ALBUM REVIEW: Tyler The Creator - Wolf
The Odd Future collective is known for the off centre music and music videos. Also jumping into the crowd moshing and breaking stage equipment has made them a must see act live. Not going mainstream like other rap acts they have cut themselves a little piece into the this Hip Hop game that we all love so much.
WOLF is Tyler's much awaited third solo outing which was supposed to drop late in 2012 and now its finally here.
JAMBA featuring Hodgy Beats starts of proceedings with a brash beat and moogish baseline with Tylers off beat on beat rhyming and also complimented with his trademark baritone voice.
His voice is hella deep for a guy in his early twenties. COWBOY is another track that has a drum pattern that sounds plain off beat, but it works and with an accompanying piano stabs it makes for a fantastic audio ride into the world of Tyler.
COWBOY nicely flows into AWKWARD and you will be forgiven if you thought that it was still the same song.
DOMO 23 is my favourite on here, which incidentally is also the first single. Quirky instruments drawing an almost eerie track with a beat that slams hard. I can already see The Roots band doing this live. Tyler murders DOMO 23 to pieces. It just makes me want to act spastic like a 12 year old.
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Fellow Odd Future member Frank Ocean appears on SLATER. Appearing towards the end of the track. A nice smooth track I love it.
Pharrell Williams lends his trademark vocals on IFHY. Another notable track is the rambling TRASHWANG. Upon listening to the track, it reminded me a bit of that old Wu-Tang that we all loved.
All the production on Wolf is handled by Tyler, so you can expect hard drums and eerie sounds. No trap beats on here. Not really for top 40 radio or Mtv mainstream, this album might be difficult to consume for most listeners.
Hard Hip Hop beats and eerie sounds makes this one a reasonable project for Tyler!
- Remember Its All About The Beat!
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