Tyler The Creator is known for his crazy attitude, style, and lyrics. The latter of which have been shocking, cruel, grotesque, immature, and usually all of them combined, leaving the listener to ask himself, "WTF!?!?"
Tyler gets really clever with it and it's a massive part of his appeal. His past work has tackled everyone from Justin Beiber to Spike Lee on topics including sex, family, drugs, and murder. The dude is out of his mind on the mic, and it's probably the reason most of us think he's dope.
With the release of Cherry Bomb, we have a whole new slew of songs to dissect and ask ourselves, "WTF is he talking about?" We've extracted some of those lines for you to dwell on, and embedded some tweets to shed light on the new tracks.
From "DEATHCAMP"
“Kissing on my beanbag/Your lips half on my tongue/Moonwalk through your hair”
Kissing on a beanbag is one heck of a way to allude to fellatio. Your lips half on my tongue…What?
LITTLE DOLL BY THE STOOGES WAS HEARD....THEN I MADE DEATHCAMP.
“Peter Parker pickle pack of peppers when the plot thickens/Tyler, The Creator fuckin' kill you with a popsicle/Cold blooded so we rock mittens so they won't find him/Not kiddin' keep the Tommy on me bitch, I'm Ms. Pickles”
Tyler is all over the place with this one, referencing Spider Man, Nickelodeon’s The Rugrats, and a murder. It’s all in the work of just four bars.
ONLY 3 FEATURES I DIDNT GET: BETH FROM PORTISHEAD ON BUFFALO. STEVIE WONDER ON FIND YOUR WINGS. JAYKAY FROM JAMIROQUAI ON 2SEATR. NEXT TIME
From "PILOT"
“I'm so far ahead you niggas I'm in the future/Y'all don't even know about my existence, it's like I'm dead to you/You niggas know what I'm sayin'/Look, y'all be on the stupid shit”
As the vocal effects make Tyler sound like an alien demon, he tells us where he thinks he’s positioned in the rap game. Sounds like the rest of us need to catch up.
PILOT
From "CHERRY BOMB"
"Come and light my fire, I'll blow your fuckin' face off/Nigga, I'mma goddamn pilot/And I decide when we gon' take off/Let's get it"
Tyler told us last year that he found his wings and won't stop flying. Apparently he decides when he will and won't fly and he'll also blow your fuckin' face off.
CHERRY BOMB I JUST WANTED TO PUT THE INSTRMENTAL AND ONLY HAVE VOCALS ON THE BRIDGE, BUT I SAID FUCK IT AND RECORDED MY VERSE...LOW AS FUCK
From "BLOW MY LOAD"
"Your pussy tighter than door hinges
I munch you like sandwiches
But not any more cause I'm on tour, so
FaceTime your clit, I will jack off my dick
I go hard, shit
I might need an ice pack on my wrist
Fucking, I'm pumping
You know it's coming, bust in a couple of seconds
I'm sweating, I leave you slump
In the back of my truck, butt naked
Suck it out of me
Leave you with nothing, get it?
This is what you wanted, this is what you came for"
This one isn't very cryptic, but it's certainly WTF-worthy. Tyler gets super X-rated, inspired by a photo he saw of Cara Delevingne.
THATS DAM-FUNK ON SOME OF THOSE SYNTHS ON BLOW MY LOAD. KILLER
From "THE BROWN STAINS OF DARKEESE LATIFAH PART 6-12 (REMIX)"
"And I'm that nigga/Meaning I'm two niggas/I'm schizo, Brent Lowe, my motherfucking bingo/Pink and yellow on my neck remind you of my dickhole/And I don't really fuck with you niggas, shout out to Jim Crow"
Hmm...okay then...
JUVI FLOW ON THE BROWN STAINS. THATS MY SHIT AGHHHHH
From "SMUCKERS"
"They be duckin' us niggas, shout out to Donald Sterling
Boy let's get a scrimmage, I'll cut some niggas, I'll bring the Clippers
And a couple owners, that's kinda German
You bring the nooses, and a couple trees
Where the money grow, and get bodies burning
Cause I'm tryna hang like I'm Mr. Cooper or Jews in Berlin
Or some niggas from Alabama, Birmingham
I need music all over the street like Erick Sermon
Was, fuck us, maybe we should team up
Anti Golf boys cuz I don't fuck with me either
I'ma liar, I'ma faggot"
Tyler goes all-things-racist with this verse on "SMUCKERS," the Lil Wayne and Kanye collaboration on the new album.
SMUCKERS
From "KEEP DA 0'S"
"My garden's full from breaking these hoes
A hand full of green and a couple of stones
Your lawnmower's foreign, you rent you a home
But nigga, how much of that shit do you own?
See me, I don't compromise, I know my conscience
Fuck your compliments, bitch I got confidence
I don't need your approval, my nigga you suck"
Tyler drops some wisdom and at the same time has us scratching our heads.
THE ENDING OF KEEP THE O'S IS THE MOST INSPIRATIONAL SHIT EVER. IT LEGIT MAKES ME FEEL LIKE I CAN DO ANYTHING I WANT. I MEAN I CAN
