Is TYLER the next KANYE? 

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Tyler isn't Kanye; he's Tyler. I can't stress enough how vital artistic and creative freedom is. We shouldn't box people into these categories; it's only going to hurt our expectations of them in the long run.

Tyler perfectly summarizes his discography on the song WHAT'S GOOD in the line "New album, no repeat, I reset". Every album is so vastly different from each other and he somehow never misses. Very excited to see Tyler's next works, great video

i wouldnt really compare their music, but they both have the themes of originality, self disipline, and carefulness of their work.

i have no doubt tyler will hav a legendary discography

Tyler once said he wanted to write pop music, and that’s all he wanted to do (back in the Flower Boy commentary). His love for chords and melodic phrases and fashion brought him to this point. It’s no wonder his career path mirror’s his idol and mentor, Pharrell. I think his vision is to crack open the music landscape like P did in the late 90s and 00’s with artists like Brittany Spears, Snoop, and Jay but with artists like JB and Kali Uchis (P.S. Kanye also had his moments in pop music, with Beyoncé, Janet Jackson, and Drake which looked a lot like what Pharrell and Q-Tip were doing)

was skeptical about this topic, but the way you layed it all out was very well done. love this take

I see Tyler as a sort of more artsy, niche Kanye. Kanye got his start creating more traditional hip hop with a very bold flare on the production end. He was also close with Jay Z from the start, and from The College Dropout forward, everyone was tuning in. Kanye's music is very easy to enjoy (for the most part,) yet it's still complex and incredibly well made. Contrasting that with Tyler- the boy was producing from garage band and writing about serial killing and rape from his grandma's couch. His brand for the first leg of his career was being the last thing that was gonna catch on in the mainstream. But Tyler had the interests that are flourishing now-fashion, film, unique production. All of these things had time to grow and mature with him. Now, Tyler is thirty. He's mature and experienced. And, for contrast, Kanye was 33 when he made Dark Fantasy. Personally, I think by the end of Tyler's career, his influence may not be as widespread, but certainly as impactful. Woah, that was a lot. Thanks for reading if you did.

I am so happy for Tyler. I was always told I was the weird kid for listening to Odd Future and early Tyler work. Never in my wildest dreams would I imagine he’d be popular and rise to this level.

Tyler is Tyler. You can’t compare him to anything. He doesn’t fit in just one genre of music or even art. He quite literally does it all and does it better than anyone I’ve ever seen before. He is the definition of the GOAT.

3:35 Jay versace is also credited on the last track, furthermore the beat for sir Baudelaire is was produced by conductor Williams and originally used by westside gunn. Nonetheless awesome production job by Tyler that entire album

I think the main difference between the two is that Kanye really believes he is trying to change the world with what he does, while Tyler just does what the fuck he likes 😂 They have different intentions and those intentions guide their artistic work

I will say you were wrong when you said “ Tyler never wanted chart topping hits” because he actually did and he legit cried when he heard a song of his on the radio for the first time because he never thought it would happen because of his subject matter.

bruh we gotta protect tylers mom at all costs

I must complement your editing style, as I can tell you put a lot of work into it!

There is nobody like Kanye and there is nobody like Tyler. They are both unique to themselves

I gotta say Volkgeist always making classic and timeless content

Tyler is great! But in no way does he have the same global outreach that Kanye has or had during his graduation record. Those era songs by Kanye had massive impact. He might be on the way there though but at the current moment no way

People saying "we shouldn't compare this with that" really decided to turn their brains off. We all know they're who they are. They may not have followed the same path, but they have the same destination , "greatness with authenticity". Deny that Ye and Pharell paved the way for Tyler is pure dishonesty. Tyler almost checked the same boxes that Kanye did. It's just a different time.

Personally, I think to be the next Kanye, one would have to see their style and influence reflected in the rest of the industry. And if that's what we're talking about, then Tyler just isn't there yet. When Kanye dropped MBDTF, everyone went for a grand cinematic sound. When he did Watch The Throne, the game was awash with dance intermissions and street goth fashion. When he did Yeezus, everyone went industrial, transgressive and nocturnal. While Tyler has dropped four spectacular albums since 2015, I don't really see that many artists following him down the rabbit hole or his sonic evolution.

I love them both but comparing the two is super insane... Not only was Kanye great with his own music but he influenced & produced other artists albums, from back then until today

Bro the editing has leveled up to new heights bro this shit just looks straight BEAUTIFUL

5:26 I like how you put that cover for Donda because you wanted a black background. Dope editing

He is not the Kanye of our generation, He is the Tyler the creator of our generation

Aye video editing is mad, great stuff 🔥

He is gonna influence so many artists in this new generation, i guess is fair if some people call him the ''next'' kanye

both have can have a hardcore and soft side. both are amazing producers. amazing lyricists. almost perfect discography’s. tyler has that outgoing and bold personality like ye. both are extremely artistic when it comes to music. if kanye should pass the torch to anyone it should be tyler or carti

tyler is in his own lane, not only from kanye but from rap in general. this man is a certified genius. but i think the artist that shares the most similarities to kanye's come up or the so called "next kanye" is p'ierre bourne. the totally innovative and fresh production, he's still underrated as a rapper and still isn't seen as a rapper in most respects but is starting to get the recognition he deserves.

This is a sick vid! Animations go crazy!!

This video was a vibe to watch

This video was outstanding. Thank you for creating this. Also can you put a list of all the songs in this video?

Their career trajectories are way too different to compare. Like Kanye made the rap equivalent of Nirvana’s Nevermind with college dropout, then proceeded to shift the culture two more times with 808s and Yeezus. Tyler’s a great artist but I just don’t think he’s the cultural force that Kanye has proven to be. Even outside of music Kanye put on Virgil Abloh who’s probably one of the most influential creatives of the last decade period, and has just cultivated more general influence. Like every other week I see somebody wearing Yeezys.

We dont need to validate Tyler's success and talent buy comparing him to an extremely different artist.

Tyler is his own artist, as everyone has been saying in the comments - but if we were to compare him to another artist, Pharrell would be much more apt than Kanye in my opinion. Not just because Tyler is an unapologetic super fan of P and The Neptunes, but because their APPROACHES are eerily similar to one another. If you watch Pharrell interviews, especially older, early 2000's ones - it's really apparent how similar him and Tyler are when it comes to what they get out of music and they how they translate that into their own work. They are both artists who prioritize feel more than anything and translating that feeling into their own music. I feel they are not as hyper-concerned with pushing boundaries or being experimental as Kanye is, or at least their need to recreate a certain feeling can sometimes supersede their need to create something entirely unique. Now, don't get me wrong - P and Tyler both make music which sounds nothing like the contemporaries, Tyler especially - but I feel that this isn't necessarily the driving force behind a lot of his creative endeavors as opposed to Kanye (at least that's the feeling I get). I can kind of understand the Kanye and Tyler comparison from a career path and cultural impact angle, but as far their music is concerned, they live in the same ecosystem but are nowhere near as cut from the same cloth as Tyler and Pharrell - those two are like kindred spirts. I also think that, while Pharrell has produced tracks that have become mainstream hits, his popularity as a singular figure never reached the heights of someone like Kanye. Like Tyler, P was more popular among niche audiences (at least prior to P's more mainstream solo successes in the early 2010's with Happy and Get Lucky). I would even say that Tyler has even become more popular at his age as a public figure than Pharrell ever was at the same age, but again, neither have the cultural cache that Kanye has (which is not a bad thing).

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tyler is tyler they will be no one like him nor him being a next to something he is his own legacy, if you compare both artists discography and sound they are completely different and unique from each other, I love them both and even if tyler might have been inspired by kanye, there is tons of artists that he looks up to and uses their influence to create his own sound and it is amazing

It makes me so mad that ppl just forgets about Bastard when talking about Tyler discography smh

Truly great video!

Great comparison and analysis

Video so polished dang son

9:44 well he had, he literally has a video of him crying while listening to see u again on the radio and said its what he wanted since he was a kid, he knows he doesnt make radio music but he still wanted that

loved this video

Even though they can be compared; considering their uniqueness against hip-hop, both of them want to stand out and be known in their own created world and style.

Great video, subscribed.

Bro your edits are influential

I been thinking this !!

Really stepped up with the visuals here, but the Tyler with Crown visual made me laugh hahaha

I remember this being something I would randomly think of in the shower or in the middle of class and now theres a whole video about that nice

no

This is a good ass video. Great insight and analysis.

tyler is tyler and kanye is kanye, two different artists the only real parallels you can draw is their success

3:36 jay versace produced the beat on safari

that hat wearin u my boy

volksgeist my goat

THERE WILL NEVER BE ANOTHER KANYE.EVER REMEMBER THAT.

damn logic, good to see you found something you're better at than rap

bro i manifested this video earlier at work i was thinking about what’s the new ages closest thing to Kanye and tyler was the only answer that i could see . that’s insane

best review of this comparison✅

tyler was the mastermind behind the news/flock beat that was X’s first song

tyler is tyler, a legend within himself

Tyler, like Kanye, has a pintoresque pallete of styles in his carreer, but i think Childish Gambino resembles the most of Kanye on his vision, he even calls himself "son of Kanye" (just saw a video about that topic yesterday), and even Kanye has recognized him as a "free thinker", but in the end, its better if we leave all artists show the best of themselves

I really enjoy Tyler’s music especially when he first came out . He and Odd Future definitely set that bar and had a new sound that I hadn’t ever heard but they were like a Sex Pistols mixed Wu tang and the Butthole Surfers

@Volksgeist I have not watched the video yet + I am new to your channel but here or my thoughts anyways Kanye is talented and created amazing music Tyler is talented and creates amazing music Tyler in his prime ( which I consider to be 2015 and the present) created a huge fan base that appreciates his talent and personality. he sales us the listeners/fan his emotional state and feelings and where he is at in life through his album's lyrics and instrumental. The moral of the story he is the creator of an introduction for something that we can be looking forward to hearing in rap more often. Kanye In his prime (which I consider being 2004 till 2011) had a huge fan base who appreciates his talent and misunderstood personality mostly. He sold to us the listener/fan his emotional state and feelings and where he is at in life through the albums, in the end, he crafted an introduction for something that changed rap. Those are similar it's like their life is copied and pasted with only a few minor differences and yeah it looks that way but between the similarities, the small minor difference is where the answer to the question is Tyler the creator the next Kanye west lie's Now I could compare the difference but there wouldn't be any need (+ I don't want to) My conclusion of what I'm I'm trying to tell you the reader the answer is kinda yes and no because they are 2 different humans who aren't similar but share a lot In common which makes it difficult to answer yes or no anyways gonna look at po*rn while listening to this video.

Tyler's the new Pharrell.

this is a certified hood classic, thanks volkswagen

This is why I collect Golf Wang. If Tyler gets bigger than he is, Ima be the person with all the OG expensive stuff, before everyone else hops on. People are gonna flock and dig for the old merch and I’ll already have it

He surpassed him in style and creativity already

I’ve been saying that 🤞🏽✨

I think Tyler will be Tyler and Kanye will be Kanye like Cher is Cher and Gaga is Gaga and queen is queen. I just don’t think they should be compared because it’s not fair to say one will become the other as a timelapse because it’s the same genre and they’re both men who highly self promote and collaborate. Theres also the fact that Tyler was influenced by Kanye no doubt and maybe was inspired because who hasn’t heard something of Kanye and was rapping at Tyler’s age when he started. Tyler is similar to Eminem or even MFDoom with having an alter ego and talking in their voices then he does to Kanye’s intense beats, auto tune, and vocals and later gospel influence vs Tyler’s pianos and introspective lyrics contrasted to societal expectations. Kanye is godlike in thought and music and it’s chaotic and beautiful. Tyler is an artist who is still evolving his styles and being more fluid which means he may make things that are hit or miss and may still be bought out of collections. like cherry bomb still being sellable today out of wanting to watch the changes in his style over time at this point and merch. There’s an interactive aspect but it’s not going to be the numbers of Kanye or surpassing him, unless Tyler releases like Beatles level quality works

They are so different in many ways and i do not feel the need to compare the two.

Ooooo this is a good question.

Yes except he's a nice positive guy, a great troll and I appreciate that he wears different shoes.

it's DJ Kool Herc, not Cool haha. But still, great video.

no one can be the "next Kanye" as his name says, he is the "only one", Tyler can be really great but no one can be the next Kanye, there is no next Kanyes

if i ever make a channel ur literally gonna b my biggest inspiration fucking love the content

7:04 could have gone on for 30 seconds not two minutes lmao its just the fact that for one kanye is much more advanced due to his head start and tyler wants to reach a much more niche audience that seeks out the content kanye wants it to be put everywhere commercialized and maximalized but thats not a bad thing they r just different people fr

Tyler came up during the cloud era where Kanye BASEGOD and kid cudi so yeah they come from the same cloth

9:37 is funny because i heard wusyaname in a barber shop

The funny thing is, that I thought about this like a week ago while trying to fall asleep

Jay Versace also produced on CMIYGL (Safari).

I personally feel like if tyler should be compared to anyone musically it should be P yes i understand that he looked up to him so it’s easy to say that, but if you look into the music that they’re doing including the versatility mainly they can go make beats for guys like maxo kream and gucci then go create songs such as gone gone / thank you and lost queen they make such an impact because they have something for everyone

The question really shouldn't be if he's the "Next Kanye." While making comparisons tend to be a part of human nature, Tyler is his own artist at the end of the day. We shouldn't be placing labels on people and holding them to these unreasonably high standards or expectations; it'll only lead to disappointment. Nonetheless, there's no doubt that his discography will be on par with Ye by sheer creativity and influence for those that will come after. Good analysis though; your content is always on another level.

Yes, next question

Cheers

Answer to the thumbnail: no, but yes. Tyler in the scence of production and musical impact, has a very similar influence on how progressive and influential the way his production is "broadcasted" in a sence. Tyler takes "branched" not "direct" influence from kanye on his artistic career, but he's become so eccentric on how he produces his music it would almost be disrespectful in a sense to ironically make this comparison. Their so similar in the sense of their influence yet its so different. In the end tyler theroretically is kanye, but really is just tyler. Either way Tyler's legacy is going to last forever. My man is going to be in his 40s-50s still having creative impact I would say even at a high altitude then where he is currently. My man's projection is crazy.

does anyone know the background music from 5:33 >, and no it's not linked in the description

He ain't Kanye but he is filling in his place

What's that instrumental playing through the video?

Their creativity and staying power make them seem like unlimited manifesters.

What do you use to edit?

No, Tyler is developing his own sound , so is every other artist that is making a stamp

Tyler can never be as good as Kanye 💀

Dawg,Tyler is the creator,he’s nothing like Kanye I think his greatness absolutely amazing you can’t compare him to pretty much nobody.

yes. come back in 4 years

I really do see similarities in their production, and Tyler for the past 3 albums has produced records on kanye’s level (I’m talking his first 7 records) If he can make 3-4 more albums at this level of quality and diversity he’s the next kanye, not in sales, but in consistency, creativity, and greatness.

they are very similar and very different at the same time

You forgot Jay Versace was co-producer on Safari? And a few other songs are just references to Nas and Gravediggaz songs.

Have you heard "AWOLNATION my echo, my shadow"? My friend Matt has great music taste and sent it to me. 😁👍

This is like when Donald said that BTI is the rap Ok Computer

Tyler is one of the most intriguing stories to me everyone has a different answer to what Tyler's best album is for example not everyone will agree with me but personally Cherry Bomb was my personal favorite while objectively I think CMIYGL is his best it is really interesting to see how much Tyler has evolved over time definitely my favorite artist and I cannot wait for more projects from him evolving his narrative and sound in the most Tyler way possible. Also he's pretty funny just saying