Tyler, the Creator: Call Me If You Get Lost (2LP) [COLUMBIA]

Why you'll love it

Call Me If You Get Lost went straight to No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and won the Grammy for Best Rap Album. It's Tyler at his most playful and personal, hosted by DJ Drama and packed with guests.

This edition

• 2LP set, 16 tracks
• Columbia pressing
• Narrated by DJ Drama

About the album

Tyler, the Creator's seventh album presents a widescreen vision of all the Tylers that came before, defying expectations once again yet maintaining the essential nuggets of each that have turned this Odd Future-born iconoclast into one of the most bizarrely bankable hip-hop stars on the planet. Call Me If You Get Lost, out in June of 2021, is rougher and "rappier" and far more reminiscent of Tyler's grotty early recordings than its 2019 predecessor, Igor, but it's still unmistakably the work of a genre-oblivious mad genius at the height of his powers. Synth-pop, bossa nova, reggae, soul, future-R&B, jazz and god knows what else slip in and out of the musical mix, while cover art depicting an ID card in the name of "Tyler Baudelaire" and an opening cut titled "Sir Baudelaire" provide endless food for thematic thought for invested observers.

You figure it out. It doesn't really matter, does it? Call Me If You Get Lost is another terrific, beautifully baffling grower of a record from a major talent. And despite its decidedly challenging nature, it became Tyler, the Creator's second album to reach the top of the Billboard album chart. The "pop" audience is waaaaaaay smarter than you think.

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Tracklist

Listen

On Columbia, first out in 2021.