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91
Too bad Kanye — who’s also a fan — already used the title last fall, because Goblin is one Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy.
90
Queerly irresistible in the same way one idly stares at road kill, the album is a masterpiece for those capable of stomaching it.
85
Tyler makes music that begs to be felt, not debated or considered. Check your brain at the door. Get swept up in the maelstrom.
83
Brash and unwieldy as it seems on the surface, Goblin is a deliberately crafted work of art, one of the densest and most provocative statements independent rap has produced in years.
12y
80
A massive spoonful of marvelous hip-hop medicine, of the most unnerving, hyperreal humour you may well ever hear.
12y
80
Odd Future? Odd Freakshow is more like it, but if you’ve ever wondered what an inspired mash of Three 6 Mafia, Pharell Williams, and Kool Keith would sound like if they absolutely hated you, then Goblin is the sweet pain you crave.
11y
80
Is the entire thing about 20 minutes too long? Probably. But the obvious lack of outside meddling proves that Tyler’s auteur status remains intact.
12y
80
This is mostly clever, intelligently designed rap, intended to give a greater conceptual sense than mere boasts and anecdotes, which is something too often unseen these days.
12y
80
Goblin is founded on hip-hop traditions, but Tyler brings a lot to the rap game.
12y
80
Iif this is Tyler as slacker, just what the fuck is Tyler operating at full capacity going to be like?
80
Tyler, the Creator ... achieves an engrossing dystopian vision of Hip Hop that refuses to compromise to what fans and industry critics demand of him.
11y
80
What is here is more promise than delivery, yet it's still a game-changing record for indie hip-hop.
12y
73
One thing Tyler can’t be accused of is a shortage of ideas, but the lack of quality control ends up being somewhat problematic.
12y
70
‘Goblin’ is not the perfect album that we hoped for, but at least we know where he’s coming from.
12y
70
It’s almost like there’s boyish innocence lurking underneath all that bile.
67
For better or for worse or for somewhere in between, Goblin’s flaws come hand in hand with its strengths.
10y
60
The production aesthetic is compelling and sometimes Tyler transcends his creative nihilism ... to reveal what might happen when he discovers the complexities of the real world.
4mo
60
Moral qualms aside, the first official album from the Odd Future star is too long and oppressive.
60
For every clever twist there’s a murder fantasy or a viciously descriptive bit of misogyny waiting in the next phrase.
10y
60
Tyler’s attempts to repeatedly lionize his demons don’t land anywhere near the target of innovation or originality that he banks on.
12y
60
His approach may or may not be your bag, but the energy in his music, his performances, his general fuck-you attitude is infectious.
12y
60
Cast its most unsavoury numbers aside, and Goblin’s a very listenable, very well realised album from an artist whose career is only getting started.
12y
50
Then you have a track like ‘Her’, which is the lamest kind of sub-Atmosphere emo-rap, and you wonder what the point of Tyler following Bastard up so quickly was when he had so little to add.
10y
50
Here they were, blowing the roof off their live television debut, and the most exciting thing about it wasn’t any id-tapping pathos and/or shock-tactics, but just the straight-up fun they were having. It felt communal, inclusive, and (yes) worthy of hype. It felt, in short, like exactly the opposite of Goblin.
12y
40
It all sounds like he’s just more comfortable releasing music for his rabid online audience. Because he made this album, as he also concedes on Twitter, only for himself.
40
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SHORT REVIEW #15
‘Goblin’ is a conflicting record. It’s an edgy hardcore hip-hop album that has awful lyrics and goes on for way too long. Tyler is very unlikable on this album, and the parts with him screaming and yelling were aggravating. But, it also has some really nice cuts, such as “She”, featuring the incredibly talented Frank Ocean, and the famous single “Yonkers”. Also, I somehow loved the “bad” songs of this album, such as ... read more
Great concept, horrible album. Soooo much filler. It’s mostly a parody of itself intentionally or not. It drags for soooooo long. I wish it was just a bit shorter. I don’t see myself coming back
The production is awful. It’s all shitty drums in mass reverb that creates a shitty cloud of low ends for Tyler to make every single song about the same thing. Seriously the amount of bars about masturbation... it’s an achievement.
My only enjoyment came from it being so bad ... read more
never was a huge fan initially, but revisiting, it isnt as offensively bad as i remember. props.
Favs: Goblin, Yonkers, She, Nightmare, Sandwiches, Analog, Window,
Worst: BSD
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Track List
| 1 | Goblin 6:48 | 64 |
| 2 | Yonkers 4:09 | 84 |
| 3 | Radicals 7:18 | 58 |
| 4 | She 4:13 feat. Frank Ocean | 86 |
| 5 | Transylvania 3:12 | 48 |
| 6 | Nightmare 5:22 | 63 |
| 7 | Tron Cat 4:13 | 66 |
| 8 | Her 3:31 | 55 |
| 9 | Sandwitches 4:51 feat. Hodgy | 57 |
| 10 | Fish 6:19 | 44 |
| 11 | Analog 2:54 feat. Hodgy | 59 |
| 12 | Bitch Suck Dick 3:36 feat. Jasper Dolphin, Taco | 34 |
| 13 | Window 8:00 | 54 |
| 14 | AU79 3:40 | 58 |
| 15 | Golden 5:43 | 63 |
Total Length: 1 hour, 13 minutes
Year End Lists
| #35 | / | DIY |
| #48 | / | No Ripcord |
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ok i actually have grown to like this album, but in what universe is this not horrorcore tyler??? like did this mf even know what horrorcore is?