great, consistent and reliable record label.

    3. this album got a 2.5 but they gave ces cru a 3 this says to me that they think ces crus album is only slightly better than this crap

      1. Well David wrote the Ces Cru review & solidified himself as one of the shittiest writers here with that garbage 15-minute written review. Edwin wrote this article & seems to be a stronger writer judging from this review.

        This album may suck but the review sure proves why David sucks too.

    4. fucking trash. shit is gonna flop. do any of these singles get any real play like rack city?

    5. funny because the people buying and listening to this album will be bumping it at a motel 6 with shotty weed and the least pure molly on the market. I liked his fist album, WHAT HAPPENED?

    6. “and stop passing judgment / Before I have to beat him like a dick, he had it comin

      this nigga lil wayne gay as FUCK lmao first openly gay mainstream rapper

    7. Terrible album. This shit will flop and be forgotten by summer. All of the singles flopped, this nigga is done.

    8. look at the still frame of this dude with the tightest shits on with the fur coat tryin to look hard, who told him that would be cool?

    9. On some real shit though dudes need to kill this molly trend. Go do all your drugs idc, but don’t make songs about it that young kids can learn from. If you want to comment on this saying but what about weed songs. But pills and shit you can obviously die from and/or really alter your natural life so stop that shit! Not to mention you just look dumb making a song like this clinging to the latest mainstream hip hop trend like now all the sudden you a molly head. Fuck outta here

    10. FUCKING HIPHOPDX HATERS DON’T KNOW WHAT THEY FUCKING TALKING ABOUT! JUST MAD BECAUSE I’M RUNNING AROUND IN LEOPARD SKIN DRAWERS, FUCKING HOES & MAKING’EM SHOVEL A SPOONFUL A COKE WHILE WE FUCKING. YOU WISH YOU COULD GET AS MANY PARKING TICKETS AS ME, FOOLS! MY ALBUM IS DOPE! DOPER THAN THE SOCKS YOU WEAR IN THE MORNING, DOPER THAN THE DOPE YOU SMOKE, DOPER THAN THE FOOD YOU FEED YOUR CAT, AND DEFINITELY DOPER THAN THE TRASH YOU PUT OUT EVERY WEDNESDAY! I PREDICT MY ALBUM WILL GO PLATINUM NEXT WEEK, YO! LIKE OUR ACCOUNTANT @ YMCMB (DENTALDAMBOY) SAYS, WE RUN THE GAME BY THE FUCKING CLIT! UGH!

    11. this album was not good, plan and simple. I loved his first one, this one just missed the mark. I’m very surprised birdman let this come out. I love IANAHB 2, didn’t care for this. 2 stars

      1. Nah, homie, you got it twisted. 990,000 the first week. Tell that faggot Justin Timberlake to watch his ass. Hip hop is taking over again.

    12. TYGA ROCKS!!! HE’LL SELL 200K FIRST WEEK AND GO AT LEAST PLATINUM AT THE END!!! WAY BETTER THAN GOOD KID WACK CITY!!

      1. Co-sign. See, I be telling these haters what the bidness is! When this album goes platinum, I’m pouring chamagne in my swimming pool instead of water so we can all celebrate my crowning achievement! Hotel California is the next Illmatic! YMCMB we run the game by the clit!

      2. the review isn’t about what its going to sell your ignorant fucks. Its about whether or not hes a good rapper which he isn’t

      3. @anon fuck you. you bitch ass nigga. I’m a better rapper than Rakim, Kool G Rap, and all them other washed up clowns from NYC. I run the rap game right now. I’m from California, fuck it I AM Cali. I’m the greatest rapper alive. Better than Jigga, better than Nas, better than sliced bread.

      4. lol at the fake tyga saying “ymcmb we run the game by the clit”.. obviously dentaldamboy in disguise..

    13. this is a good mainsream album. if you wanna listen to dope rhymes than listen to RA the Rugged Man (who i really like as well) but Tyga became a good pop-rapper who can fill the space of Nelly

    14. I have no hope for this. Drake’s the only one from YM to come close right now to being a decent rapper!! I just wish he had his own label.

      1. You need to fucking kill yourself I took a shit this morning that can rap better than Drake and Tyga’s the shit but young money sucks so you bitches don’t even give him a chance

      1. you never saw a troll before. Just ignore him and know that he actually knows those are pretty good albums

    15. They didn’t even mention the song enemies which I felt was one of tygas only real songs on the album

    16. this shit garbage and anyone who co-signs it has the musical taste of one Justin Beiber/Miley Cyrus. To hell with every sold copy of this cd

    17. As much as Tyga isn’t a good artist, you may be taking your hate to the extreme. I feel you have to be open and hear which tracks you like and which tracks you hate. Even YMCMB you have to be open minded. Hiphopdx’s rating reflects their true opinion. There’s no constructive criticism. It’s either dickriders or haters today.

      1. I feel you have to truly listen to an album before making a decision on it. Today, they just either hate or love the album before it comes out. It’s either haters like most of the anonymous comments or dickriders like YESSIr, denntalboy, Ja Rule dickrider, Boy, and more.

      2. “Anonymous: no one gives a fuck about what you feel”

        No one gives a fuck about you and your feelings either, Anon.

      3. I am not spending over an hour of my time listening to this album, and I dont need to display extreme hate I just know this album isnt for me

      4. That’s fine if you don’t want to listen to the album. Just don’t pan the album before you listen to it.

    18. Appropriate rating for this album. It is what I expected to hear from Tyga, nothing extraordinary or above average for that matter. Hotel California is a better album than I Am Not a Human Being II at least.

    19. The Eagles’ Hotel California>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>a pile of dog shit>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Tyga’s Hotel california

    20. You YMCMB haters are fucking idiots. Because I’m an accountant for Cash Money Records, I spend a lot of time with Birdman. He told me that in 96, Biggie was looking to get out of his contract with Bad Boy so he could sign with Cash Money. If Cash Money is right for Biggie, then it’s clearly the top record label. Unfortunately, Jay-Z and Diddy found out about Biggie’s upcoming departure and had him shot. Also, Birdman as always a role model for Pac. Most of you don’t know this, but the song Hit Em Up was originally supposed to be Split Em Up, a song where Pac brags about fucking Faith, leading to her breakup with BIG. But Birdman explained to Pac that real gangsta’s talking about killing people, so that’s how Hit Em Up took on such a violent tone.

      YMCMB for life. We got the game by the clit!

    21. up to I saw the receipt four $8270, I didnt believe that my best friend woz like trully erning money parttime online.. there best friend started doing this for under seven months and just now took care of the dept on there house and got a gorgeous Honda. this is where I went, …….. ZOO80 com

    22. I'M NOT FROM COMPTON BUT I WILL STILL BLAST A PUNK MUTHAFUCKA WHO DARES TO STEP TO THE NOTORIOUS GLORIOUS: LOCC says:

      This shit is trash. It will sell 50K and be forgotten in a month.

    23. Fuck this little rich boy they dont come any faker than this piece of shit why da fuk even bother wit a review wheres Papoose Nacerima Dream

    24. Tiger hasn’t made a good album since Below the Heavens. He really fell off recently. However he’s still one of my favorite Detroit rappers and I think he’s the best in Odd Future. But what is this album? Dissapointing, I expected more out of Jay-Z’s protege. Maybe he’ll still sell since he’s on GOOD Music.

    25. TYGA HAS MADE ANOTHER CLASSIC ALBUM!!! NAS, JAY Z, AND EMINEM HAVE FALLEN OFF HARD!!! TYGA IS A GREAT PARENT JUST LIKE WAYNE WHILE THOSE FUCKS ABUSE THEIR CHILDREN!!!

    26. Yoooooo mannnnnnn this king shit right here. Makes me wanna go out and donate half a mill to charity mannnnnnn (if I had it….)

      Long live Compton mannnnnnnnnnnnn

    27. Tyga has been garbage since he started he was never good he hasn’t “fallen off” because he has always been fucking terrible. YMCMB is ruining rap just stop giving these bums attention fuck drake fuck nicki minaj fuck lil wayne fuck tyga fuck lil twist fuck lil chuckee

    28. YMCMB is the Mcdonalds of rap

      Its well known, its generic and its crap

      Wish the kids in high school would stop buying their records.. theyre killing rap

    29. another classic from YMCMB. this shit is an instant classic. Tyga proved once again he is da best rapper from da West Coast. he outdid All Eyez On Me… and outshined 2Pac Amaru Shakur on Hit Em Up…. also Dope has much creative lyrics den 187 by Dr Dre and Snoop Dogg, plus I like how they cleaned da beat. genius work! Tyga is da King of da West. swag

    30. best rappers of all time. swag

      1. Lil Wayne
      2. Drake
      3. Rick Ross
      4. 2 Chainz
      5. Nelly
      6. Meek Mill
      7. Ja Rule
      8. Tyga
      9. Nicki Minaj
      10. Gucci Mane
      11. Waka Flocka
      12. Lil B
      13. Will.I.Am
      14. Flo Rida
      15. Pitbull

      1. I had to sign up just to rip this list to bits!! are you crazy man?

        Where the fuck is…..

        2pac
        biggie
        jayz
        kayne
        Game
        Nas

        the list goes on. i really hope your trolling here?

      2. retarded would be the person who would even suggest to write a thing like that……..its disgusting

      1. kendrick lamar, ab soul, big krit, j cole, danny brown, chance the rapper, action bronson, asap rocky, asap ferg, yelawolf, macklemore, mac miller, schoolboy q, jay rock, jay electronica, laws, emilio rojas, currensy, nigga stop whining and just listen to some music ya bish

    31. album is trash I rather listen to INAHB II smh. last king was good not great, but he probably had ghostwriters for it. that molly song was just dreadful my G#D.

    32. Way too many haters on here. I’m usually a critic but this album is decent enough.Some good songs, some average songs. I actually like the molly song (it was different IMO)

      Ill give the album 6.5/10- But yeah his previous album Last King was better

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    34. I remember Careless World only selling 61k in its first week. Do you think it will sell more, same, or less? For me, Im going with less of 50k copies.

    35. one of the Best rap albums of 2013 so far!! fuck critics they no nothing. All the beats get me pumped and he actually makes music

    36. This the same-sounding shit we always get from Tyga. This is more fitting for an mixtape. Where is the art in albums man? Like the songs as individuals songs though, some good banger shit

    37. Hip-Hop Dx.. How the hell did you rate this album worse than Lil’ Wayne’s last bucket of shit he called an album. That is absolutely ridiculous.

    38. Don’t have the cd tho I did watch and listen to the two youtube videos, I must ask is all his songs sound like it was made in the south? Even that flip Dre track had that southern clapp/808 to it.

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    40. I’d rather drag my balls through 10 miles of broken glass, only to have them ripped out with a pair of pliers and then fed to me than listen to this album.

      1. so you`re basically talking out of your ass then. it probably sucks, but you have no right to speak on it until you listen to it.

      2. I’ve listened to it. It made my ears bleed horribly, so I panicked, stood up and slipped on my own blood. I fell and broke my back, now I’m in a wheel chair. Thanks Tyga. And besides, I’m Eli Porter, THE GREATEST RAPPER OF ALL TIME. So fuck ya’ll.

    41. You just need to fucking kill yourself. I took a shit this morning that can rap better then Drake. Tyga’s the shit but young money sucks so you bitches don’t even give him a chance.

    42. Fuck this transgendered Vietnamese prostitute-lookin mufucka. Waiting for someone to snap this skinny twerp nigga in half so we don’t have to hear his shitty music anymore.

    43. stfu its not that bad of an album, what do you expect of a nigga livin in cali thats the style you dont like it dont listen to it.

      1. Umm… it’s a bad album. We expect a good album, not a piece of shit. Kendrick proved that it’s possible for a California artist nowadays to drop a good album.

    44. This album is a pile of trash (I like only 4-5 songs because of features) but why everybody brings Papoose here? His album is even worse than Hotel California, I’d rather listen to trash with good southern/cali beats than generic eastcoast shit.

      And I’m not a hater. I liked Careless World and some of Tyga’s mixtapes.

    45. THIS ALBUM IS A CLASSIC. CAN’T BE COMPARED TO EAGLES’ HOTEL CALIFORNIA, THAT ROCK SHIT WAS TRASH AND IS IRRELEVANT NOWADAYS. LIL WAYNE IS THE BEST ROCKER OF ALL TIME. TYGA HAS SKILLS, GOOD PRODUCERS, TALENTED RAPPERS SUCH AS LIL WAYNE, 2 CHAINZ, WIZ KHALIFA OR RICK ROSS ON FEATURINGS. DEFINITELY WORTH BUYING, IN SEVERAL YEARS, HE WILL BE REMEMBERED LIKE TUPAC WHO IS OVERRATED IN ANYWAY AND IF HE DIDN’T GET SHOT, NOBODY WOULD CARE RIGHT NOW ABOUT HIM. IT’S GOOD THAT TUPAC WORSE GOT CUT FROM THE FINAL VERSION OF THE SONG ON THE ALBUM.

      1. THIS ALBUM IS TRASH. CAN’T BE COMPARED TO EAGLES’ HOTEL CALIFORNIA, THAT SHIT WAS A CLASSIC AND STOMPS THIS PIECE OF DOGSHIT. LIL WAYNE IS THE WORST ROCKER OF ALL TIME. TYGA HAS NO SKILLS, SHIT PRODUCERS, UNTALENTED RAPPERS SUCH AS LIL WAYNE, 2 CHAINZ, WIZ KHALIFA OR RICK ROSS ON FEATURINGS. DEFINITELY NOT WORTH BUYING OR DOWNLOADING, IN SEVERAL YEARS, HE WON’T BE REMEMBERED LIKE TUPAC WHO IS ONE OF THE BEST RAPPER OF ALL TIME AND IF HE DIDN’T GET SHOT, HE’D BE A LIVING LEGEND. IT’S GOOD THAT TUPAC GOT CUT FROM THE FINAL VERSION OF THE SONG ON THE ALBUM BECAUSE THAT WAS INSULTING TO HIS LEGACY.

      2. damn, I hate that YEBO clown but this obey motherfucker is even worse – he can’t come up with anything original

    46. haha evan dx knows this dude is not good enough 2 be leeching of pacs name see this is the thing about these young money kids they keep chucking songs out every 60 seconds but the matter how much shit comes out its gunna remain a shit jus and evan big pile of shit so step u game tyga i know teenagers that can rap better than u.

    47. This is a damn good album! U fuckars need to stop Hating and stay listening to One Direction music BITCHES!!!!!!!!!

      1. It’s funny you say that, cause the same people who listen to Tyga also listen to One Direction.

        Also, this album is garbage. Stop dickriding.

    48. This album is straight trash. If you like generic rap and mediocre beats then you will like this album. The only decent song on the album is Molly. Careless World was a decent album but Hotel Califonia is garbage. So garbage that even the features by 2chainz, Future, Chris Brown, etc couldn’t save the album. Tyga sounds the same on every track and after a while his voice starts to get annoying. He never varies up his subject matter either. I’ll give the album a few more listens but I HIGHLY doubt that my opinion will change.

    49. THE AYATOLLAH OF ROCK AND ROLLAH says that Tyga is a mucilaginous, cretinous, revolting, and abominable piece of scum!

    50. AYE dis ya boy jeezy nahmsayin. dis album dunn sukk a dikk nahmsayin aye trap trap trap. dis niggas album be worse dan da drugs i used to sell to dem baby mamas on mah blokk nah mean? #swag

    51. wack period its bad enough we gt drake trying 2 sound like wayne now we gt tyga trying 2 sound like drake complete garbage this dude does nt deserve a record deal.

      1. This shit’s stupid, it’s also funny to see the YMCMB fags cry about your opinion on a shitty album.

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