One of today’s most polarizing stars, Tyler, the Creator has maximized the Internet’s potential and taken his Odd Future brand from hanging out in Los Angeles’ Fairfax District to what has become a global sensation. Endeared and despised as a musician, emcee and rebellious miscreant, his combination of creative talent and attention seeking showmanship has kept Hip Hop debating whether he’s a passing phase with little substance. Out to extend what pessimists consider a lucky run of success, Tyler’s sophomore retail release Wolf has arrived to an audience equally stoked, skeptical and altogether curious.
No longer reliant on shock value to carry him, Tyler, the Creator has thrown a series of curveballs putting his craft first and foremost with Wolf. The album follows the story of its lead character shunned at music camp for being different (a theme reflecting Tyler’s struggle to be taken serious in Rap), ultimately winning the favor of his nemesis Sam’s girlfriend Salem. Similar to a stage play of sorts, Tyler makes songs from the perspectives of both Wolf and Sam, perhaps tying both to different parts of his bizarre artistic personality.
Greatly influenced by The Neptunes and their experimental N.E.R.D. outfit, Wolf spares nothing in paying homage. Most blatantly, the alternative “Answer” continues the long running stretch of angst towards his absentee father, while “Awkward” and the bridge between each verse on “Jamba” also give honor to his heroes. A sure highlight of his relatively short career, Tyler, the Creator snags Pharrell himself to appear on “IFHY,” an ode to a dysfunctional relationship.
Covering a wide gamut of topics, Tyler’s gift and curse is his ambition. With “48,” he strays from his narrative to tackle the negative effects of drug dealing, a worthwhile idea that he doesn’t fully flesh out. Better executions, “Pigs” explains how bullied teens turn murderous and “Colossus” is a plea for privacy when out in public, holding a mirror up to his overzealous fandom. Here he says, “I’m sick of hearing ‘bout Yonkers / I’m grateful that it worked, I attacked and I conquered.” The only overt attempt at pleasing this same rabid fan base is Wolf’s lead single “Domo23,” a conflicted sign that shows consideration for his younger crowd. At the risk of confusing these earliest adapters who once clung to violent shtick, the friendly extended interlude “Party Isn’t Over/Campfire,” “Treehome95” [featuring Coco of Quadron and Erykah Badu] and “Lone” are avant-garde moments that will impress the most serious doubters.
Using Wolf as a platform to let his imagination run wild while remaining accessible, Tyler, the Creator displays maturation on his own twisted terms. “Rusty” takes time to address social critique as he raps, “Look at that article that says my subject matter is wrong / Saying I hate gays even though Frank is on 10 of my songs…” and reminds that he’s an individual in the same verse with “These fucking rappers got stylists cause they can’t think for themselves / See they don’t have an identity, so they needed some help…” In all, Tyler is now juggling his following’s expectations with his personal growth, having transformed from a teen cult figure into a self-made visionary.
pretty wack album
Your moms pussy is wack nigga, shit she can even suck a nigga right.
Bitch ass nigga.
tyler the creator ‘s voice
You’re crazy ass shit. Once again
5/5
This site is a joke, this gets a 4, but ces cru gets a 3?
fuck ces cru u bitch ass nigga
golf wang
Wow u listen to odd future. I feel bad for you
you don’t know who CES Cru is you bitch ass nigga
eat dick
ces cru is some strange music garbage. lucky it even got a three. the only good artists on the label are brotha lynch hung and jay rock (is he even signed still??)
most albums from that label deserve 1 star or less. complete garbage.
have read a lot of stupid shit here but that is a bit to much. strange music is probably the most consistant label. lucky it got a three? bitch please.
Shouldve went on one of my beats – soundclick.com/jionthebeat – but all is good, album was surprising. I liked it, its cool to see a serious side from Tyler with his music.
Wanna be emeinem fag rap shit…and only wack ass west coast fag niggaz defend this shit you west coast fags lol!!
Right now I got it at a 3.5/5.
Still feeling Goblin more, but this will grow on me im sure
Tyler has stepped up completely, this is a great album, great production
great album, well done tyler!
Yo, it’s really good.
I liked this more than Kendrick’s album to be honest.
I actually like it just as much as that album too. I never thought he would surpass Bastard, but he did!
The songs are all awesome individually as well as when played in order. I didn’t think it would be this good honestly. I think Tyler proved that he’s more than a shock rapper or fad to mostly everyone with this one
Is Tyler, The Creator really all that famous? I’m not sure that he is. He’s internet-famous, certainly, and underground-popular, but he’s not Justin Bieber. To hear Tyler himself tell it on Wolf, though, he can’t walk through an amusement park or a Target without being mobbed by fans who want to take pictures with him. Or maybe they’re not fans maybe they’re “fags” who “didn’t even hear Bastard, they just bandwagon-jumping from a pogo.” This sentiment, and others like it, comes up over and over on Wolf, Tyler’s third album. “I wanna quit, but I can’t / Because mother and sister can’t pay the rent.” “Hated the popular ones, now I’m the popular one / Also hated homes, too, til I started copping me some.” “You’d think all this money would make a happy me / But I’m ’bout as lonely as crackers that supermodels eat.” Wolf, in its entirety, plays out like an album-length extended version of Kurt Cobain’s opening line on In Utero “Teenage angst has paid off well, now I’m bored and old” but now, it’s coming from someone who only just stopped being a teenager himself, and who’s more anxious than bored anyway. All of which is to say that it’s an album deeply up its own ass.
Tyler’s debut Bastard, barely three years old now, was an out-of-nowhere blast of teenage angst and confusion, one laced with so much violence and sexual rage that every anti-gay slur stung like a slap. It was easy to get lost in the rape and the homophobia, but the whole thing was so raw, and it came from a kid of such obvious and surpassing talent, that it was impossible to dismiss out of hand. Instead, all the risible sentiments scanned as defensive red herrings, blasts of hate from a fatherless child who was still figuring out the right places to channel his rage. Goblin, the follow-up, was all over the place, but its best moments were animated by a sort of fearful euphoria. This nameless kid suddenly had more attention than he knew what to do with, and he knew he’d touched a whole lot of kids as lost as him. He’d made himself and his friends rich, and he felt impossible expectations from all angles, including from himself. Then he ate a roach, pretended to hang himself, and became an instant skate-rat icon. The final verse of “Oldie,” Odd Futures massive and ecstatic 2012 posse cut, felt like the culmination of all that Tyler suddenly, finally embracing the idea that he’s an important person, that entire throngs of high school kids are rearranging their own self-images around him and his ideas. But triumph isn’t a feeling that anyone associated with Odd Future can maintain for long, and Wolf, sadly, seems to be the moment it all crashes down. As with everything this kid does, there’s a ton here to unpack. But after a 5 and a half days of constant rotation, it sounds like a sad, small album, a willful retreat that leaves behind way too many of the things that made Tyler’s music powerful in the process.
Tyler’s on-record homophobia has always dominated public conversations about his work, but all that faded away last year, with Frank Ocean’s beautiful Tumblr self-disclosure. Either Tyler had been playing around with shock signifiers, a secret crusader for equality all along, or he was about to undergo the same sort of public conversion as that Republican congressman with the gay son. Nope! About 70 seconds into Wolf, Tyler is crooning, “I think you’re a fuckin’ fag” over smooth-pop pianos and chintzy orchestral fanfares. A couple of songs later, he makes his first reference to Ocean’s coming-out moment: “Life ain’t got no light in it / Darker than the closet that nigga Frankie was hiding in.” Before the album ends, he’s practically using Ocean as a get-out-of-jail-free card: “Look at that article that says my subject matter is wrong / Claiming I hate gays even though Frank is on 10 of my songs.” What Tyler doesn’t seem to realize, or what he’s defiantly refusing to acknowledge, is that nobody’s saying he hates gays; people are simply saying that he shouldn’t be throwing around words that make people feel terrible and small, especially when he’s already a hero to so many kids who feel terrible and small for so many reasons. So of course he keeps tossing that word around throughout Wolf. That’s not the saddest, smallest thing about the album, though it will almost certainly get the most play. The saddest, smallest thing about the album is the story-song “Colossus,” a cry-me-a-river narrative about fans hounding him for autographs at Six Flags. He devotes most of the song to rapping from the perspective of a “Stan”-type strawman fan who whines about how much he identifies with Tyler, eventually escalating things to that same imaginary fan wanting to be just like Tyler, to keep Tyler hidden in his basement, to be with Tyler forever, before Tyler himself explodes that he’s sick of hearing about “Yonkers” and that fine, he’ll go ahead and take the fucking picture. That’s the moment where Tyle’s mockery and dismissal of the people who love him becomes rank and rotten (he becomes a twat).
Elsewhere on Wolf, Tyler remains resolutely trapped in his own head, but through different reasons. He devotes a couple of songs to the spurned-obsessive-boyfriend feelings he’s already thoroughly explored elsewhere. He mocks his own success: “Bitch, I ate one roach and I made a lot of money.” He spends all of “Pigs” rapping from the perspective of a high-school mass shooter, almost fantasizing about being in that role. He demands oral sex, constantly. It’s grim.
Tyler has said in interviews that he wanted Wolf to be an album less about rapping and more about production, about making music for kids to get high to (even though he doesn’t actually get high himself). Tyler’s Neptunes fixation is well-documented, and Pharrell himself shows up to coo in falsetto on the album. But the Neptunes period Tyler most imitates here isn’t the late-’90s “Superthug” era, when Pharrell and Chad were Triton-abusers who turned empty space into brick-throwing incitement; it’s the early-’00s “Change Clothes” era, when they discovered cheap cocktail jazz and made everything sound like that. Tylers version of that sound is even cheaper and stickier and more seasick than the original article, and that mostly keeps Wolf from being musical immersion-material. Some of the guests, like Ocean and Stereolab’s Laetitia Sadier, barely register, and others are completely wasted. Erykah Badu, for instance, gets to sing expertly over dinky synthetic hotel-lobby music, and Trash Talk’s Lee Spielman gets to grunt and roar deep in the background on a head-knock posse cut. Tyler interrupts a pretty shit Earl Sweatshirt guest verse with a shotgun blast and a “shut the fuck up!” (thankfully)
Wolf isn’t an altogether bad album, and some moments remind me of why I cared so much about this guy in the first place. For a while on “Lone,” Tyler raps about his grandmother’s death, laying out the hospital-room scene with admirable openness: “”Our conversation’s brief / Couldn’t even make eye contact when we speak She died that night.” And his still-absent father remains a constant, heartbreaking presence. The first rapped line is this: “Pop ain’t call even though he seen me on TV.” “Answer” is a song about hating his father but wanting to hear his voice anyway, and it’s easily the most affecting song on the album. Late in the album, when the beats turn hard and the other Odd Future rappers show up, we get hints of the old anarchic euphoria that they once brought. For the most part, though, Wolf finds a brilliant young artist thrashing around, looking for ways out, wishing everyone would turn away. As a public act, it’s mesmerizing and scary, and I hope he finds a way out of the honest-to-god depression that seems to have produced the album. But as a piece of music, it’s mostly a painful trudge.
Nigga just go home and read a book or get some fresh air or something.
really? you took that much time out of your day?
Damn son, I normally like long, thorough, deep analyses and I could only read half that shit. I am at work though.
Wow, that 2nd reply is one of the dumbest comments I’ve seen on this site (excluding trolls). With the time that guy has taken to write that review he could’ve done something more productive? Like say, play a computer game? Just search the internet for a while? Watched a bit of shit TV? Because that’s the type of shit that you do with your free time, what’s wrong with analysing an album? Oh I get it because it takes intelligence… Okay.
LOSERRRR NERD
I think you need to go out and get you some air
Unless you’re an editor, fuck it, no one cares
I’m happy that you decided to write up your opinion
truth is, this novel of a comment of a wincing
if you’re that bored, I suggest jumping in the nearest lake
what I’m saying to you is the truth, it isn’t fake
If you didn’t like my album, all you had to do was say so
it’s unnecessary to build attention like you’re building legos
dont try to take to take over someone’s job that you clearly cannot do
or else I’ll come even harder when I had your girl on my dick, and we’re through
@StereoGum Everything you said would have been somewhat spot on, had you not completely misinterpreted the album. lol
Look at this Pitchfork writer wannabe insulting a perfectly fine album trying to be edgy. Nobody cares about your opinion loser go listen to gunplay mixtapes or something lol
(GOOD MUSIC IN FOUL PLACES) –GOOGLE —IT
GIVE IT A TRY
I didn’t know, Tyler the creator, album ‘Wolf’, was a concept album. I have to give it another listen. I think the album is decent. It was a little long for me. I get bored easily with his flow. I would still buy it and put it in my collection.
jawn is nice good to see something that isn’t all bout rape nd glad to see the calmer side of tyler.
4/5
sick album
This album is so dope. I thought it was gonna be weaker than Goblin, come to find out I was so wrong. This is honestly his best work to date, I actually see growth from this album. The subjects he talks about are really interesting. This is a calmer side of him, I still enjoy his crazy side as well. Tyler can produce his ass off too, I don’t see how you can hate this guy honestly.
If I could I would give this album a 4.3 out of 5
Pigs. Best track on wolf, and one of the best tracks he’s ever done, along with Yonkers, sandwiches and torn cat
HOT ASS BEAT CLAP
Tyler, The Creator perfected da horrorcore style. diz nigga iz mo clever den Feminem aka Marshall Gayers. Eminem is literally da worst rapper of all time. we shud not let a white person to rap. white devils wanna steal hip hop juss like dey did wit rock n roll.
Tyler, The Creator perfected da horrorcore style. diz nigga iz mo clever den Feminem aka Marshall Gayers. Eminem is literally da worst rapper of all time. we shud not let a white person to rap. white devils wanna steal hip hop juss like dey did wit rock n roll. swag
DONT FEED THE TROLL
WOLF Album is fuckin DOPE
OFWGTA, Pro Era, Black Hippy = best
Pro Era = snooze
Its okay
Bad ass album
Love it. Camopfire and Pigs are my favorites.
I love this album right here, it’s obvious that Tyler is in a different place to when he recorded bastard and goblin as expected, been a long time since we have an an 18 track album of this quality even tho its a bit annoying the amount of times he brings up his dads absence but I guess it’s just where his head is at each track is very creative along with the story wolf brings, if you managed to get the deluxe edition you would know that Tyler put a lot of time into pleasing fans with lil gifts such as the calandar, sticker etc. overall the album is very creative and unique… Nothing like the same boring old ignorant rap.
Reminds me of Eminem before he turned into a pop faggot and now sucks ass!
Except eminem had a decent flow and could rap back then, this kid cant.
Your out of your fucking mind. This shit this nigga spit on this album was on point. Flows were insane, bars, concepts… gtfo lame nigga.
This album is a game changer!! Creativity and originality is back! Tyler does everthing himself and he makes his own path. This album is better than Good Kid, m.A.A.d City, in my opinion.
Is this Phillip?
the album was tight. there’s nothing else to say. Tyler has got a bad ass album in his hands.
Great album. 8/10
Damn, niggas in Wilmington won’t even know how to act.
way better than goblin.
well, so is I Am Not A Human Being 2 so that’s not much of a compliment…
Its so fuckin fresh
This album is a great ride
It’s amazing.
He’s getting better..
5/5 its a very artistic album, should be grammy nominated without a doubt
album was ill as fuck
his best album
Production, Songs, Lyrics, Guest features… All on Point. great Album.
wack! this guy is much dumber than people think.
I’m not an OF fan boy. Let me get that out of the way before you respond back… But this album was great. The production is flawless! The features are really good (not great), and his lyrics have matured. Not much but slightly. He doesn’t discuss rap & violence as much and that “Rusty” track… LAWD! They didn’t have to shit on it like that. This is a clear 4/5 8/10 all that. also what people forget about rap is, it’s music too. Production plays an amazing part to it. So if his production was still on the level of Goblin (which was average to good at best) this probably would be a 3/5. He’s gonna be great at all elements soon though.
Great album.
incredible cd all around
I’m surprised this got a good review…I heard his last album and it was 100% trash.
There’s your problem. This review is based on his CURRENT album, not his last.
Retard.
Get off that odd future dick you fucking 14 year old faggot. If his last album was garbage, then one would assume that his other albums would be garbage too. It probably is still garbage and this is some payola bullshit.
nigga ur faggot you dumb ass coon faggot.
Nigga you the type of nigga that make me dont want to have kids with a black woman so i dont have kids with you
fucking bitch
nigga ass bitch
OFWGKTA BITCH 5/5 NIGGA
Well, well, well… Either the Tyler/Odd Future doubters have all been proved wrong with this album, or they’ve tucked their tails between their legs and are afriad to comment on here and admit that they lacked the creative vision to notice his talent years ago on Bastard and Goblin. I’m glad to say I’ve known he was capable of this years ago. He brings a much-needed creativity a genre that’s been kinda stagnant for years. I’m just glad I don’t have to come on here and defend his artistic talent this time around. Cop this. 4/5
3/5 would be a 3.5/5 if we could do halves here. Decent album with too much filler.
Personally didn’t like this album as much as his other two. Maybe it’ll grow on me.
Jamba and Colossus were good, but I didn’t really care for anything else. Tyler is alright, but it’s all about Mellowhype.
Mellowhype’s last album is a certified weed plate
this isnt bad as i expected.. decent stuff
Ppl only hate on Tyler because of his left-field personality & sacrilegious lyrics, but the dude is crazy talented for real. Especially on the production tip. This album is solid & creative as hell. I give it a 4.5.
Way better than Wayne’s trash album.
asdf
I really just wanna encourage an honest, good listen on this one. Ignore the hype surrounding this thing and just appreciate the level of craft shown in building a fucking dope setting for an album, with developed characters and unique narrative. That shit is not easy to say the least.
SOLIDDDDDD
I was worried it was gonna suck.
Check out Drake’s new signee’s album out at http://www.vyofficial.com
DOPE SHIT..real music
A new “Drake-signee” and the words “dope” and “real music” in the same sentence. Haha, what a joke.
Dope!
People on Black Twitter said, that people which listen odd future are trust not worthy.
says the person who can’t write full sentences
For Wolf it’s like Tyler changed his style but at the same time he didn’t. That may be confusing to understand but its true. He’s not the cutting bodies up Tyler but he’s still dark. And he proved that he’s a decent album story teller. I liked it. 4/5
Better than Goblin, not quite on Bastard’s level. Still, great album. I highly recommend!
i agree. bastard was next level. but i will say i was thoroughly impressed with wolf. i wasnt expecting much after seeing what happened on goblin. well done. 4/5
Amazing
more meths than pinkman
Fuck you in the ear hole
Much better than Goblin. Still no Bastard but this is solid, no doubt.
fucking good !!!!!!!!!! FROM FRANCE
tyler the creator is not a emcee. sorry odd future fans u gotta face it. this guy just put pointless random shit with a hot beat together and all u suckas love it. he aint no true lyricist.
Why don’t you shut your sorry ass mouth? He said so himself that he’s not even a rapper/emcee. He is a musician. Yes he raps, but if you opened your mind a little you would realize that he makes a large variety of other stuff. Don’t go dissing Tyler and Odd Future when they’re busy making it big, getting famous, and making money while you just sit at your computer writing gay shit like this because you have nothing else better to do. I’ve supported Tyler and OF for years now and I always will, because they are different, awesome, and rad as fuck in their own way. So grow a pair and stop being a faggot.
^^ you sound retarded.
^^ Did I ask for your opinion? You’re mother should have swallowed you.
Steveo, if you’re gonna use a Big L rap line to insult someone, at least credit the man.
Big L? LMAO. fucking dumbass
HiiiPoWeR, the sad thing is that you took the time to find this comment from hours ago.
GIVE ME A CHANCE
Youtube is all about finding new artist, & though I been rapping for a while im still consider a new artist. I just want my music heard thats all, im not looking for no record deal, getting famous ‘r anything like that.! so please just spare a few sec. to check me out, & if you like what you heard please SUBSCRIBE so ill know you actually listen & support
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzBh55tD_eg
5/5 whoa
swaggy
I love the video he did for his song IFHY. The concept is so great too because I can relate to it. Rootin’ for Tyler ! 😛
you weirdo
how the fuck can u relate?..u know what, nvm don’t even answer that.
meh
Dope Album, always have noticed a lot of similarities of Old Eminem
your kidding right???
The old Eminem is the best lyricist ever, hands down.
Subject matter dumbass. Its pretty much the same.
impressed
worst album of the year!! he can’t flow at all. file this under ‘depressing rap crap.’
4/5 So awesome to hear Tyler actually rap about real stuff instead of shock shit or bizarre alien shit. The guy can rhyme and storytell.
Great album! One can really hear the progress he has made since Goblin and the early days of Odd Future.
Damn… “IFHY” relates to me so much… Though I’m not currently with a girl.
Shocker
Did I ask for your opinion? You’re mother should have swallowed you.
Lls, Yikes!
Real!-ly bad
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too bad Hopsin ENDED tyler’s career. he aint made a good song since Yonkers
#FUNKVOLUME
you fag, hopsin can’t body shit with his lame ass attention seeking disses.
whose hopsin?
Lol I love Hopsin and FV too, but he didn’t kill anyones career and you’re making Funk Volume look fucking gay. This is why we can’t have nice things
Hopsin is a cornball.
awesome album. honestly was worried, thought he might b a one-trick-pony. But hell na! he came with this album, the production is fucking beautiful. and he has cool songs.
a song bout the bad stuff u promote weighing on ur conscience? cant believe hes maturing. lol. but yea, 48 is my shit right now.
Yeah man, 48 is SO DOPE! the whole damn album is beside Tamale.
ill as fuck! next level production
I knew Tyler produces some of his songs but I had no idea he produced the whole damn album. Dude is so talented on all levels.
Significant growth. Very reminiscent of Marshal Mathers LP Eminem.
This is whack.
KRS-One: “I told Wayne tohis face, he’s the dopest MC out”
Eminem: “Wayne, to me, is defiinitely one of the greatest in the game”
Jay-Z: “Wayne is one of the most talented rappers out there”
So should I listen to KRS-One, Eminem, and Jay-Z, or should I listen to some broke loser on the Internet?
I like how all of the people who hate Lil wayne come to and search for his videos to talk shit about them. Lil Wayne may not act like it but he is capable of making good music
LONG LIVE WEEZY!
wayne fell the fuck off i wont mention him
just because someone has more money doesn’t make them more intelligent you dumb fuck. Make up your own mind… you fucking SHEEP
saw him live, this album is so chill
hhdx is on a pay roll give albums like this a for and albums that’s are actually good give no more than 3.5
WELL I GUESS ANYTHING GOES THESE DAYS…ALL TO SELL RECORDS.
IFHY
this album is great, don’t hate it just cuz it’s tyler/ofwgkta… i had the same initial thought but this album is truly creative and great
UNKNOWN
OFGKTA
OMGGTFO
reply back to me when Tyler has made CLASSIC songs like ill mind of hopsin 4 and 5, kill her, nocturnal rainbows and hop madness
#FUNKVOLUME
lmao you’re an idiot, hopsin is fucking corny and he sucks
well atleast hopin works with artists i would actually call skillfull. and if u say tech n9ne aint got skill then ur opinion no longer matters cause u dont know a thing about syllable rhyming and writing and constructing bars. who has tyler worked with? some dude in a sweatshirt
@BOY just because someone has more money doesn’t make them more intelligent you dumb fuck. Make up your own mind… you fucking SHEEP
this is great and love the storyline
This was a good album.listened the whole way through.everyone I know got this shit on replay
go listen again, album is wack as fuck
no one gives a fk whut ur listening to
Lol idk why Trolls think they accomplish something by being dicks on a comment section on any website lmao people are entitled to their own opinion.these asshole probably bump French Montana thinkin he’s the shit lmao get the fuck out of here yo
worst album since curtis and bisd
fuck this piece of shut album for real
tyler CANNOT RAP PROPERLY, HIS FLOW IS BORING AS FUCK. THIS SHIT FOR ALL THE LITTLE DUMB KIDS
I cummed on your moms face on her deathbed you fucking faggot.
fk u:
no one gives a fk whut ur listening to
go to bed lil kid
thank god i didnt buy this wack shit. i had it on pre-order and the best thing i ever did was hit the CANCEL button
so i downloaded it and the shit hurt my ears for real.
so boring- this is definitely for the kids of today
You’re right about it being for the kids of today. Just like the music your crusty ass liked was for the kids of your day
Its honestly not bad at all. Its notn as crazy as Goblin which may be a disadvantage. 3.5/5
so bad it gave me chills multiple times and the beats gave me a headache. the worst album this year, probably the worst i have ever heard. This a 4 and ces cru & swollen members a 3?? DX got some weird music taste.
its wack end of
nigga fuck cru you fucking dweeb geek fuckin faggot
no one wanna hear this shit
you fucking bitch
haha i love how he called u a faggot…but had swag in his name….swag is the most retarded faggot thing to be invented sense homosexuality
i cant rap, write, sing, make a beat, or even sound like a man….but listen to my songs and buy my album….cause i got swag
anonymous:
You’re right about it being for the kids of today. Just like the music your crusty ass liked was for the kids of your day
at least the stuff i liked had substance to it, and the lyrics meant something. tyler my fucking ass- HE WACK AS FUCK
WOLF IS BETTER THAN HALF THE SHIT YOU LISTEN TO:
Lol idk why Trolls think they accomplish something by being dicks on a comment section on any website lmao people are entitled to their own opinion.these asshole probably bump French Montana thinkin he’s the shit lmao get the fuck out of here yo
oh shut the fuck you retarded lil kid
it aint better then half the shit i listen to haha. it aint even worth half of what i do listen to. (and i actually thought it wasnt that bad for tyler and a decent album). but trust me theres a lot better hip hop out there then odd future
tyler is wack… its called an opinion you dumb stupid lil kid
Nope, saying he’s wack is not an opinion, saying you don’t like him on the other hand is an opinion.
BTMoney:
Nope, saying he’s wack is not an opinion, saying you don’t like him on the other hand is an opinion.
in my opinion tyler is wack. go back to school you retard
welcome to the kid section…
If you call Tyler wack then you was probably molested when you was a kid.
Or your just one big faggot
go suck jesus dick or something bunch of religious faggots fuck yall mothers
GOLFWANG
THANK YOU
no tyler is wack because he has no skill you weirdo
Why I always liked this Odd Future stuff is cause they are mad original, which is very rare in this genre today. And i’m not 16.
I agree with you man, I grew up listening to hip-hop in the 80s and 90s and there has been a decade of watered down garbage and these dudes come through with some original shit and got my head nodding. First place I heard of them was on the GZA’s twitter and he was talking them up. You know if you got that dudes ear then you got some talent for sure.
I started listenin hiphop like in 94, when I was ten. The whole genre just got so big and it came oversaturated and watered down. There are so many clones and gimmicks and every day there’s 4 new MTV Superstars etc. So there’s a big future for Tyler and this was a good album. It could be a little shorter overall, but if there will be couple of years before the next one, I think there will be use for every song.
I’m surprised, Tyler gives us some serious and funny content at the same time. Most of the songs are pretty dope on the album. 8.5/10 easy
-1/100
let me begin by saying I am not a child and I don’t listen to the radio. I dont consider myself a “hiphop head” but I love music. My favorite artist are Lupe, Common, Snoop, K.Dot, Amy Winehouse, Outkast, Frank Ocean, Little Brother, and Blu. While I am a huge Kanye West fan I believe that most of what he presents is not his own. Anyway, I’m picky and I think this album is creative, original, and overall it’s just good. It’s better than Meeks and A$AP Rocky’s albums that’s for sure.
you on drugs 4 real
so the consensus among the hip hop FANS who visit this website is that ALL rappers, including but not limited to Tyler, are wack as fuck. that sounds about right to me
except Demigodz, Swollen Members, Esosetric and 7L, Tech N9ne, R.A The Rugged Man, Ces Cru, and a few others. but yeah almost all mainstream these days is garbage. besides kendrick, joey badass and all the other young guys puttin it down right now ofcourse
Oh I agree, there is some amazing hip hop out there right now, I’m even ok with a lot of the “mainstream” stuff, it just kind of irritates me that when I read the comments for most songs or albums it seems like everyone hates everything, even though they obviously like hip hop because they visit this site.
Better than expected dood.
If you think this album sucks you should slap yourself twenty times in the face!
your an idiot- dude CANNOT FUCKING RAP
HOPSIN ENDED THIS FAG’S CAREER
Hopsin can’t even start his own career, how he gonn end others?
Who is Hopsin again?
^LOL
gonna ruin a career, you gotta get one homie! haha Hopsin been dropping wack shit for a while now, dudes “career” is a joke
The album is dope. Tyler is still pushing the envelope and it comes out with some dope and risk taking material. Either way. I give the album props for keeping too its core and staying dope and original. MassaDonKing
album is horrible
5* ish!
abc bullshit rap… fuck outta here
Says most likely a diehard Lil Wayne fan.
wack enough said
Editor’s rating 4? Time for a new editor. Sorry this might be marginally better than Goblin but that makes it 2/5 instead of 1/5.
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This dude is wack af , Wannabe Eminem , Even Eminem’s recovery ( his worst album ) sh-its all over this album , If you’re on the look out for new hip hop music go download the Ces Cru album or the Yelawolf album I wasted an hour and 20 minutes on this trash
Encore was his worst album, recovery was good just was too complex lyrically for you dumb niggas.
I thought this album showed growth in Tyler’s ability to rap and produce. He can take a seat from straight up sounding like 03 Pharrell on a few joints but I can get over that. I like this slightly more than Bastard which I thought was better than Goblin. I’m giving it a 4/5.
Can’t hate on this, but it look like Tyler wanna be Kendrick – and failed.
how the hell are GKMC and Wolf at all similar?
D-Banger might have written the dumbest comment I have heard in years. That shit does not even begin to make sense.
D-Banger, what the hell are you talking about i cant even comprehend your statement…somebody is gassing you
story behind the album is sick
wow this sucks.. cannot understand the hype 🙁
dude hard. but idk what yall talking bout. nicki minaj dick riders
good album
wack
First off, I’m going to admit that I think Wayne is a better rapper than Tyler based strictly on talent and wordplay. Second, I think Tyler makes better albums. I listened to Wayne’s album once, eh.. done with it. Listened to Wolf, and then again, and then again. Not a perfect album but some of the best hip hop I have listened to in a while.
Nice production…enjoyed this album more than Wayne’s.
I fucks with it
Thought Goblin was terrible tbh. But this might be the best work he’s ever done.
He’s a really good producer, some of his beats sound nice as fuck. Got real nice chords and shit
This Album Is his Best Work, Bastard Was Pretty Legit as-well . I’ve Been a Fan Since Then, And He Hasn’t Let Me Down Yet
constant struggle for energy and beautiful death machine where much better. and KILLmatic blows them all away but this was still a solid album. not very happy with the ratings of the above mentioned albums but i can say this does diserve a 4
like i said a few days back, Tyler will NEVER have a career.
” All these no-flow, gimmicky ass fired up behaviors
With wack beats and gap teeth like Tyler the Creator
Motherfucker, you not dope
So you tryna get some attention by cussing and eating a fucking cockroach?
And Goblin? You get no props on it
It sucks so much I get blowjobs from it”
those bars SINGLE-HANDILY ENDED Tyler’s career
#FunkVolume
Nigga nobody and I mean nobody is checking for Hopsin these days except for his dickriding hipster fanbase. I don’t even like Tyler but he is way more relevant than Hopsin.
I personally don’t listen to either of them but I respect them for the fact that they’re independent and as big as they are.
Lol. Who has a critically praised album and who has no album?
dem crackas love them some tyler tha creata
Best work from Tyler so far. Enjoyed it greatly. Another key piece in the story. Listen to Bastard then Wolf then Goblin all in a row. His entire discography is one giant story.
average
your butt nigga
perfect album in my opinion. what people are failing to realize is that it does have a story behind just listen closely.
real talk
((((:
swag yolo
Tyler got it! he did his thing on this album. It must be good if Kanye West has Tyler’s “IFHY” video as the opening attraction of his website, which Tyler directed himself. He also managed to get Pharrel and Erykah Badu on this album. He did everything that he was supposed to do.
As a hip hop head that grew up in the early 90’s with Wu-Tang, Pac, Big, Nas, I thought I’d check this out to see what’s hot these days. My personal opinion is that it’s hard not to respect this cat, which is his draw. He’s done some crazy ass shit to bring his style of hip hop to the mainstream, which is some of the most original shit in years – for better or worse.
At his bet it’s hard not to to be drawn to his rebellious refusal to assimilate which captures the very essence of hip hop. At his worse he is nothing but a shock rapper in the vein of Eminem. This album finds him somewhere in the middle.
He’s got a concept, dope production, which he does himself outlining his raw talent and an average flow. But his intrigue is his refusal to genuinely not give a fuck. This dude does shit that would never have been accepted or rocked with in my era and for that alone I applaud him.
While I would never want him to lose his edge, the more he embraces his own personal growth and shock of where he’s found himself, the better the product. Definitely more original than 90% of rap out there now. If you have an open mind check it out. If you’re looking for lyrics peep Joey Bada$$, if you’re looking for creativity this is your dude.
Apologies for the novel.
Awesome write-up. I cosign everything you said. I’ve always known about Odd Future but decided to really check out Tyler when I started watching Loiter Squad. I think he is a dope producer and a credible mc. I respect him and his Odd Future peers like Domo, Earl, Mellowhype, etc.
I agree for the most part, but I disagree that he’s just a creative producer and a rebel. Tyler showcased his lyrical improvement on this album too. He has similes and double-entendres on this album that people overlook cuz all they hear is “fuck, bitch and fag”. Go to Rap Genius and actually read the lyrics, I bet you’ll see what I’m talking about
The album is fresh and creative, separating it from the usual trash nowadays. 5/5
I have never really felt Tyler before but this album is dope.
Awful album, full of gimmicks
GO FUCK WITH YOUR IANAHB 2. BET THAT ONE IS TIGHTER HUH?
Riiiight… cuz making a song from the perspective of a drug dealer who feels a little guity about destroying his community is a gimmick. “Do you fools LISTEN to music or do you just SKIM THROUGH IT? – Jay-Z
Not so bad..
Better than goblin but this shit is still whack and way better than Waynes garbage ass mixtape I Am Not a human Being 2, only decent song was wowzers and that’s because it made me laugh
way prefer this to his previous two, first tyler album i can pump from track 1 the the finish, dope production and story, waiting for the vinyl release
Love it.
YES!!!! THE ART IS AMAZING
Gotta put it back to 4.0 at least
fuck the faggots rating it lower.
go fuck yall mothers
bitches
The most slept on hip-hop album of all time
cocky album
pleasantly suprised, much better then goblin
Great fucking album, his best to date! 4,5/5
Proud of tyler, near classic! 4.5/5
WOLF GANG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
FUCKING GARBAGE: I realyy dont get how any1 can like this utter shite, ima big hip hop fan n seriously i think yall say this shit good just to follow the trend, monotone shit deep voice borin cunts talk rapping shit fuck!! done
Yeah it’s garbage. Hilarious to think people actually buy his music.
Shut your hip hop tight ass mouth the fuck up.
Lil bitch ass hoes
OFWGKTA
i really should of proof read that as i look as foolish as u tyler fans with that terrible grammer
I* proofread* I* you* Tyler* grammar*
Not all Tyler fans have bad grammar, his critics on the other hand….
You’re a faggot.
His style is changing, but not for the worse, like Kanye and wale, this album has a good scope, and ties together the trilogy nicely. Beats can be a little hard to listen to though.
I.
5 album is solid
sick beats
while Hopsin is selling out stadiums WORLDWIDE, Tyler is dropping irrelevant bullshit like this wack ass album that only his nerdy hipster fanbase cares about
#FunkVolume!
hahahahahahaha, whatever you want to believe
Hopsin sucks dick.
Good try, wack-ass member of Hopsin’s street team. Hopsin is garbabe bruh, for real. The only reason why I pay any attention to Funk Volume whatsoever is because of Dizzy Wright
Cyeah!! #FunkVolume
Fuck Ho psin & Tyler the Queerator too
So are we calling little clubs and bars stadiums? Hopsin couldnt even sell out the Cafe next to the Staples center…
Bored of this fag rapping about his dad though. An average nigerian dad would have disowned him anyways. He should have brought his ass home. he would be in front of some pentium 3 pc in some fucked up cyber cafe trying to make a living. fuckin ingrate!! OF
Shut the fuck up, you nigerian fuck. Fuck you and your dad ole right off the boat mothafucka!
OFWGKTA
This guy is dreadful. His music is wack and he sounds terrible. How many times do you need to say ‘fucking’ in every record just to be heard. Another example of where Hip Hop is at. In the shitter.
Shut your fucking fag mouth, fucking loser
Man IDK what people really like about this guy I tryed to listen to it but just gave me aheadache, they lyrics are very shalow all he does is talks shit knowing he wont do shit beats are wack nothing really touching or nothing to dance to just simple and plain dull, Its is sad to see what rap has become Sorry this LP is WACK! Next
Up until today I hadn’t liked Tyler the Creator. Why? I guess the the material I heard at the time wasn’t grabbing me. Then I gave Wolf a listen cause ain’t shit out and I was pretty impressed. 5/5 I’m buying it, it goes hard that’s all Ima say.
Tyler is awful. He’s lyrically not good and just copies Eminem and Bizarre’s style but sounds terrible and more disrespectful, while Eminem was a lyrical genuis and was funny about what he said. Tyler and all of Odd Future are obnoxious, immature hype beasts. They’re pathetic too, saying “Free Earl” like he was in jail even though he was in a boarding school.
If u think tyler bites em then u dont listen to prime eminem closely enough….Im talking slim shady ep-mmlp em none of thhat bubblegum shit after that…Tyler dope
I AM NOW OFFICIALLY A TYLER FAN….GREAT PROJECT BOY #SALUTE
Its a good listen,
But I dont like the fact that this kid has jacked Eminems style from the late 90s and is just running with it
Angry, out there and controversial… He really is just a black Eminem from ’99
He isn’t stealing from Eminem, Eminem was a lot more on the shock value side then Tyler. Eminem talk about celebrities on a constant basis, which gave him hype. Tyler talks about his on life and tells a story. The difference is the story that Tyler is telling, the narritive, and his rhymes aren’t as good. I don’t see any similarities even musically. Musically Tyler the creator is quite unique for today.
TYLER AINT DOING NOTHING NEW…
HIS TYPE OF STYLE HAS BEEN DONE BEFORE BY OTHER RAPPERS AND THEY DID IT BETTER…
IF ANYTHING HIS STYLE IS A THROWBACK.
NOT A GOOD ONE EITHER.
HOT GARBAGE
THIS ALBUM SUCKS BALLS FOOKIE BOOKIE
Nice album!
REALHEDZ check (Trek Life: Hometown Foreigner) will DX review this? hope so, probaly not.
tyler is the shit odd future is the shit and this album is the shit FUCK THE HATERS OFWGKTA BITCH!!!
best OF album
I like it
Though it was a very good first listen, I’m skeptical of the replay value. Very creative narrative tie into the storyline from the other two albums serving as the prequel, but it does take away from listening to the album again and again.
Also, chill with the Tyler fan insults. Dude encompasses a broad range of fans.
I know many people think Tylers style comes off has being immature and talentless. But this album was one of the most unique albums I heard in awhile. Of course he throws a couple tracks with him dicking around but tracks like Answer, IFHY, Rusty, and ect. were just dope. On top of that Earl from Odd Future has alot of potential
you know, He isn’t stealing from Eminem, Eminem was a lot more on the shock value side then Tyler. Eminem talk about celebrities on a constant basis, which gave him hype. Tyler talks about his on life and tells a story. The difference is the story that Tyler is telling, the narritive, and his rhymes aren’t as good. I don’t see any similarities even musically. Musically Tyler the creator is quite unique for today.
he did say this album was gonna suck…..
Great album,I’m glad I bought it. On another note Tyler is nothing like Eminem.Yes Eminem raps better, but Musically he can’t touch Tyler. IMO I would rather listen to Tyler any day over Em.
Fucking right on the nose..tylers my favorite rapper and i love eminem..but this shit is just the best out hands down.
g
Wow…. let the man be himself. Why the hell is Eminem even being brought up? He isn’t even at all associated with OF… Come on now, Tyler and Eminem aren’t the only artist out, rapping about shocking shit. Also, they are completely different …. Let them be. Tyler is dope, but lyrically he ain’t touching Eminem’s catalogue… no one is beside Jay/Nas lol..
The Eminem comparisons are ridiculous. I like both artists but these fools are way off base with these comparisons.
are hhdx editors on drugs or what ? how can anybody rate tyga’s new album with 2.5 stars and give Wolf 4? I’m not saying that I like hotel california, I don’t, but wolf is even worse than tyga’s new album. how the fuck it could get the same mark as almost flawless Life Is Good by Nas?
Because life is good is not flawless, This album is just as good man.
I love this album
ME TOO (DBLUE)
fukn gaay.hes a waste of sperm
best album of the year so far
Charles Hamiliton is the Black Em IMO
Charles Hamilton over Tyler
best tyler rapping
Was a huge disappointment after hearing Domo 23. Jamba was the best song, the rest were terrible. Production saved this album.
The rest were terrible? Are you kidding me? I’ve liked Tyler since Bastard and even I still thought this album was great. No songs were bad. None. Jamba was your favorite? Did you listen only to that one? I understand everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but yours is just awful.
only brought it cause of the skinny jeans
Love the production. Tyler can make some very catchy beats that really bump. His lyrics are interesting and this album is a lot more polished and artsy than his older stuff. Having said that, his work on “Earl” (the whole album, not the song) is still my favorite point in his career. He might be getting too close to “normal” rap music to stay relevant in a crowd of much better MC’s, so I hope he gets back to his roots at some point in the future.
This album really showed Tyler’s creativeness. The story that is portrayed through Tyler’s alter-ego’s and the way they have tied into his past albums makes for one of the most creative and holistic album story lines since Eminem. Yes, since Eminem. Only by giving EVERY album a listen would this come together. Tyler also achieved this while staying true to his independent roots (minus a one album show with XL), and producing virtually every song. He showcases his rapping abilities in songs such as “Parking Lot” and raps with a nitty-gritty meaning on “Rusty”-a song where Tyler, Domo and Earl all rap like they’re still on the come-up.
This album was great. It is not album of the year caliber, but the growth of Tyler and the story he wove within his three albums is what makes this that much sweeter.
Gay skateboarding music for kids under the age of 16.
this album tells a pretty good story, you gotta respect that. mayb not as good as other rappers but its solid
agreed
good shit
5/5
Fuck the fucking haters underating it suck a dick
OBVIOUSLY YOUR A KID
Only a kid wouldn’t know the difference between “you’re” and “your”, idiot.
First of all, I fucking hate Tyler’s horrorcore ass. With that being said, this album was surprisingly amazing. He was focused, had good subject matters and the production was a big step from Goblin. Hope he keeps this type of shit going. 5/5
focused my ass
I wasn’t a huge fan of Goblin & Bastard, so when Wolf came out I was a bit skeptical. Nonetheless, I was taken back by the album. Every songs great, no fillers, good production, creative and tells a story at the same time. 5/5 & 10/10 no doubt!
Genius, a “What’s Going On” for Tyler’s tribe. The production is like warm gold.
WACK WACK WACK- THIS IS FOR 10 YEAR OLD RETARD KIDS
this is a solid release. Well done by Tyler.
u a retard
Dope album.
FUCKING BULLSHIT KIDDY ALBUM
anyone remember pharcyde ?! they was on the same tip yo. i’m a thirty year old fan of hip hop and ODD definitely brought that back. I sure as hell wasn’t giving them any listen, but maybe this personal growth stuff is working, plus he got Pharrel which totally compliments his style.
all the comments that are saying wack, lame bs. are irrelevant. with that said, he’s not my top 5 list at all or 10, but i’m digging it, and EARL is sick.
Think out the box or you a scared mufucka. if not then don’t listen wrap up the box and mail yo ass some where else LoL
wack ass album abc rhymes fuck outta here on that kiddy shit
Dope
This album is everything that not only hip hop, but music in itself needs, because Tyler has proven with this album that he doesn’t just make rap music, he makes MUSIC. The lyrics are smart, funny, and well put together. The beats are on another level. The concept and the story on this album is genius, as well as funny (“You got a booger in your nose”). Tyler has proven that he is eons beyond a lot of rappers today with his creativity. Him, Kendrick, and KRIT are honestly the best new kids in hip hop. Keep it up, Tyler.
(Truthfully, this and Student Of The Game are the only albums out now I’m really feeling the need to spend money on.)
say no to drugs
like trash wang tho. He did awesome wit dem beats
DOPE as fuck
WORST BULLSHIT ALBUM EVER- JUST FOR KIDS
This is a classic in every sense of the word. It’s a disgrace that folks opinion of him forms his record sales, because most of this album has simply beautiful music on it, no sampling! WTF?? At 21 years old who else in the music game period has more talent than this cat?? And as for his subject matter, again he’s only 21 years old!! Think of all the stupid stuff you said and did at that age, and if you would have had a way of expressing it the same way you would have too!But none of my opinions don’t matter. What does is this is one of the best albums to come out this year, and it’s being totally slept on.
it’s a pretty slept on album that needs alittle more recognition for what he’s accomplished with it. What nobody seems to understand is that Tyler’s a 21-year old and the fact that he’s released 2 or 3 albums now to such acclaim by the age of 21 let alone produced, written and put-together the motherfucker is impressive, n thats just real talk. You can’t deny the fact that he’s put together an album that has all the core values that a good record should.
AND lets be straight-up for a second, how can yall sit there talkin shit bout the record thats got intelligible tracks when you’re the same motherfuckers prolly blasting the fucking retarded lovechild of forrest gump that was IANAHB2!!
I’m not riding tylers dick or nothing but i’m not gonna front when it’s clearly a good album that people are hating on cause ‘its too mainstriam bruh’ fuck outta here with that ‘Charles Hamilton bruhhh’ bullshit!
and from looking at the comments it’s pretty clear to see that the critics are divided into 2 categories:
Intelligible people who actually UNDERSTAND the lyrics, get where he’s coming from with this album and can actually STRUCTURE a valid point as to why WOLF can be appreciated.
and theres the little fags who jump on the bandwagon with the rest of the dickriders who can’t say anything on it besides ‘WACKK ASS SHIT’ ‘DIS NIGGA BE TRIPPINNN, SKATEBOARDIN 16 YEAR OLD MUSIK BROOO’ lmfaoooo!!
If thats honestly the only constructive shit you can come up with to say about this album, then CLEARLY it wasn’t intended for you dickhead.
get back to your more ‘underground’ and ‘real OG’ artists, oooooo maybe chief keef released a new song for you guys??
Fuck Tyler & Wolf & yo DiccRiddin Ass. Hahahaha
WOLF GANG
Hopsins Villen Clique With Him, Dizzy Wright, SwizZz, & Jared Benton Go Wayyyyyyyyyyyyy Harder Than These Wacc Ass Odd Future Niggas.
Impressed by Tyler’s growth from Goblin, not bad!! 4/5!!
Fantastic album! It’s defiantly a change from Goblin and Bastard (equally good albums)
Mediocre
gay!!!!!!!!
cant get enough 😀
5/5 better than doris
deserves more then it is ATM
never really got into tyler’s style, he is a fake
Nice album
dope..
OF haters rate this low… fucking morons. dope album
hoot ass album. WACK
Good Album