Tyler, the Creator, Hot wind blows
Californian rapper Tyler, the Creator loves wearing masks and living off contradictions. In Call me if you get lost, his sixth album, has decided to turn the table once again. In the previous Igor in fact he had almost moved away from hip hop, getting closer and closer to rnb and neosoul. The new pieces, on the other hand, are pure rap, sometimes arrogant, like that of Lemonhead. It seems to have returned to its origins, those of the Odd Future collective.
The alter ego chosen by the rapper for this occasion is Tyler Baudelaire, a globetrotter inspired by the French poet Charles Baudelaire. But the theme that dominates Call me if you get lost is the vindication of his successes: the concert at Madison Square Garden, the copies sold, the cars, the bikes. As often happens to him, the artist plays with his sexuality, freely telling flirts and love stories (Wilshire for example it is the splendid diary of a relationship with a friend and girlfriend of a friend of his, which also contains references to Tyler’s alleged bisexuality).
Call me if you get lost is full of dark beats, produced by the rapper himself together with Dj Drama, who is often by his side at the microphone and makes second voices that give an extra touch old school to the disc. As always Tyler is a volcano of ideas, and each base of the songs hides small and great subtleties, from the tolls of piano to Course to the battery of Lumberjack, up to the sampling of an old jazz piece in hypnotics Hot wind blows, where New Orleans rapper Lil Wayne is a guest. Tyler, the Creator likes to wear a different mask every time. And he’s so good that his music follows every disguise without losing an ounce of quality.
Sault, Alcohol
The new album by Sault, a mysterious and militant British collective led by producer Inflo capable of releasing five records in two years, is perhaps the least brilliant of their career. But it’s not all to be thrown away, on the contrary. For example Alcohol is a bewitching rnb song that reflects on the harm of alcoholism, while the anthem to the British capital Are you from London? is enriched by the presence of the always good Little Simz.
In general, Black Lives Matter stances are less felt and there is an evident search for introspection. The disc, entitled Nine, it just came out you can listen and buy for only 99 days.
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