Here is an alternate take on Tyler’s “Colossus” from his WOLF LP, released today via his Tumblr account.

Remix by Rustie (Danny Brown “Dope Song”) commissioned as part of a lost remix project, Lucky-T, a collab between LM and Decon Records for Pusha’s Wrath Of God EP. Rustie, S-Type, Machinedrum, Lunice & Hud Mo all featured. It never surfaced. Would have loved to include this on the My Crown Weighs A Ton mixtape…. maybe a sequel is in order.

Watch Tyler The Creator try to calm down fans after the LAPD shut his show down and call them “assholes” in the process, using their megaphone.

Directed By Wolf Haley. From the album, WOLF.

In a recent string of corporate companies lifting endorsement deals from rappers, PepsiCo has pulled the third in a series of Tyler The Creator directed ads for Mountain Dew, as the latest has been deemed “racist” and “violent against women” by the company.

“We understand how this video could be perceived by some as offensive, and we apologize to those who were offended,” a PepsiCo rep told AdWeek. “We have removed the video from all Mountain Dew channels and have been informed that Tyler is removing it from his channels.”

The ad in question features a battered woman staring a police line-up, made up of black men and a talking goat.

“I’m gonna tell them some stupid idea I come up with five minutes before the meeting and they’re gonna think it’s f—in’ retarded,” Tyler told Elliott Wilson during his #CRWN interview. “I’m so used to people saying, ‘That’s f—ing retarded and I’m looking at Clancy like, ‘Yo are they serious’ and they actually liked it.”

“Next thing I know I’m at the editing bay putting together the cuts for the commercial I shot with this f—in’ goat and it dawned on me like ‘Finally someone looked past the rape or the devil worshipping or the immaturity which is evident in the commercial. They actually gave me a chance and let me be seven years old with their product.”

Until they didn’t. We’re not sure if it’s actually racist or promotes violence against women, but we assume it is supposed to be funny.

The work of collective Odd Future has a love-it-or-hate-it relationship with its audience. While Tyler has received his fair share of criticism and attention for his profane shock and horror lyrics and homophobia, the Odd Future sound isn’t really intended for anyone seeking an intelligent or even coherent thought. It’s most likely for high school kids getting high. Enter Tyler’s third LP, Wolf.

Produced almost entirely by the 22-year-old Tyler, Wolf has a muddled quality. It’s slower than it should be, lacking in momentum from one track to the next. Most tracks are downbeat and laid back. You won’t find any club bangers here, which is not necessarily a bad thing.

The interesting thing that emerges, though, is that amid his desire to offend and juvenile humor, there lies the personality of a shy, young kid riding around with his friend on the handlebars of his bicycle (“Slater”).

On “Answer,” he levies a flurry of slurs at his neglectful father, only to hope that he answers his call. With “Rusty,” he says for all the talk of his violent persona, he’s really just a harmless “drama club kid.”

Tyler shows more of his soft side on “IFHY” featuring Pharrell, rambling on about a crush: “Cellular convos getting left in the wrong/Cause I get so fucking mad when you don’t write back/This isn’t a song I just happen to rhyme when I get emo/And find time to write facts, fuck, I love you.”

There are even heartwrenching references to his deceased grandmother throughout the album. It’s just that they’re hard to pick out amongst all the hate and anger that seems to spew out in the front and background of the record. Having recently reviewed Tyga’s Hotel California album, it’s interesting to compare the similarities of these two artists in their early 20s, who couldn’t be more different, yet share an angry, depressive attitude towards life that hides their more interesting vulnerabilities. Who are they lashing out against? What are they so mad about?

For music from the such young rappers, you might expect some fun. But it’s all shrouded in this dark, often drug-fueled haze. Still, there’s something happening behind all the bluster. There’s creativity in Tyler’s production work on Wolf and occasional nuggets of cleverness in his lyrics. It’s just hard to drown out all the inside jokes and outmoded homophobic slurs. You can comb through the mess in search of the talent, but it’s too easy to just turn off.

The Westwood Crib Sessions taken over by Tyler The Creator, featuring Jasper Dolphin. Tyler talks about Mountain Dew advert, taking heroin, meth & weed, and…. there’s a wild boar in the studio.

From Tyler’s new LP, Wolf, out April 2nd. Directed By Wolf Haley.

While Tyler The Creator’s sophomore album, WOLF, is supposed to drop in November, we’ve heard little in the way of it’s official release; no single, no video, no press release, nothing. This little track leaked out over the weekend, however is an older song that was scrapped from the GOBLIN sessions, then meant for WOLF, and then simply abandoned forever. UNTIL NOW.

First offering from Tyler’s next album, Wolf, due this November.

This bonus cut will appear on the physical CD releases of Frank Ocean’s Channel Orange, due out this Tuesday.

Directed And Scored By Wolf Haley. Filmed By Luis Ponch. Produced By Tara Razavi. OF Tape Vol 2 out now.

Tony Hawk interviews Tyler The Creator, L-Boy, Mike G, Left Brain and Taco of Odd Future for Tony Hawk’s Dissent on Ride Channel.

From Game’s The Red Album, in stores now.
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