The album “IGOR” by Tyler, The Creator – Elias’s goosebump moment

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“IGOR”, the addictive album by Tyler, The Creator

Tyler Okonma’s career is one marked by very specific moments, which helped build the figure of The Creator, in addition to forging the Californian artist’s own musical sound.

“IGOR”, the rapper’s sixth studio album, takes us into a tangle of sound atmospheres, musicalized feelings and convoluted discourses. Undoubtedly, it is his best work to date. What had begun with “Cherry Bomb” as a search for his own art, and that had a surprisingly mature approach in “Flower Boy”, in “IGOR” becomes a cathartic moment for the rapper and for his fans.

The album sounds like anything but a rap album. It’s more like a well-prepared mix of the different genres that give Tyler, The Creator his identity, an approximation of his true self that could have gone very wrong, but for our good fortune turned out extremely well.

The album’s own psychology is torn between acceptance for the loss of different figures and people in Tyler’s life, and despair for not being able to cope with his feelings in the right way. But there is not a single moment where the album descends into melodrama.

A handmade album by Tyler, The Creator

After being nominated for a Grammy for Best Rap Album for “Flower Boy”, Tyler, The Creator had the bar set very high to continue developing his rhymes and productions in the future, even more thinking that with “Flower Boy” he left everything to deliver a work that was inspired by all the melancholy of “Blond”, the last album of his friend and partner in Odd Future, Frank Ocean.

“Flower Boy”, however, and despite being a great album, did not convey this feeling in a way that “IGOR” did. That very similar feeling of Frank Ocean’s “Blond” that Tyler was trying to convey on “Flower Boy”.

Since days before the album’s release, the 28-year-old Californian rapper sent a message in his stories on his Instagram account, as if giving instructions on how to listen and enjoy “IGOR”. An image with somewhat explanatory instructions and with words that can be read even exciting from the artist before the release of his new material, something that only generated more anxiousness to be able to listen.

From head to toe, “IGOR” is fully handmade by Tyler, The Creator, from the lyrical and musical composition of each of its excerpts, as in the production of the album. Taking care with this every detail of sound, and even better intoning his voice to offer greater quality in each piece.

In this new album, the collaborations of Tyler, The Creator’s musician friends were to be expected, adding more spice to the already exquisite tracks. “IGOR’S THEME” with Lil Uzi Vert and the Colombian Kali Uchis is an incredible electronic track that besides opening the album, could well fit in a DJ set at the club of your choice.

“IGOR” is an album beyond Rap and Hip Hop, it is experimental and a portal to a barbaric ambition with originality and genius in every track. It is the passion and maximum inspiration of Tyler Okonma after the great “Flower Boy” was nominated for a Grammy. It was the demonstration that there is still more to come and find out about Tyler, The Creator. Now we can safely state that we could call “IGOR” his definitive consecration in his career.