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100
Much of this album feels like the apotheosis of all Tyler’s past works.
100
Bursts of kaleidoscopic synth-pop, soul balladry and jazz sweep you through the latest offering in the artist’s eclectic, controversial and – against the odds – enduring career.
100
With his sixth studio album Call Me If You Get Lost, Tyler turns everything up-side-down again, resulting in one of the most dynamic and interesting entries in his discography so far.
100
It’s rare that an album as close to flawless as this gets released – although we do wish he’d avoided the pointless addition of DJ Drama shouting nonsense across parts of the album’s first half.
90
Tyler, the Rapper, Tyler, the Poet. Call him if you get lost in the album’s deep web of hip-hop motifs and references. Call him if you get lost in its exquisite tangle of sensation. Call him if you get lost just at the opening line: “The sun beamin’.”
90
CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST is a masterful record.
90
Tyler has every ounce of talent to square up with rap's greats, and he now has enough confidence to do so.
90
Tyler has delivered a project that yet again pushes the boundaries of his music while simultaneously being a culmination of everything that he's done so far.
90
The most refined record Tyler, the Creator has made.
88
The blatant dichotomy between emotiveness and almost blind arrogance peppers nearly every track, shedding even more light on who Tyler is beneath the surface.
87
Call Me If You Get Lost delivers, by way of investigating a part of Tyler we’ve not yet seen on any of his previous projects: transparency.
84
With DJ Drama in tow, Tyler thrives in the realm of the rap mixtape, which allows him great freedom to explore every facet of his talent as a producer, writer, and vocalist.
81
He’s displaying lessons learned here – the fact that he can legitimately sing, that he can tell narrate without insulting a demographic, and that, most importantly, Flower Boy wasn’t a fluke.
80
By taking the time to delve back into his rap upbringing, he's progressed further, gleefully throwing a ton of ideas at the wall and finding that nearly all of them stick.
80
The rapper’s signature self-awareness has matured into some of the more compelling rap music being made today, and as such Call Me If You Get Lost proves to be Tyler’s best effort to date.
80
Two years after the Grammy-winning IGOR, Tyler, The Creator has never sounded more aware that people are listening on CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST.
80
There are many layers to sift through. Tyler’s music is as fascinating as ever.
80
Flying backwards into abstraction while maintaining the potency of the present tense of IGOR, and a free-music future that is, collectively, the point of Call Me If You Get Lost, is what Emily Dickinson once referred to while writing about hope: the elusive thing with feathers.
80
The iconoclast confronts cancel culture, his own controversial past and the notion of personal growth on a kaleidoscopic record that reaffirms his greatness.
80
Time will tell exactly where this album lands in Tyler, The Creator’s discography, but CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST is yet another memorable record from Wolf Haley himself, one that only further cements his status as one of the best artists of his generation.
80
This is a record that showcases Tyler, the Creator’s continued refusal to be caged in by any set sound or genre, with references to his earlier style alongside tracks that sound completely new. Defying expectations, Tyler, the Creator continues to rise.
78
The part that wants to be a Beach Boys album ultimately triumphs over the part that wants to be a Gangsta Grillz, and the album’s probably better for it.
58
CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST is too busy shooting itself in the foot and calling it coming down to earth to be complete, but following along with its fragmented course down is still an exercise worth engaging in.
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CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST is a lightning wink to nostalgia, a real instropection of its author. Tackling a very human concept album and a formidable musicality, Tyler delivers us a new lesson.
(Back from vacation, I missed you AOTY)
Since his debut, Tyler The Creator has been a force to be reckoned with, both for his personality and his musical signature, without having been unanimous for many years. With Flower Boy, he managed to reconcile the two to become undeniable. However, Tyler has ... read more
Before you come in with a prejudiced mindset or one to look for hidden flaws, keep one thing in mind. Greatness can only be achieved so many times in a consistent manner, and holding artists up to this high standard will only ruin your experience as you are looking for problems rather than seeing what you love. Take this album as it was presented. With that being said… “Call Me If You Get Lost” may not be Tyler’s greatest effort, but it sure as hell is one his ... read more
Planning on listening to all the tyler albums
Favs: corso, hot wind blows, juggernaut, lemonhead, lumberjack, manifesto, rise, safari, wusyaname
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Track List
| 1 | SIR BAUDELAIRE 1:28 feat. DJ Drama | 81 |
| 2 | CORSO 2:26 | 89 |
| 3 | LEMONHEAD 2:10 feat. 42 Dugg | 83 |
| 4 | WUSYANAME 2:01 | 90 |
| 5 | LUMBERJACK 2:18 | 87 |
| 6 | HOT WIND BLOWS 2:35 feat. Lil Wayne | 89 |
| 7 | MASSA 3:43 | 87 |
| 8 | RUNITUP 3:49 feat. Teezo Touchdown | 81 |
| 9 | MANIFESTO 2:55 feat. Domo Genesis | 86 |
| 10 | SWEET / I THOUGHT YOU WANTED TO DANCE 9:48 feat. Brent Faiyaz, Fana Hues | 91 |
| 11 | MOMMA TALK 1:10 | 74 |
| 12 | RISE! 3:23 feat. Daisy World | 84 |
| 13 | BLESSED 0:57 | 74 |
| 14 | JUGGERNAUT 2:26 feat. Lil Uzi Vert, Pharrell Williams | 89 |
| 15 | WILSHIRE 8:35 | 82 |
| 16 | SAFARI 2:57 | 84 |
Total Length: 52 minutes
Year End Lists
| #1 | / | Complex |
| #1 | / | Consequence of Sound |
| #1 | / | The Ringer |
| #1 | / | Variety: Jem Aswad |
| #2 | / | Billboard |
| #2 | / | Les Inrocks |
| #2 | / | The FADER |
| #2 | / | The New York Times: Lindsay Zoladz |
| #3 | / | Pitchfork |
| #3 | / | RIFF |
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1mo
I love IGOR and Flower Boy as much as the next guy, but this album is jus too much fun for me not to consider it my favorite Tyler album
2mo
I’m pretty sure everybody who’s listened to the album knows this but CORSO is so damn cool
Added on: June 14, 2021