![]() ![]() While DJ Drama’s presence is indispensable, it is not the only thing that recalls those old. He’s irresistible even when he’s fucking up the album’s title, as he does on the excellent “Hot Wind Blows,” which reunites him with Lil Wayne. (At times Call Me recalls In My Mind: The Prequel, the 2006 Gangsta Grillz tape by Tyler’s hero, Pharrell.) Drama is at his comedic best, goading on verses or underlining Tyler’s monologues about jet-setting (“A young lady just fed me French vanilla ice cream!”). There are times when the album evokes the grittiest of those tapes- its single reimagines a Gravediggaz song-but it breaks up the heavier cuts with shards of bright pop. It’s an inspired choice, nostalgic but irreverent, and suited perfectly to his strengths: It grants him the freedom to play with tone, to write personally or use his gravelly voice as texture, to treat the harshest raps and the most delicate hooks as mad experiments gone wrong.Ĭall Me is hosted by DJ Drama, the animated Philly native whose Gangsta Grillz series includes some of the most essential rap records of the century so far. (Think of how many times you’ve seen advertising for an artist’s “debut album” only to think, “Don’t they have three albums already?”) Call Me If You Get Lost-which is either Tyler, the Creator’s sixth or seventh album, depending on whether or not you count 2009’s Bastard-argues for the mixtape not as a tidy bit of careerist maneuvering, but as an aesthetic tradition. ![]() Tony Shalhoub (“Marvelous Mrs.When digital streaming platforms made it easy to profit off of online-only releases, provided the artist or label owns the rights to what’s uploaded, “mixtape” became a nominal term used cynically to signal which rap records were meant to be taken more seriously than others.Lily Rabe (“Love and Death,” “Shrinking”).Daniel Radcliffe (“Weird: The Al Yankovic Story”).Michael Learned (“Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story”).Giancarlo Esposito (“Better Call Saul,” “The Mandalorian”).Paddy Considine (“House of the Dragon”).Watch our lively chats with Evan Peters (“Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story”) and 400+ other 2023 Emmy contenders, including these recent ones… Do you think he’ll contend for the top prize for the first time for his own album? There are eight available slots for Album of the Year, and with the recent elimination of the nomination review committees, the combination of acclaim and commercial success could be undeniable if it has staying power that lasts until Grammy voting takes place this fall. And it has already raced into the top 15 in our official odds for Album of the Year based on the combined predictions of Gold Derby users. Not only is it his second number-one album, following “Igor,” it’s also his best-reviewed judging from its 89 score on MetaCritic. So he might be due for some extra recognition.Īnd this might be his best chance yet. ![]() Despite critical acclaim, “Igor” didn’t receive any other nominations, and despite multiple platinum singles over the course of his career, Tyler has never been nominated for performance or songwriting awards. SEE 2022 Grammy predictions: Album of the Yearīut that’s the extent of his Grammy legacy. ![]()
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