Fortunately, Tyler has pulled through on that front. If Bastard was the story of a kid dealing with growing up without a father, and Goblin was the story of that same kid dealing with the launch into stardom, then Wolf is that kid dealing with the realizations brought on by the previous two stories.īut regardless of the interesting (if rather muddled) concept, none of that means a damn thing if the music itself can't stand up. It's abundantly clear that Wolf and Samuel are two halves of Tyler, the former being a more self-aware individual and the latter trapped by emotional immaturity, and that the former is becoming more prominent as Samuel burns out. The album closes as Wolf contemplates the death of his (Tyler's) grandmother and threatens violence against Samuel.
Wolf starts to make friends with Samuel's girlfriend Salem, much to the chagrin of Sam, who starts a riot in which Earl Sweatshirt is killed. The premise: likeable troublemaker Wolf Haley arrives at "Camp Flog Gnaw" and encounters the extremely anti-social jazz player/crack dealer (?) Samuel.
The truth is probably somewhere in the middle.
Tyler, The Creator's junior album is a bit eclectic in terms of concept, but here's what I took away from it: It is not his third therapy session - instead, it's a stand-alone story that can be interpreted both literally, as actually happening, or figuratively, inside Tyler's fractured psyche. Review Summary: "Sam, the music sounds good, man.
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