"That's one of your jobs in hip-hop", says Kanye West, speaking to Tyler about his influence.
But it's one moment, in the section focused on "Smuckers", that gives weight to Tyler's importance as an artist and beacon of 21st-century creativity. Tyler gives vocal cues to Charlie Wilson he receives the seal of master approval from Zimmer he brings through and melds together talents as far flung as Toro Y Moi and 18-year-old guitarist Austin Feinstein (who has since worked on Frank Ocean's Blonde). This evolutionary journey can be seen vividly throughout the film. Though perhaps not as critically favourable as Tyler's previous work, it showcases a young artist going through with his vision and emerging the other side in a new and advanced form. Going beyond the darker themes of Tyler's first three records, the album is a vast expanse of pastel colours, of string sections recorded with Han Zimmer, ascendent harmonies from Gap Band member Charlie Wilson, near iconic guest verses from Lil Wayne and Kanye West, lo-fi subversion – and, most importantly, a young artist finding his wings.
Yet there is also no living artist that young who has shifted the tectonic plates of modern rap quite like he has – or given proof to the idea that life is there for the taking.ĭirected by Mikey Alfred, the Cherry Bomb film documents the recording sessions for the album of the same name. Interminably married with controversy, his creativity has often been overlooked in favour of his shock-and-horror politics and comedic taste. Though the memories of Odd Future may now pass like a distant cloud in the sky of older music fans' minds, the new doc is a pertinent reminder of what Tyler has achieved since eating that roach in his breakthrough "Yonkers" video.
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