Tyler’s sophomore effort, Wolf (2013), was stylistically similar to Goblin as it featured more shock-jock rap that had seemed to have become Tyler’s trademark. While side projects like “Loiter Squad” always hinted at Tyler’s versatility, his musical metamorphosis was still a few years away from realization. One would not expect a song like “Yonkers” from a man who had a sketch comedy television series, Adult Swim’s “Loiter Squad.” The strangest part of much of Tyler’s early work is how deviant it was from the public persona he and Odd Future had cultivated - a group of merry oddballs who came together to make music and have fun. Goblin’s second single, “Yonkers,” is an exposé on Tyler’s ability to vent unadulterated rage on a track, as it includes more than its fair share of homophobia, misogyny and death threats toward Bruno Mars. Laden with violent, misogynistic tales and homophobic slurs, Tyler’s anger on many of his songs was quite palpable. However, unlike Tyler, neither Sweatshirt nor Ocean have undertaken a comparable level of stylistic metamorphosis.Īs Odd Future’s firebrand, Tyler’s work with the collective as well as his solo releases were gritty and hard-hitting, with some fans even calling Tyler’s music “horrorcore.” Tyler’s main objective on his early solo work, including his debut mixtape Bastard (2009) and first studio album Goblin (2011), seemed to be to ruffle as many feathers as possible. At its peak, the group included several artists considered to be among the best in their field, such as rap poet Earl Sweatshirt, alternative R&B vanguard Frank Ocean and Tyler himself. Its brash founder and de-facto leader, Tyler, the Creator, led the motley crew of rappers, singers and producers from the obscurity of MySpace to the podium of the Grammy Awards. The rise of idiosyncratic hip-hop collective Odd Future was unlike any prior ascent to musical stardom.
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