OKP Exclusive: Big Ghost Tyler, The Creator - 'Wolf' Review
Ayo whattup you back in the presence of that muthafucka wit two iron midgets for hands. In case you forgot I go by the name Big Ghost aka Phantom Raviolis aka Shampoo Bracelets aka Cocaine Biceps aka Thor Molecules aka Galaxy Knuckles aka Spartacus Deluxe...n otherwise known as THE MIGHTY HANDS OF ZEUS. So Im back in the building to walk wit yall thru this new Wolf joint....Courtesy of Tyler The Creator aka the slightly less annoying Hopsin but before that gets ran down I gotta hit yall wit that ill boilerplate. Disclaimer:
The views n what have you in this muthafucka is all my owns…so that aint in no way a reflection of nobody other than myself n whatever else b. No other man or woman or child represented heretofore n such hereby is sharin the opinion of the gentleman who be sayin the shit contained within namsayin. This muthafucka do be containin foul language n shit that might offend small children n old people n shit too. It should be noted by all those who is present today here today before God that yall here on ya own accord n if anybody not cool wit that they should leave now or forever hold they peace…
Ok back to the thing. Now Ion wanna start shit off on no negative shit cuz truthfully I aint kno what to expect from this n**ga. I aint really a fan like that n really dont be fuckin wit none of this Odd Future shit. I recognize the talent that a few of these muthafuckas possess...but I also recognize the talent that a n**ga who play a banjo or a bagpipe possesses too. It dont mean I gotta fucks wit none of it. I can still be like yo I respect it...jus keep it the fuck away from my ears n shit b. N**gas say Im hatin tho...they be all in my personal space violatin talmbout how son only 21 n shit...22 or whatever... Im like DAWG YOU KNO HOW OLD BIGGIE WAS WHEN HE MADE READY TO DIE? SON WAS BARELY 21. Big gave us classics tho...like epic spectacles n shit. Son was gifted. Dont een get me started on Nas n Illmatic bruh.... Like Im sayin fuck these little n**gas if they cant keep up. The bar for this shit was set by teenagers back in the late 80s. Like son...Rakim wasnt no mature ass man on his 4 consecutive classic albums wit Eric B namsayin. Like we talkin artistry of the highest degree right there so fuck a young n**ga who still tryin to find his leg coordination in this game. I aint here to watch n**gas grow. They aint my fuckin kids b. Reggie Noble aka the legendary Redman gave us Whut? Thee Album when he was this n**gas age. Lets see how this bizarre wacky shit gon hold up to that muthafuckin bonafide stone cold classic album son. I CANT WAIT to see what this n**ga got. I welcome yall muthafuckin challenge. Cuz I aint bout all that givin n**gas a pass based off they bein some youngsters shit. Dont expect me to be like whatever whatever jus cuz he a youngbuck... Aight Imma start explorin this fuck shit...
1. "Wolf" - Hadda listen to this shit twice so I could laugh my ass off at how son kept on sayin "fuck you" GOT DAMN THIS N**GA HILARIOUS YO.
2. "Jamba" (f/ Hodgy Beats) - First thing I wanna say is this beat kinda dope...not so much when shit gets to the chorus n it starts drippin wit that Pharrell circa 2003 twinkly keyboard shit...but the rest kinda fresh tho namsayin.. Imma keep it a hunnid wit yall n admit that I aint een try to understand what the fuck they was sayin on this shit tho.
3. "Cowboy" - Wow bruh...the fuck is this n**ga rappin bout? It aint like I cant hear the words, I jus dont kno what the fuck son is sayin when I connect the words together. Like I jus be losin interest n thinkin bout other shit b. Only time I understand son is when he spits bout smokin weed or some shit.... Ionno if its cuz I aint 14 or whatever but this shit jus be soundin like boredom salad to me yo. I be feelin like I got adult ADD listenin to this n**ga spit. Ayo whats this tho --> LLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL? Give up? Its the Tyga alphabet! HAHAHAHA... Get it? Its all L's...nvmd. Yeah, Ion fuck wit this joint tho...
4. "Awkward" - Guess this is sons love joint. Ionno what happened to the LL type ballads n the sincere joints n**gas use to be havin... This n**ga actin a fool on this shit yo... like een if its some sincere shit b...the shit dont resonate wit the god. Therefore the shit aint gon resonate wit broads that I want the shit to resonate wit namsayin. No n**ga actually wanna listen to rap ballads b...that aint what muthafuckas is checkin for at all yo. But dudes still be havin shit like that handy in case they wanna melt the panties off a broad or some shit like that...or as a appetizer before you flip it on some Jodeci shit. Like you might throw on some 2Pac "Can U Get Away" or some shit like that so that the broad relax her guard n be like OH IM FEELIN THIS SHIT RIGHT HERE...CLEARLY THIS A SENSITIVE N**GA WIT LIFE PRIORITIES N SHIT YO namsayin. After that you hit her over the head wit a little Jodeci "Feenin" n next thing you kno the panties is aflame b...you jus set the panties on fire namsayin. But you cant jus be jumpin into shit like "Feenin" like that cuz thats a emotional experience right there nahmean...you need to be havin a segue to that type of shit namsayin. But you cant do that wit no shit like this son. You might as well play some Weird Al for her if you gon do some stupid shit like that... Like the joint aint trash but at the same time it aint got no purpose yo. I jus cant connect wit this shit on a emotional level b...n it aint gon help me disintegrate the panties off a chick neither. You might as well play a broad some chinese flower drum type shit or tapes of whales givin birth. Shit aint sexy at all yo.
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5. "Domo23" - This shit sounds like a Slaughterhouse joint from 2009 that got aborted late in the 2rd trimester n shit. Them white dudes who be teabaggin they homeboys...takin pictures wit they nuts on another dudes face when they pass out drunk? They gon love this shit tho. The "urban" n**gas who talk wit Wiz Khalifa accents n be gettin "white girl drunk" gon love this shit too yo. I aint really mad at it tho...like it aint horrible or nothin. It jus dont got no real purpose in my iTunes. I fucks wit the skit at the end tho.
6. "Answer" - This a joint bout son bein at his pops for not stickin round when he was a shorty. Which is a pretty damn good intro to my next point.... FATHER YOUR MUTHAFUCKIN SONS. Im sayin...this a grown man rappin b... But clearly he a muthafucka wit issues. He a manchild n shit. Aint no way you look at a individual like Tyler n think YEAH THERE GO A N**GA WHO HAD POSITIVE MALE ROLE MODELS N INFLUENCES PRESENT IN HIS CHILDHOOD RIGHT THERE YO. YUP THATS A N**GA WHO GON PASS ALONG ALL THAT VALUABLE FATHERLY FURIOUS STYLES TYPE KNOWLEDGE DOWN TO HIS OWN SEEDS FORREAL n shit. Naw b...naw... This shit cool tho. Like personally I prefer Naughty By Nature's "Ghetto Bastard" as far as joints bout deadbeat fathers go but this shit still aight...
7. "Slater" (f/ Frank Ocean) - Remember Bizarre from D12? Son usually jus spit one verse per song (I aint peep sons solo shit cuz...ya kno...why the fuck would I?) n that was STILL a whole lot of trash n**gas was havin to sit thru yo....n this reminds me of that feelin. Also...this beat sounds like some shit Eminem produced back when he was learnin to make beats that sounded like Dre's before Dre started makin beats that sounded like Eminem's. Then Frank starts singin n the shit smooths out on that Pharrell shit again. See n this how Tyler justifies his "homophobic" shit...cuz he got not one but TWO openly gay members in his crew. He got a lesbian AND a bisexual so obviously none of the shit he says should offend gay folk... Right? Its like if you a white man who married a black woman you can walk around in Harlem shoutin I LOVE N**GERS (witta hard "r") n if anybody come at you sideways you jus be like NAH ITS COOL MY QUEEN ONE A YALLS...I LOVE N**GERS (witta hard "r") n they gon jus be like OH PARDON ME SIR...MY MISTAKE n give you a pound n then be out... By that same logic n shit a dude from Iraq who jus got his green card should be able to burn American flags in his back yard n shit. Its all good....
8. "48" - Son...this n**gas audience aint tryin to hear him kick knowledge like that... Thats like when you be at the chinese food spots n they got the little menu on the side wit french fries n burgers n shit... Dont nobody go to the chinese restaurants for french fries n onion rings or none of that yo. This shit aint really for sons demographic. That bein said it aint really like some shit I be frownin upon neither...ya kno...fatherless type n**gas who be tryin to inject a little substance into they joints. Maybe elevate the consciousness of they peers n whatnot. I jus dont kno if Tyler the dude I want givin me my social commentary type joints. Meanwhile we got Talib Kweli poppin bottles in a video wit Mack Maine n Weezy F. Baby aka the recycle bin gawd. Shit is wild ridiculous yo... Supposedly this shit was inspired by Nas n his guilty conscience over sellin crack for a couple days back in the late 80s or whatever... They had a little casual convo in XXL where it all came up...also shit like...
Tyler: What’s your favorite color?
Nas: Shit, that’s a good one, man. I think it might be orange and burgundy, and orange-going-into-burgundy.
Tyler: So, like, a gradient into it. I think, if orange meets burgundy, it’s a little purple in the middle.
Nas: Yeah, it adds some purple in there. Just that blend going in like that.
Tyler: That’s some shit. I’ve never heard orange or burgundy, or would’ve thought that I would’ve heard orange or burgundy, as someone’s favorite color. That’s fuckin’ awesome.
You get the picture...
9. "Colossus" - Basically this shit is "Stan" minus the letters n pregnant girlfriends tied up in the trunk of the car n muthafuckas drunk drivin n flyin off bridges n dyin whatever....shit jus takes place at Six Flags instead. I mean to me tho...Stan is probably in the top 30 for greatest rap songs ever. On the other hand...this shit is jussa cool joint off sons album....not a masterpiece or nothin. That bein said tho...I like that son flipped it on some creative shit here. I fucks wit it.
10. "Party Isnt Over/Campfire/Bimmer" (f/ Laetitia Sadier & Frank Ocean) - Man...seems like ever since Kendrick dropped good kid m.A.A.d. city ey'body n they moms be tryin to make medleys n suites on they albums n whatever. In this particular case, tho...this jus 3 different songs on the same track n shit. Theres even space in between these joints so it definitely aint like these shits needed to all be crammed onto track 10 namsayin. I kinda fucks wit it regardless. I mean it aint on the 'Sing About Me, Im Dyin Of Thirst' level of greatness but the shit cool for what it is either way...
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11. "IFHY" (f/ Pharrell) - Hatin the same people we love... that aint nothin new yo. N**gas been had love/hate relationships in songs n shit since Shakespeare b. Ya boy Marshall Mathers been made a career outta this same theme too...son done loved, fucked, hated, n killed the same two people (mom n Kim) on at least 50 joints each. Word is bond...then you got arists like Prince n Marvin Gaye n.....Ne-Yo. I mean its countless muthafuckas that done flipped this topic really. Personally I aint really feelin this shit. I mean the music itself sounds like the type of beats Pharrell be throwin at niggas when he tryin to clear out his old inventory n shit. I still aint really fuckin wit synthesized horn sections neither. Skateboard P gettin his little croony croon on at the end aint doin a damn thing for me too. But the bitches (whattup Tyga) gon probably be feelin it. This shit jus dont appeal to me like that tho.
12. "Pigs" - First thing I noticed was the production on this joint is actually kinda dope... I mean it always bugs me out how son never made more beats on that Yonkers level. He had some shit on the Bastard album that was more on some raw shit too if I remember correct. I mean..I aint gon pretend to be a connoisseur of the n**ga catalog from out the blue but still. I wasnt feelin none of that shit on Goblin like that tho. Anyways...this shit is bout bullying that might could lead to shootings in schools. I mean...once again this shit aint exactly invented the wheel or discover fire or nothin but its cool. The execution was aight too.
13. "Parking Lot" (f/ Casey Veggies & Mike G) - Yeah this shit kinda aight n all but again it dont really serve no purpose occupyin space on my iTunes for no reason. For yall old heads I should jus mention that this aint the Mike G(ee) from Jungle Brothers on this joint. I aint mad at this shit but at the same time it aint nothin that special. The little skit at the end was probably my favorite part... The frat n**gas gon probably fuck wit it heavy tho.
14. "Rusty" (f/ Domo Genesis & Earl Sweatshirt) - Right off top lookin at the tracklist this shit already mean more to me than any other joint on this album since the two nicest n**gas in the crew on it. Word n when the track came on it lived up to the expectations n shit. The beat mad cool...that n**ga Domo spazzin on the first verse n on the hook. Then Tyler goes in like he really saved his best shit for this lineup...son kicked like 80 bars on this muthafucka tho. Then Earl get on he barely get to let off 10 bars before son gets shot on the track... Ayo the fuck is that shit bruh?
15. "Trashwang" (f/...a bunch of muthafuckas) - This shit jus reminded me why I wasnt feelin none of this Odd Future shit in the first place namsayin. Like this jus some shit for fatherless n**gas who play video games from dusk til dawn n eat ramen noodles without cookin em. BUT SON...whoever spit that wretched shit after Taco wack ass needs to get thrown the fuck off a building yo. Like this n**ga sufferin from all types of malfunctions b. Nigga soundin like he holdin a plugged-in curling iron in the shower or some shit while he was spittin that verse yo. Shit soundin like the zombie n**ga from Wreck-it Ralph...nigga jus convulsin n tossin out bars bout not a got damn thing at all...The fuck wrong wit yall?. Who lettin this n**ga in the booth son? Like who sayin YO YOU GOTTA PUT MY N**GA ON THE TRACK...I MEAN HE A LITTLE LEFT OF CENTER N SHIT BUT YOU GON DEFINITELY BE FEELIN IT CUZ DAWG NICE YO... Swear I really hate yall muthafuckas.
Now somebody jus shown me a picture of the muthafucka who spit that verse n turns out he look like Kenneth Parcell from 30 Rock. Ayo FUCK rap. Im mad at this shit right here son. Somebody gotta die for this shit b.
16. "Treehome95" (f/ Coco O. & Erykah Badu) - Yo this track kinda jazzy n delightful...like you can jus kick back n clink mimosa glasses together wit uptight white folk to some shit like this at the yacht club durin Sunday brunch n shit. I mean I dont really kno what the fuck its doin on this particular album but I guess it gives you a chance to recover after hearin the trash snow n**ga who spit that fuckin sewage on the last joint n shit.
17. "Tamale" - 15 seconds into this shit n Im already tryin not to hit that skip button... This festival of fuckery never shoulda been allowed to take place at all. Like unless you be doin keg stands n usin ketchup for spaghetti sauce this shit really dont got no purpose in ya life. Fuck it...SKIP
18. "Lone" - Wow...this beat too nice yo. I mean I aint een pay no attntion to the vocals the first time thru cuz that beat was jus wild infectious b. Shit is too elegant. Turns out son was rhymin bout losin his grandmoms tho. I mean it aint exactly a emotional roller coaster or nothin. I cant identify wit son like that namsayin...n I done lost many a loved one myself...not jus on some geriatric shit tho. But its whatever. People die yo. I fucks wit this joint mainly cuz the beat is straight heavenly. Like on some aromatic shit
Now I aint gon front n act like this shit is my lane...cuz truthfully Ion fucks wit this type a rap usually. But Id also be lyin thru my teeth if I said I wasnt surprised that sons album wasnt all the way trash neither. Matter fact there was more than a handful of butter joints on this shit...n son done stepped his shit up lyrically. Also he done came wit some themes n topics that I aint exactly expect from him. Am I gon be knockin this shit in the whip for the next week or month or year? Probably not. Shit still aint exactly my cup of tea...but either way Imma definitely have a few of these joints on the ipod playlists ready to slap should the urge to hear some off the wall type abnormal shit arise namsayin. Also it aint like I cant respect the artistic integrity of some shit jus cuz it aint for me. If I was ratin a episode of Dora The Explorer I aint gon be like YO THE PLOT LACKS COHESION B or some shit. Like... it is what it is. The fans gon dig it. Sons target demographics is gon be fuckin wit it. But yo...if I see that corny Trashwang snow n**ga Imma duff him off principle b. Like forreal. Thats my word. Might gotta yoke that muthafucka or maybe even stab his ribs witta hot screwdriver for that wack ass verse. Got damn...
Aight Peace.
I give this shit 3.5 Zeus Slaps Outta 5.