Tyler the Creator is a rapper out of Ladera Heights, California. He is most well known for being a part of a chaotic rap group “Odd Future.” He has released four studio albums and has built quite the fan base due to his hard hitting beats and sometimes questionable lyrics. His fourth studio album “Flower Boy,” released on June 21st 2017, takes a turn in the complete opposite direction. It is an exquisite collection of well-flowing introspective songs with intelligent lyricism and wordplay, in which Tyler uses meaningful lyrics and metaphors to take the audience on a journey through his inner thoughts and feelings and gives the audience a sneak peek of what his life is like. The album is easily Tyler’s most successful album and the best produced
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Tyler gets deeper as the album goes on and even shocks the audience through lyrics that put his sexuality to question. After years of having homophobic lyrics in some of his songs Tyler reveals that he is gay or bisexual. In the song “I Ain’t Got Time!” he raps “Next line will have em like woah, I been kissin’ white boys since 2004.” It seems pretty obvious by the lyrics that Tyler is trying to come out in this album but as many fans know, Tylers lyrics shouldn’t always be taken super seriously. But this isn’t the only reference Tyler makes to being gay. In the song Garden Shed he raps “Ayo, Garden shed, garden shed, garden shed, garden shed. For the garden. That is where I was hidin'. That is what love I was I in. Ain't no reason to pretend. Garden shed, garden shed, garden shed. Garden shed for the garçons. Them feelings I was guardin'. Heavy on my mind. All my friends lost. They couldn’t read the signs.” In this song Tyler presents the Garden shed as a hiding place referencing homosexuals “hiding in the closet.” Garcon is a french word for boys, making the Garden Shed a hiding place for other gay males. Even after these two references the audience may still have questions. In the twelfth song, “November,” a song that evokes a great nostalgic feeling with the listener and arguably the best song on the album, Tyler answers the audience’s questions and even expresses …show more content…
While discussing the album; Kelly McClure, a writer for consequenceofsound.net states, “It’s more of the same. It seems to be needing something more. An extra spark of interest.” Kelly claims that the album is more of the same but this is Tyler's most diverse album yet. Past albums, while they have been good overall, have been all over the place. They've been difficult to listen to all the way through without getting a little confused and transitions between songs have been complicated to understand with Tyler adding random conversations with his posse that have no correlation to the song. Flower Boy is concise, he says what he needs to say in a beautifully produced way and then it's over. There's not one song that seems out of place. He even adds a love song in there called, “See You Again” that leaves the listener surprised and wanting to hear more. The only song that in anyway be somewhat comparable to older Tyler songs is “Who Dat Boy,” which was the first single from the album. There isn't much more Tyler could've added to the album he has the perfect blend of songs that complement each other and the best part is it was
Tyler gets deeper as the album goes on and even shocks the audience through lyrics that put his sexuality to question. After years of having homophobic lyrics in some of his songs Tyler reveals that he is gay or bisexual. In the song “I Ain’t Got Time!” he raps “Next line will have em like woah, I been kissin’ white boys since 2004.” It seems pretty obvious by the lyrics that Tyler is trying to come out in this album but as many fans know, Tylers lyrics shouldn’t always be taken super seriously. But this isn’t the only reference Tyler makes to being gay. In the song Garden Shed he raps “Ayo, Garden shed, garden shed, garden shed, garden shed. For the garden. That is where I was hidin'. That is what love I was I in. Ain't no reason to pretend. Garden shed, garden shed, garden shed. Garden shed for the garçons. Them feelings I was guardin'. Heavy on my mind. All my friends lost. They couldn’t read the signs.” In this song Tyler presents the Garden shed as a hiding place referencing homosexuals “hiding in the closet.” Garcon is a french word for boys, making the Garden Shed a hiding place for other gay males. Even after these two references the audience may still have questions. In the twelfth song, “November,” a song that evokes a great nostalgic feeling with the listener and arguably the best song on the album, Tyler answers the audience’s questions and even expresses …show more content…
While discussing the album; Kelly McClure, a writer for consequenceofsound.net states, “It’s more of the same. It seems to be needing something more. An extra spark of interest.” Kelly claims that the album is more of the same but this is Tyler's most diverse album yet. Past albums, while they have been good overall, have been all over the place. They've been difficult to listen to all the way through without getting a little confused and transitions between songs have been complicated to understand with Tyler adding random conversations with his posse that have no correlation to the song. Flower Boy is concise, he says what he needs to say in a beautifully produced way and then it's over. There's not one song that seems out of place. He even adds a love song in there called, “See You Again” that leaves the listener surprised and wanting to hear more. The only song that in anyway be somewhat comparable to older Tyler songs is “Who Dat Boy,” which was the first single from the album. There isn't much more Tyler could've added to the album he has the perfect blend of songs that complement each other and the best part is it was