What a record…the apotheosis of urban! I don't think I'm wrong when I say that this album can rewrite the paradigms of the genre.
Do an experiment: turn up your stereo and play the first three songs, St. Chroma, Rah Tah Tah and Noid.
You will have a decomposed, different, alternating, experimental, innovative sound spectrum.
Three songs are enough to feel the entire universe of hip hop explored. From the roots, from epicness and pomposity to softness and style. From Lamar to OutKast in a continuous journey.
But this is just the beginning, the album proceeds enlighteningly for all fourteen tracks of which it is composed.
“Chromakopia” is not only worth listening to but experiencing the laughable fears and wonders of Tyler, the Creator.
It is his most complete and sincere album offering because it is based on personal experiences and fears, all charted with such lyrical and emotional fluidity that each song is a delight even if biting and cutting.
Lyrically on the record, Tyler, The Creator wrestles with the nuances of maturity, as the once colorful joy of ambition and youth withers with his maturity.
His mother Bonita Smith's advice, crucial to the album's progression, keeps Tyler's “light” alive, guiding him through the biggest obstacles of adulthood.
These impulses and reflections are shared by friends and characters: Childish Gambino (I Killed You), Lil Wayne, Sexyy Red and GloRilla (Sticky), Schoolboy Q (Thought I Was Dead), Doechii (Balloon), Teezo Touchdown and Daniel Caesar ( St. Chroma).
Musically “Chromakopia” is a kaleidoscope of bewitching chaos. Each song reflects his evolving mind from new angles. In the composition he manages to mix electronic elements, jazz, trap, soul, ethnic music with hip-hop and pop. What is blinding is the sonic credibility with which it ranges across these musical hemispheres.
The soft and delicate moments are the decisive ones of “Chromakopia”. Its best aspects are not in the hardships or brutal joys of a man falling into a world of his own making, but in the songs in which he reemerges into the real world. We can dive deep into our psyche, but Tyler, the Creator asks us to be stubborn. Let's not fall into the usual clichés of life.
It is impossible that this manifesto of his mentality does not fit perfectly into your body.
Without a doubt the best hip hop album of the year and maybe not just of the year!
SCORE: 8.75
St. Chroma – Rating 8.50
Rah Tah Tah – Rating 8.00
Noid – Rating 9.00
Darling, I – Rating 8.50
Hey Jane – Rating 8.50
I Killed You – Rating 9.00
Judge Judy – Rating 8.50
Sticky – Rating 8.50
Take Your Mask Off – Rating 8.50
Tomorrow – Rating 9.00
Thought I Was Dead – Rating 8.50
Like Him – Rating 8.50
Balloon – Rating 8.00
I Hope You Find Your Way Home
TO LISTEN NOW
Noid – Darling, I – I Killed You
TO BE SKIPPED IMMEDIATELY
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