- ♪ Are we still friends? ♪ - (sniffs) I don't know anymore!
- I'm just vibing right now. I'm not even here.
Guys... it's transporting me.
♪ (industrial intro) ♪
- (FBE) So today, we're gonna play you selections of every song
from the newest album of one of the most loved stars
in the rap world. - Rap? Okay. I only know Eminem.
- This is gonna be Tyler the Creator. This is "Igor," huh?
- (FBE) We'll be listening to "Igor" by rapper Tyler the Creator...
- Nice! - (FBE) ...his sixth studio album
that debuted on the number one spot on the Billboard 200.
- That's really dope. - [Bleep] love that album!
Ooh! Oh my god! I'm excited.
- Tyler, yeah. I know I've seen him
with the blond wig, the dancing, all of that. Yeah.
Haven't really heard it, though. I wanna hear it.
- ♪ Runnin', runnin', runnin'... ♪ - It's loud.
♪ (mid-tempo rap music) ♪
- It's really chill. - ♪ ...they gon' feel this way ♪
- Goddamn. GODDAMN!
- ♪ Ridin' round town... ♪ - Ooh. This is so good.
- ♪ ...feel this way ♪
♪ Oh, oh, oh ♪ - There ain't even no words.
(as Tyler) ♪ Uh-uh-uh ♪
- ♪ Oh, oh, oh ♪ - This is such a good opening too,
because you put it on and immediately you're like,
"Tyler's back, baby." (chuckles) - "Igor's Theme" to me
is always like a windows down, cruising in the car
kind of music, you know? And I think that's kind of
what he wants for the rest of this album.
So next up is the lead single. It's called "Earfquake."
- Earthquake? - (FBE) Earfquake.
- Earf? Okay. (chuckles)
- (FBE) In this song, Tyler seems to sing
about a lover that he's completely dependent and obsessed over.
- Mm-hmm. - (FBE) At the time of filming
this episode, "Earfquake" is the only song with a music video,
so we have that to show you now. - Yeah.
Dope!
- I love this look so much.
Also, Tracee Ellis Ross, that's awesome.
- Oh, that's him? Hmm...
- Yes! The wig! There's the wig and the glasses.
He's kind of like a comedian, too. - ♪ 'Cause you make my earth quake ♪
♪ Oh... ♪ - (chuckles) He's straight singin'.
- It's very Tyler. That's all I could think about.
It's his vibe for sure. - I don't know.
The background, Warren G or... Like, Bone Thugz should
be rapping over it.
- ♪ It's making my heart break ♪
- (sings along) ♪ Don't leave ♪ ♪ It's my fault ♪
- It sort of has a tune. - ♪ Don't leave ♪
♪ It's my fault ♪ - This bar right here!
"Don't leave. It's my fault." Oh my god!
- I love how weird and [bleep] strange he is,
'cause then I feel like it just encourages everyone else
to be as weird as you want. - He's okay.
He looks like Lady Gaga, but the male version. (chuckles)
- I don't know if he looks like an Igor.
You know, that's not-- Igor from the horror movies
are these monsters. - Kind of got that Andre 3000 appeal.
I was waiting for that ♪ My baby don't mess around and-- ♪
No. (chuckles) You could tell it's an alter ego.
You know, it's an alternative Tyler.
- ♪ I don't know where I'm going ♪ ♪ But I know what I'm showing ♪
♪ Feelings, that's what I'm pouring ♪ - This is diff--
- ♪ ...[bleep] ♪ - Oh! He said a bad word! (laughs)
- ♪ By your name 'cause I'm sorry ♪ - Oh, I love this vibe.
- Gotta get into it. [Bleep]!
- This [bleep] slaps, though. For real!
- The verses are very much, like, "I'm kind of mad at you."
But then the chorus is ♪ I think I'm falling in love ♪
- ♪ I think I'm falling in love ♪
- ♪ (Solange vocalizing) ♪ - Oh, that's Solange! Yay!
I love Solange to death.
- ♪ I'm off balance ♪ ♪ I need some fixin' ♪
♪ I'm your puppet ♪ ♪ You are Jim Henson ♪
- That's pretty good production. It's different definitely.
It doesn't sound like anything on the radio.
- If I heard that, I would not be,
"Oh, that's Tyler the Creator." - It's not your typical rap album,
but honestly, I wouldn't want a typical rap album
from Tyler the Creator. That is not his style,
and that's not really what I want from him.
- (FBE) Up next is a brief vocal snippet from comedian
Jerrod Carmichael. - Oh, yeah. I know him.
- (Jerrod) Exactly what you run from, you end up chasing.
Like, you can't avoid just chasing it
and just, like, trying, giving it everything that you can.
- Yeah, there's always an obstacle, bruh.
I mean, [bleep] it. I mean, he's just
out here philosophizing. - I really like those
little interludes he's included in this album.
I think it's referencing back to, you know, some of the breakup themes
that he's talking about.
- (FBE) So, here is "Running Out of Time."
In this song, Tyler expresses that there is another woman
in the picture, that this is a love triangle.
- Oh, god. The drama. The tea has been spilled.
- (FBE) Online reports further speculate
that Tyler's love interest in the album is a male
who hides the true nature of his sexuality.
He won't commit to Tyler and instead is seeing a female.
- Ohhh! Okay.
- You have a lot of people who don't want to adopt the label,
so to speak, of being bisexual, which I understand.
But at the same time, you shouldn't be ashamed
to just say what it is that you are.
- ♪ Running of time ♪ - (fake cries) Oh my god!
This just makes me think of drying! It makes me think of dying.
It's like, I'm running out of time. I gotta hurry the [bleep] up!
- ♪ Livin' in pretend ♪
♪ Keep it a buck fifty... ♪ - God. I'm so obsessed
with this album. Every time I listen to it,
it feels like the first time I'm listening to it again.
- It's great production.
- I'm just vibing right now. I'm not even here, guys.
It's transporting me.
- ♪ So take your mask off ♪ ♪ I need her out the picture ♪
♪ Take your mask off ♪ - Take your mask off.
- ♪ Stop lyin' to yourself ♪ ♪ I know the real you ♪
- Mm-hmm. - ♪ Halloween ain't for a minute ♪
♪ Lose the costume ♪ - Oh, like, he's hiding behind...
Yeah. I understand what he meant.
- That's intriguing, what he's talking about.
It's definitely not run-of-the-mill rap.
- It doesn't really matter what your sexuality is.
You could be completely ambiguous, and you really don't need
to formally come out anymore. It's more of a matter of you can
if you want to. And I kind of like that Tyler
is sort of ambiguous about his sexuality.
It doesn't matter and doesn't change him as an artist.
- ♪ I saw a photo ♪ ♪ You looked... ♪
- (sings along) ♪ Joyous ♪ - ♪ My eyes are green ♪
♪ I eat my veggies ♪ ♪ I need to get her out the picture ♪
- (chuckles) He's really getting jealous.
- ♪ She's not developed like we are ♪
- It's just so different. You see what I'm saying?
It kind of gives me Kid Cudi vibes, like how it's different,
how it's not like the rest.
- ♪ Ayo ♪ (distorted) ♪ Take one look
in the mirror ♪ - Ah, the production's so cool!
I feel like I'm in a movie and I imagine myself
in all these different scenes and stuff as I listen to this.
- (distorted) ♪ Eyes are green ♪ ♪ I eat my vegetables ♪
♪ It has nothing to do with that broad ♪
- It's cool. - ♪ Well, I got a plan ♪
♪ 'Bout to walk in the pen ♪ - He talks too fast.
- This is one of the harder songs on the track too.
I can imagine being at a Tyler show...
This is the one that's getting everybody
in the crowd droppin'. - The bassline, man.
It's pretty intense tracks. You can tell he believes in his music.
- It's so loud that you can't hear the lyrics.
It's very hard to hear the lyrics and understand what he's saying.
It was very distracting.
- (FBE) Next up is "A Boy is a Gun."
Fans have pointed out that throughout this song,
Tyler flip flips on his love interest.
He seems to want his partner to never leave his sight
in the beginning of the song. But by the end, he rejects him.
- Of course. I would too if I were in his place.
- I think it ends up referencing back to the what you're running from,
you end up chasing.
- ♪ Oh, you passive aggressive ♪ ♪ Oh, you fakin' you're mad ♪
- I love these vibes.
- ♪ ...better call you a cab ♪ - Ooh!
- ♪ I ain't takin' you home ♪ - Ooh!
- ♪ Yeah, I'm brushing you off ♪ - Good. Brush him off.
- ♪ Yeah, I'm brushing you off ♪ - (raps along) ♪ 'Cause this parka ♪
- ♪ ...is Comme ♪ - (raps along) ♪ You're my
favorite garçon ♪ - ♪ Don't leave ♪
♪ Stay right here ♪ ♪ Yeah, I want you right near ♪
♪ You invited me to breakfast ♪ ♪ Why the [bleep] your ex here? ♪
- No, that's too ba-- This is a little sad.
- ♪ Why the [bleep] your ex here? ♪ - He's so conflicted.
- If you know that your partner is going with somebody else, leave him!
- ♪ You're so... ♪ - (raps along) ♪ [Bleep] dangerous ♪
♪ You so [bleep] dangerous ♪
- ♪ You got me by neck ♪ ♪ That's why I start to think
it's lame as [bleep] ♪
- This makes my heart glow. (chuckles)
- ♪ They be bringin' us up ♪ ♪ Yeah, like now and again ♪
- The feeling that they're conveying, I feel it.
- ♪ I'ma leave it at that ♪ ♪ I'ma leave us as friends ♪
- Good for him. - ♪ ...I don't wanna see you again ♪
- Good. - I enjoy this music
on such a surface level. But yeah, once you dive into it,
you're noticing that he's talking about the way this guy effed him up.
It's like a gun. - Sometimes you find yourself
in these situations where you really want someone
and then you realize, "You know what?
You're not chasing me like I'm chasing you.
I don't think I want this anymore." It's something that I think
a lot of people can relate to.
- ♪ I do not have self-control ♪ ♪ I am startin' to wonder ♪
♪ Is this my free will or yours? ♪ ♪ Yours, yours, yours ♪
- It's about to come up. (imitates distorted noise)
See, right there. It's a... ♪ (distorted noise) ♪
(sings along) ♪ I'm a puppet ♪ Ah! Ah, it killed me right there!
Ah! Ah, it kills me.
- ♪ I'm your puppet ♪ - Okay, yeah.
He's pulling his strings.
- (Kanye) ♪ You lost, son ♪ ♪ And you've been tryna
find your way... ♪ - See, there's a lot more soul
in this. - (Kanye) ♪ He's on somethin'
that I hate to see ♪ - That sound like Kanye.
- (Kanye) ♪ ...son, I'm gonna take a breathe ♪
♪ Run a 'thon ♪ ♪ I just stop
and I'ma take the breathe ♪ - Yeah, this is that song
that it's just like, you know you like someone,
and they know you like them. And that's it. You're doomed.
- It's just, he's been through a rollercoaster of emotions,
and I'm definitely with him through all these lyrics.
(overwhelmed) Woo! (laughs)
- (FBE) And the next song, it's called "What's Good."
Tyler seems to have accepted defeat in his relationship.
- Defeat? - (FBE) Mm-hmm.
- Fantastic. Great.
Good! I mean, what can you do?
- ♪ Turn the lights on ♪ ♪ How the [bleep] you quiet
with the mic on? ♪ - Oh, yeah. I like this song.
- ♪ ...Sam Bowie-ass [bleep] ♪ - Okay. He's angry.
He mad-mad. - ♪ ...said I wouldn't go nowhere ♪
♪ I took the detour ♪ ♪ When you see the someone
in the crack right by the seashore? ♪
♪ When you see them brand new le Fleurs on the floor? ♪
♪ If the cop says my name ♪ ♪ Bitch, I'm Igor! ♪
- Yeah. - I feel like he's happier now.
- ♪ Let's go, let's go ♪ ♪ I ain't playin'... ♪
- This is a song that makes you feel badass,
you know what I'm saying? When you throw the headphones on
and you play this song, you just feel like a bad bitch.
♪ (transitions into upbeat music) ♪ - There with that vibe change.
- Here you go. He loves the keyboard.
- This was crazy too about Tyler's music.
They change mid-way, at the end.
- ♪ Suck me first ♪ ♪ I might get back at ya ♪
- Yeah! - ♪ Hahahahahahaha ♪
♪ I can't laugh at ya ♪ - I like that one.
Hands down, I really just like the beat.
- Okay, the whole "If a cop sees me,
tell him I'm Igor," to me, it almost sounds
like Igor then is a cop-out for him, where it's like, "Oh, no.
I'm not saying this. Igor is saying this."
So, it's his chance to talk about his feelings.
- This song, "What's Good," still feels so Tyler,
because there's this grittiness, this darkness in the sound,
in the production itself that is really reminiscent
of Tyler's other stuff as well.
- (FBE) The next song is called "Gone, Gone/Thank You."
It's two songs mashed together. - Yeah, he's been doing the--
the 10th song in all of his albums are always a half-and-half song.
You know, it starts one way, ends up turning into another song.
And it's just something that he's always done.
And it's cool to see that-- you know, it's a little trademark
of Tyler's albums.
- ♪ I know love... ♪ - Oh, this is very '80s.
I love this. - It sounds like someone else singing.
- ♪ I just hope to God she got good taste ♪
♪ To put you on some [bleep] you never seen ♪
- That's sad. It's the whole idea
of this person that I was with was really important to me,
but now they're with someone else, but I hope
that she treats you well kind of thing.
- ♪ Whether it's rain or shine ♪ ♪ I know I'm fine for now ♪
- It's happy. - Oh my god!
(sings along) ♪ My love's gone! ♪ Ah, she never came back.
- I like that this song is a goodbye song, but it's happy.
- See, I could cry to this song, and I could dance to this song.
- ♪ ...everything ♪ I hate wasted potential.
- Same!
- Don't waste your time then. Then it won't be a waste of potential.
- (Tyler) It really does. It crushes you...
- That is a good transition. - ♪ Thank you for the joy ♪
- I like that. I like this half better.
- ♪ ...fall in love again ♪
- I think this is the saddest one, honestly.
- ♪ Thank you for your mind ♪ - I like the higher pitched voice
that he does a lot, too. - ♪ I don't ever wanna
fall in love again ♪ - Never wants to love again?
That's sad. If you got hurt in the beginning,
it makes you stronger on your next relationship.
- After breakups, it's not that that was
just a lost spent year or a waste of time,
but you learn something from that, and I feel like that's kind of
what this song is saying. Like, thank you for all
of these things, but now I'm gonna move on to something else.
- ♪ See, um, heavy feelings for you, yeah, yeah ♪
♪ It's no secret ♪ - I love the low fidelity
of his work, too. It's just kind of gritty.
- This is-- he's coming up. He's rising.
- ♪ And realize there's more fish in the sea ♪
♪ I'ma re-up ♪ ♪ Like, bitch,
I know my [bleep] is bumping ♪ ♪ It's eczema ♪
- Wow. - ♪ You do you, I'll do me ♪
♪ I'll just chuck the peace up ♪ ♪ I ain't tryna keep up ♪
- Whoever lost Tyler, you're [bleep] dumb!
- ♪ I don't love you anymore ♪ - Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.
- ♪ ...these things are not hard ♪
- (sings along) ♪ 'Cause I don't love you anymore ♪
- Damn. Guy is amazing.
- ♪ But this just might be better for us, you know? ♪
- Whoa. That was trippy. (chuckles) - His albums almost feel
like a film in itself, because every one of his albums
takes you through the story. It's a film for your ears.
- ♪ I can't stop you ♪ - Very into this old school vibe.
- ♪ I've been back there and I can, I got to ♪
♪ But I've got... ♪ - I love all the sounds.
I love all the instruments.
- (sings along) ♪ Are we still friends? ♪
- That's the toughest question.
- ♪ Are we still friends? ♪ (sniffs) I don't know anymore!
- ♪ Are we still friends? ♪
- You could be. I'm friends with my exes. (chuckles)
- ♪ Are we still friends? ♪
- Okay. That sounds not at all like rap.
It sounds more like a '50s singer.
- It's definitely a conceptual album. You know, he put it all together.
It takes you on a journey. It really does.
- I'm still wondering why he decided to do an alter ego thing,
'cause being vulnerable is so much-- it's brave.
It's hard to be vulnerable and just be yourself.
- I think it's great that he's showing off, you know,
like, hey, you don't have to stay here in this box, you know?
You have to stay loyal to yourself, and that way other people
will be loyal to your art, to your music.
And I think he's just doing great with that.
I... applause. Applause, Tyler! Good job!
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