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2023 repress, 2×12″ LP, Columbia. Pink vinyl.
Actively wanting to distance himself from his divisive debut projects ‘Goblin’ and ‘Bastard’, American rapper and internet personality Tyler, the Creator pulled off a major tonal shift with ‘Wolf’. Featuring his first high-profile features, like that of Mike G and Erykah Badu on the simmering ‘Treehome 95’, Tyler put it on record that he just wanted to make music for people to get high to as opposed to the aggressive, angsty hardcore angle on ‘Yuckers’ that got him famous. That doesn’t mean that Tyler is dead, ‘Jamba’ and ‘Tamale’ still have that crunch for the old-school fans, but ‘Wolf’ shares much with its successor ‘Cherry Bomb’ in its awkward transitional sound leaving them as outliers in critics ‘Best of Tyler’ lists.
These are both amazing albums, with the rare praisers of which earning nothing but respect because, in all honesty, every Tyler, the Creator album is incredible – despite what the self-deprecating genius himself may say.
