Tyler Okonma, better known to the world as Tyler, The Creator dropped his sixth studio album “CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST” June 25.
If you would have asked me a month ago if I thought Tyler, The Creator and NBA YoungBoy would make a song together, much less a good song, I would have said there is no chance for the two very different artists to collaborate successfully.
Another artist who makes an unofficial appearance on the album is Okonma’s long time collaborator Frank Ocean, who was raised in New Orleans after moving there from California when he was four.
Throughout the project Okonma alludes to a sadness stemming from a failed relationship, and this is fully laid out for the audience on “WILSHIRE,” an almost nine-minute-long voyage through Okonma’s memories of falling in love with a very special woman.
This is continued on “CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST” with the nearly ten-minute melodic marathon “SWEET / I THOUGHT YOU WANTED TO DANCE,” which features vocals from R&B artists Brent Faiyaz and Fana Hues.
Other amazing tracks were “JUGGERNAUT” which feature one of Lil Uzi Vert’s best verses in recent times but more importantly sees Pharrell Williams deliver a top-tier verse that, to be frank, nobody expected.
It was experimental enough production and sampling wise to create intrigue while still delivering the elements of his past that I have always enjoyed.