Also on Frank: his younger brother passed away in a car accident in 2020. That’s another layer for me of giving that man time and space. As you said, I love him, would love to hear music again, but I want healing for him the most.
7:50 The "I don't wanna be found" also reminded me of "new magic wand", where he said the literal opposite. Idk what it means, might just be a reference or don't mean anything at all.
AVAA i can't believe you went through more effort to find the original frame, the font and the actually write it there instead of just blacking out an already existing meme's text. this is the high quality and effort i come here for
AVAA. I'm excited to see how this fits into "Sorry not sorry" video. We see St. Chroma put on an exhibit with all the various tylers being killed by the most stripped down version of himself. Combining that with interviews about being a musician and art, I think Chromakopia is going to be a meditation and deconstruction of black excellence and the inevitable commodification of the the "artful" self through the creation of a superego (st. chroma) that partitions and sells snippets of the black experience (shipping container). Idk. I'm super excited.
AVAA! If you could do a video on El Cousteau and Earl Sweatshirt's new song, words2liveby, that would be fantastic. Tons of great bars from both of them, all in a tight 2 minutes.
AVAA My impressions on this Tyler rollout right before the album is out: I get a sense from all these snippets that Tyler is bringing back a lot of the energy and chaotic production that he had on Cherry Bomb, the visual aesthetic associated with these sneak peeks has been color = soft/pretty, sepia = raw/aggressive. Musically Tyler has been consistently blending these two extemes in different ways, be it with having very bombastic tracks between lush and beautiful sounding songs like on Flower Boy and IGOR, or making different elements of the production more dirty or more clean accordingly. That's all on the sound, as far the themes and messaging goes, all of these snippets have been hammering on this point about Tyler wanting fans to keep their distance, to not be parasocial, and wishing to be removed from the all consuming culture around celebrities. Obviously that's not all of it, but it is a major point, Tyler has been outspokenly negative on how people consume things online, especially music, and the trends that have come around it. I think there'll be a lot to digest when the full album is out.
New Che Noir got me more excited than anything else in hip-hop. Nothing against Tyler, but Noid was underwhelming (very Little Simz - Offence imo), and the second was awesome. So I expect to love half of it.
AVAA, I like the pace because there’s always something for me to go back to. I just got around to Quaranta with the Deluxe Edition so that video is up next.
It's interesting how so many artists these days are coming out and exposing the deadening and toxic nature of fame and how it not only can kill ones humanity, but also ones art. This wasn't really talked about back in the day.Having brushed up against fame myself years ago, it became clear to me that fame is not all it's cracked up to be. You could say that sounds like sour grapes, but really, it's not. You can make art in a much more free way and a way that is fun and rewarding. A small audience can work. Mixing art and being dependent on it to pay the bills can be creativity killing, and what would be the point of that ? That said, I'm looking forward to Tyler's new album.
I love your analysis that both pays respect to and dives into the obviously very real cultural aspects of music. I feel like lots of white people would feel like it's "not their place" to speak on a mostly black art/culture and not say anything, but I feel like you understand precisely that it isn't your place which is why you are so respectful about it. I found your channel for the CHROMAKOPIA roll out and a few days later saw Foreign Man in a Foreign Land's video on culture vultures in commentary. I really appreciate the respect you give to the culture that is clearly something you truly hold as important. Looking forward to the full album analysis tomorrow!
Features I want to see: Doechii Kendrick Lamar MF Doom Danny Brown JPEGMafia Chappell Roan Charlie xcx Aliyah's Interlude Asap Rocky Roddie Rich Rema Burna Boy Tems Teni Davido
AVAA. Prof, you are not alone. Good to know some people get as hyped as I do, and that I'm not the o ly one counting hours to october 28th 6 am EST (coincidentally 6 AM my time as well so ce I live on the same longitude) Btw prof, will you do a video on Kendrick's interview for Harper's Bazaar? I think that whole piece is RIGHT up your alley. Please?
That's just how crows show their enthusiasm. Pretty sure he was cosigning your shout out to Terminator X. Crows have way better memories than Humans, so they would be one animal group that I trust to have not forgotten the OGs.
@@professorskye yeah it's very "standard procedure" but it's really high level standard procedure. There's something to be said about 38 Spesh as a curator... I think he's fast approaching westside gunn territory in terms of being able to Shepherd a project, best I've heard Benny in years. 38 Spesh and his hand at the wheel deserves a deep dive imo. But I get your point
AVAA in terms of his father I don’t really think that’s his motivation for the African themes as he holds a bit of resentment for that relationship as he wasn’t present in his life until he became wealthy
Tragically, abuse is a cycle. The majority of abusers were themselves victims at one point, and have been unable to break the cycle. So, a person can be BOTH, and we need to be able to hold both truths in our minds at the same time.
Tyler never met his father idk why you keep bringing him up, he’s definitely embracing his Nigerian side but I think that’s where that ends with his dad
