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Will Tyler, the Creator’s LGBTQ-Themed ‘Igor’ Make History by Winning Rap Album Grammy? | New article by Variety

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Too Weird for the Masses: Tyler the Creator by: Stephanie DiBenedetto

Tyler the Creator, a local Californian who possesses a unique sound mixed with a strong character. Raised in Los Angeles, Tyler Okonma at the age of 7 started creating his own album covers with imaginary tracklists, way before he even started experimenting with music. After his mother purchased a keyboard for him when he turned 14, his artistic creativity took off. By the age of 16 years old Tyler the Creator compiled an alternative hip hop group made up of rappers, producers, DJs, comedians and writers named Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All (OFWGKTA). Yes, Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All. Tyler himself took off on a solo career after signing with XL with a one record deal, that soon he put himself on the map as an alternative rapper. Today I will be discussing not only Tyler the Creator’s musical career, but the subculture and impact he invented utilizing his non-traditional style and sound.

Now a little more about Odd Future. Odd Future is a group consisting of 11 created two full-length mixtapes and one studio album while simultaneously appearing on each other's independent tracks. This group included artists like Earl Sweatshirt, Syd the Kid and Frank Ocean, just to name a few. Their lyrics and sound can be described as rebellious, vulgar, sarcastic, surreal and honest. Utilizing Tumblr as a platform, OFWGKTA updated fans with new media constantly creating a cult following like no other. Unfortunately, Odd Future is a complicated relationship, despite their amicable relations with one another, they have individual music careers. They collectively created their own style and personas.

Pictured: OFWGKTA

Now back to Tyler the Creator. In the early years of Odd Future, Tyler started his independent musical career with the release of his album Bastard. At first, this album was only listened to by a few people and friends. This album did not really have an impact on the music industry. When Tyler signed with XL records, soon came his first album Goblin in 2011 for sure made an impact. Goblin as an album is authentic in every aspect. This outrageous album consists of lyrics about popping Xanax, hating his absent father and stabbing Bruno Mars. This album is framed to be a session with his therapist. Goblin’s intensity and vulgarity make a statement to listeners that it is not for the light-hearted. When thinking about what would the critics think about this, Tyler happily responds, “They don’t get it, cos it’s not made for them”.

Flower Boy dropped in 2017 was Tyler’s most recent studio album. In contrast to Goblin, Flower Boy is known as one of Tyler’s most transformative albums. This album as a whole created a divide on what Tyler the Creator used to sound like and what his new sound is. In this album, Tyler talks about the real weight that has stemmed from his life struggles. Unlike his previous albums, Tyler is more upfront with explaining his problems through lyrics on more serious notes rather than making blatant rants about them. Flower Boy also expresses Tyler’s fluid sexuality and his constant discomfort about being black. More intense topics than wanting to stab Bruno Mars. Tyler the Creator as an artist still continues to embrace his alternative themes and un-bothered attitude towards what critics and outsiders think about his craft. As a result of this alternative attitude, Tyler the Creator invented a fan base that acts more like a cult following.

Pictured: All four of Tyler the Creator’s studio albums: Goblin, Wolf, Cherry Bomb & Flower Boy

When thinking about the fanbase of Tyler the Creator a couple things come to mind: bold and bright clothing, vans, save the bees, Golf Wang. The frustration, anger and rebellious nature of Tyler the Creator appealed to a subculture of pre-teens and teens who for the most part never have heard something like him in their lives. This fan base is a dedicated group that lives and breathes for the vulgarity and admires f*ck what people think mentality of Tyler’s music. Not only did Tyler’s personality rub off on the strange fan base but also his own style. When looking at Tyler the Creator one can notice his mismatched, vibrant, “skater-esq” style. This pop-art/punk style inspired these fans striving to be dedicated to his craft to dress exactly like him. Of course, inspiring a fashion line specific to his style. This hardcore dedication for Tyler the Creator established a teenage fad in these fanatic’s lives. That select few with the flowery socks and a bright pink donut patched to their shirts walking down the hallway in your middle school? Yeah, those were fans of Tyler the Creator and Odd Future.

Weirdly enough, within the fan base, there is a divide in preferences pertaining to his music. There are some people who were there from the start. These are the followers of Odd Future’s Tumblr and supported Tyler’s new solo career with the releases of Goblin and Wolf. This group in the fan base wants the outrageousness, anger, and absurdity within this music. Unfortunately, this same group discredits Tyler the Creator’s recent albums like Cherry Bomb and Flower Boy for being too transformative. Then there are the fans who would live and die for Tyler the Creator and will support anything that is dropped. This divide is due to Tyler the Creator’s progressiveness as not only a rapper, but a fashion designer, festival creator, and a gender and sexuality advocate. People think that he is losing touch with the intense anger he once had ingrained into his music that they admired so much. Tyler responds to this type of backlash by saying, “[I don’t] know what it is, but after a while you realize you don't want to be around people who isn't positive, who isn't focused who don't want more. Why would you want to be around someone that is a downer?”.

Pictured: The pop-art/punk style

Tyler the Creator as an artist, icon, and an influencer is truly authentic because embraces his originality with his carefree attitude towards the world. The best thing about his carefree attitude he possesses is that when he does care about something, he is very passionate about it. Whether it be his music, his fashion, or his willingness to try a new art like creating films, Tyler the Creator is passionate about staying true to his original self within his subversion of the traditional rap/hip-hop industry. His career has shown us how he is comfortable with changing his music styles despite how it would affect his already developed fan base. He prioritizes his own values and beliefs over conforming to the subculture that he originally constructed.

“I’m a Big Mac I’m a quarter pound you chicken nugget”

references

https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/472649/odd-future-the-billboard-cover-story

http://www.indiehiphop.net/how-they-came-up-the-tyler-the-creator-story/

https://www.aceshowbiz.com/celebrity/tyler_the_creator/biography.html

https://www.redbull.com/us-en/top-20-best-tyler-the-creator-lyrics

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/goblin-103396/

https://www.complex.com/music/2017/07/tyler-the-creator-flower-boy-review

https://www.clashmusic.com/news/tyler-the-creator-responds-to-fan-criticism

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troymango · 5 years

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Defying Definitions: Tyler, the Creator

Tyler, the Creator is an artist that actively avoids labels, refusing to be confined or restrained in his creative pursuit by those who don’t understand him or limited by expectations of his fans.

His career always existed as a middle finger to any establishment, be it of genre or identity, the new age rebel just happened to be a young skatepark punk who likes to wear pink and he connects with a generation of kids that grew up in the bloom of internet comedy and social media.

“Fuck what everyone thinks. I’m gonna do my thing.”

Tyler and the Odd Future (OF) collective (the full name being Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All Don’t Give A Fuck Litter Life Bacon Boys Loiter Squad Butt Fuck Bitch Niggas, or OFWGKTADGAFLLBBLSBFBN) started online, posting immature prank videos and shock-comedy much in the style of Jackass to media sites like YouTube. Today, he manages a sprawling Golf Wang fashion brand, which includes the Converse and Lacoste “Golf le Fleur” line, and produces entertainment ventures such as Camp Flog Gnaw music festival and shows on Adult Swim and VICELAND.

The entrepreneurship of Tyler Okonma is inherently memetic, his self-described “empire” was established in 2007 and has grown through a series of inside references, a distinct sense of irreverent humor, and bold and unabashedly eccentric tastes that capitalize on meme culture when meme culture was still an underground group of internet dwelling teenagers.

Behind the OF body of work are some incredibly talented artists, as the group spawned off careers that far out-shadow the now-defunct ragtag gang of pranksters (although the brand OFWGKTA lives on in your local Zumiez). In addition to Tyler, OF gave us Frank Ocean, Earl Sweatshirt, and the Internet.

While at a glance, it may seem counterintuitive that Tyler has found such significant success, that his extreme sense of humor from his adolescence should be in the way of him prospering in the public eye due to just how abrasive and unsavory it comes off to those on the outside. Many of the cultural or social establishment have carried that line of attack, smearing his character and associating him with terrorism and suggesting that he incites violence against women and homosexuals.

The distaste for Tyler, surprisingly, comes from both sides of the political spectrum, from the conservative right that abhors such values and lifestyle choices and the left which is horrified by his politically incorrect language and vulgar sense of humor against protected classes.

Ironically, perhaps, that is precisely what makes Tyler such a prominent figure to so many of us, his ability to voice a sensitive and genuine personality behind the hubris, his guise of explicit mischief. If you know, you know (or so I think it goes).

Of course, OF does not come into being in a social vacuum, the cultural environment of the 2000s and preceding decades shaped the Tyler we know and laid the groundwork for him to found such a group at the age of 16. Eminem specifically was a direct influence on the lyrical content and aggressive style of the group (and also Goblin, Tyler’s first solo album, and to a lesser extent, Wolf and Cherry Bomb).

This is my way of saying that without gangsta rap, there really could not be a OF. In other words, “Gangsta Rap Made [Tyler] Do It.”

Simply, Marshall Mathers is not the Real Slim Shady, it’s a character he played to launch his career. And while Pusha T characterizes himself as essentially Pablo Escobar, he really didn’t deal drugs for very long. H*ck, Ethan and Hila Klein of H3H3 Productions dealt drugs briefly to make ends meet when they were a young couple trying to make it on their own.

Really, it is not even a debate over concepts of “street credit,” which is an important discussion to have, but rather one about the entertainment industry and how to out-do your competition, or more generally as a means of survival.

The first time I heard Odd Future (circa 2010, I believe it was) I was actually a little off-put, if I am going to be honest. I had a very sheltered sense of humor and socially conservative values that the OF group really challenged. As I entered middle school, that was due to change, and by the time I was a freshman in high school, I was becoming more involved in the periphery of online meme culture, just steps away from the likes of Bo Burnham, Filthy Frank, and OF.

“My music got better. I asked myself, ‘Why do Kanye and Pharrell and Jay-Z respect me, but the people that respect them don’t fuck with my music?’ Well, maybe if I stop being funny on the internet, people will focus on my talent.”

I find that Tyler’s frustration in finding success without respect or perceived legitimacy or outward acceptance, despite the approval and support of his idols and inspirations (Kanye West, Dave Chappell, Eminem, Jay-Z, and Pharrell, to name a few) is a pathetic double-standard that lesser-talented or less-experimental artists never have to work against because they don’t challenge antiquated beliefs or social attitudes. The fact that Tyler has not only held his own but achieved his success in spite of these institutions (and Theresa May) really, in my view, only cements his legitimacy as an artist and businessman and cultural icon, and those who don’t respect him will fall to the wayside.

With the release of IGOR, Tyler’s latest album that tells a narrative of love had and lost, conversation reignited in establishment publications such as the Guardian (the most insufferable newspaper) and in the SocJus blogosphere about his past use of slurs and whether he should be “redeemed” or “accepted” into queer culture or just the culture at large (which of course is dominated and owned by institutions that percieve him as a threat, a rogue artist that undermines their influence). And I guess, in fairness, the “controversy” surrounding him never really ends, as these media sites seek web traffic and publish hot takes to rake in advertiser money.

Tyler is aware of this baggage as a roadblock to his aspirations, and as such he preemptively sought to distance himself from his adolescence. In 2016, Tyler changed his Twitter handle from @fucktyler to @tylerthecreator, and tweeted “RIP FUCKTYLER, WILL MISS YOU, ITS BEEN GREAT, BUT NOW ITS TIME FOR ME TO......IDK WHAT EXACTLY, BUT ITS TIME, IM OK WITH THAT. LOVE YOU.”

His sound and persona have matured and mellowed, and he has grown to be an adult (who is still characteristically irreverent). But who is Tyler? A troll? The creator? Let him tell you.

“I’m Tyler. My favorite color is kelly green. I love Baduizm, by Erykah Badu. And I’m not anybody’s fucking poster boy.”

Quotes came from the Wall Street Journal Magazine feature on Tyler: https://www.wsj.com/articles/tyler-the-creator-is-a-singular-talent-11572960622

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dandybrigham · 7 years

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Tyler Okonma (better known as Tyler The Creator) is an American rapper from California. Tyler rose to fame when he started his own record label called Odd Future Records. Out of his record label came the hip hop group OFWGKTA (Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All). This group consists of many rappers, singers and musicians including Tyler who is the leader of the group. Tyler began making his own music as well as music with the group. His first album, Bastard, was self-produced and self-released in 2009. Due to his controversial lyrics and how he expressed his alternative views to society within his songs, Tyler became very well known within a very short amount of time. He used this platform to move onto bigger projects and do more with his talent than just rap. Rapping isn’t the only thing Tyler excels at – he is a music video director, fashion designer & icon, actor, musician and artist. In 2010 Tyler released his clothing line called Golf Wang. The company produces clothes and accessories which are all designed by Tyler himself. The products usually release twice a year and sell out most of the time due to limited stock & high demand. Golf Wang has collaborated with some very well known brands including Vans. Tyler also recently collaborated with Converse to make a pair of shoes designed to promote his latest album Flower Boy. Tyler has also been a part of several TV shows created by him and his close friends. He first starred in the comedy series Loiter Squad which consisted of members of Odd Future. He then went on to Nuts + Bolts where he meets with experts who help him find out how things work that he is curious about. His latest show, The Jellies, is a cartoon in which Tyler is a voice actor. Sources: Wikipedia, handmetheaux.com

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robichauxs · 11 years

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