this is really the first album to truly kickstart my interest in music, so i have a lot of bias and nostalgia for it. this being said, flower boy really is an amazing project, and the true turning point in tyler's carreer. every song adds to this melancholic, orange-brown fall time world, but still finds time to hit you with bangers as well as some deep, genuine, emotionally vulnerable moment, which were few and far between for tyler at this point. an album that works just as well as a musical ... read more
peggy at his best. every single song packs a punch. flawless production, slick shit-talking bars, unmatched character and class. the best hiphop album to come out in a very long time, and it’ll stay that way for a while. truly a masterpiece and a monumental album for underground/experimental/wacky hiphop.
my favorite album of all time. DOOM and madlib synergize in such an amazing way that this album, even with how short all the songs are, immerses you into its world with an amazing soundscape and insanely complex lyrics. not an album that you can only listen to once, twice, or even three times. i still get something new out of it with every relisten. both madlib and DOOM deserve all the credit in the world for this amazing display of raw musical talent, as its a perfect blueprint of what a ... read more
its hard to put into words how amazing this album is. no other album contains this much music at this high quality, and i doubt any other musician will ever be able to top this. undoubtedly the greatest piece of music ever made and i really mean that