That’s what it felt like a bit.”īut even as he’s chafed at the label and gone through phases of falling in and out of love with the genre itself, Tyler has always been a great rapper. “Like, oh, my little cousin wants to play the game, let’s give him the unplugged controller so he can shut up and feel good about it. “Half of me feels like the rap nomination was a backhanded compliment,” Tyler said following the win. This all culminated in an ironic Grammy win for Best Rap Album with IGOR, which is likely his LP least steeped in traditional hip-hop sounds and cadences. In recent years, Tyler has demonstrated considerable growth as a singer, songwriter, arranger, and producer.
Obviously, creative limitations have never really been a problem for Tyler, who has been pushing boundaries (and buttons) since emerging as an object of ire and obsession in the late ‘00s. “I hate rapping, only because it puts you in this box,” he laments. A clip from Tyler’s 2014 interview with Larry King features the musician explaining that he felt creatively limited by the genre. One of the predominant narratives around the release of his new studio album, Call Me If You Get Lost, is that he’s rediscovered a passion for the craft of rap that had diminished. You’ve probably heard this, but Tyler, the Creator is rapping again.
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