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Tyler celebrates one of his favourite albums

Tyler, The Creator broadcasts his affection for N.E.R.D’s 2004 album Fly Or Die as it turns 20. On Saturday (March 23), the former Odd Future boss logged on X to reveal the special place the album holds in his heart.

“20 years ago ( 3/23/04) FLY OR DIE by N.E.R.D came out. i begged my mom to take me to their meet and greet at tower records day of; didnt happen but she did snag the album,” he wrote.

“Bridge after bridge after bridge. THRASHER bridge outta of the abrasive guitar and crowd yells…sheesh. MAYBE bridge with Lenny Kravitz and Questlove….come on. THE WAY SHE DANCES bridge…i still dont understand how it was made.

“At the time ive never heard what i considered ‘rock’ music use melodies and chords typically for ‘soul’ and ‘jazz’, so i was drawn in cause there was a slice of familiarity. i would record every tv appearance 03-05 ( MTV needs to release the black history month she wants to move in full) and as corn [sic] as it is i have a collection of stickers to put on my passports.

He added, “FIND MY WAY is the first song i remember coming up with a video concept for. i was 13 and it was terrible. piano version of thrasher in full is still needed. what a time. i love this album.”

N.E.R.D was a multi-genre band consisting of Pharrell, Chad Hugo and Shay Haley.

Tyler recalls admiring idol crews

Tyler, The Creator explains how legends like Eminem, Jay-Z, Dr. Dre and Nas inspired his group Odd Future, which was also home to Earl Sweetheart, Frank Ocean and Domo Genesis.

“Man, I grew up in the year 2000, I was eight turning nine,” he told De La Soul on their Apple Music 1 show Art of Intelligence. “So I’m looking at like eight, turning nine. So let’s say it’s 2002, 10 turning 11.”

He continued, “You’ve got Jay with the whole Roc-A-Fella, you’ve got Shady, Aftermath, you have all these different crews that felt like family. Nas was bringing Queensbridge group like Jungle and them out. N-ggas had this thing. So in my formative years, I’m just watching these crews.

“And I’m from Los Angeles, so gang culture is already a prevalent thing, but I feel like just the main layer of that is a family-knitted thing like, ‘No, these are my boys, you come with me.’”

Tyler believes AI can’t replace his talent

Tyler, The Creator believes as much as AI is rapidly developing, it’ll never be able to match his creativity. The rapper shared his stand on the technology during an appearance on De La Soul’s Art of Intelligence show on Apple Music 1 last week.

“I don’t have much feelings, but I think AI needs to do the mundane shit like figure out the robot to fix these fucking potholes or get this damn smog out, the one super human thing,” he explained.

“Adding snares and drawing. No, that’s the superpower that we have that keeps things unique and moving forward. Why have a computer do that special power that us as humans have? Make this n-gga clean up this ground or … getting the cancer cells out of us.

“What? Making a beat? Like no, stop. It might have its perks. And also, I’m always ahead of even myself, so the AI will never catch up to me creatively, it’ll only have a reference point of what I’ve already did, not where I’m going because it’s not me.”

He added, “So I’m not scared of that. I think folks who make kind of generic music that just gets the thumbs up from everyone who’s in Starbucks that people passively listen to, even if it’s the biggest thing in the world, I think they have more fear for AI probably than me who’s trying to figure out how to make this cup sound good.”

Tyler goes for more decoration

Tyler, The Creator’s vinyl reign continues
Tyler, The Creator is the male artist with the most vinyl records sold in 2023. Per Chart Data, the “Sorry Not Sorry” rapper commanded 552k vinyl sales. 7

“Thanks to you all for not only supporting but keeping physical media alive!!!!!” Tyler wrote on Instagram while celebrating the new accolade.

Other rappers who did well were Travis Scott at No. 4 with 474k, Kendrick Lamar at No. 6 with 382k, as well as Mac Miller closing the top 10 with 354k.

Tyler also earned the title of best-selling rap vinyls in 2022.

Tyler reminisces of the old days

Tyler, the Creator misses the old days when albums were released on Tuesday mornings. He shared his wishes on Twitter this week writing, “i would love if albums released tuesday mornings again.”

Tyler unveiled the deluxe version of his 2021 album, Call Me if You Get Lost, in March this year dubbed The Estate Sale. The expanded version included eight never-before-heard tracks with features from A$ap Rocky, Vince Staples and YG.

The original release was packed with 16 songs with guest appearances from 42 Dugg, NBA Youngboy, Ty Dolla Sign, Lil Wayne, Brent Faiyaz, Lil Uzi Vert, Pharrell Williams among others.

Tyler isn’t a fan of posthumous music

While Tyler, The Creator has expressed his negative attitude towards posthumous releases, he has also stipulated in his will that his estate can’t put out music once he is no longer alive. During his Wednesday (April 26) show at L.A.’s El Rey Theater where he performed songs from his latest project The Estate Sell, Tyler confirmed that posthumous releases are prohibited in his will.

“I’m just so excited,” Tyler said in the middle of the show. “Some of these [songs] are so good that I can’t just let it sit on my hard drive because I have in my will that if I die, they can’t put no f###### posthumous album out.”

He added, “That’s gross. Then they’ll get some random feature from a n#### that I didn’t really f### with like that. No.”