Tyler, The Creator, LUMBERJACK | Track Review 🎵

Grammy winner Tyler, The Creator returns spitting bars on his short but potent and colorful single, “LUMBERJACK.”

“Rolls-Royce pull up, black boy hop out / Shout out to my mother and my father, didn’t pull out.” Woo! 🎙 Tyler, The Creator, ladies, and gentlemen! The 🏆 Grammy-winner (💿 IGOR) is back with a brief but potent new single, 🎵 “LUMBERJACK”.  Judging by the sound of “LUMBERJACK,” it seems that the IGOR days are over.  Tyler is back to being unapologetic – at least for two-minutes-plus!

“LUMBERJACK” has more of an old-school, less refined quality where production is concerned.  Notably, it samples 🎙 Gravediggaz 1994 song, 🎵 “2 Cups of Blood”, giving it that vintage hip-hop edge.  Safe to say, Tyler takes it and runs with it.  He begins the record with an excerpt from the eventual chorus before dropping an intro that properly (or, at least, interestingly) sets up the record.  The chorus is the centerpiece – one of the best aspects of the song.  No, ‘The Creator’ doesn’t hold back:

“Rolls-Royce pull up, black boy hop out
Shout out to my mother and my father, didn’t pull out
...Whips on whips, my ancestors got they backs out
...Call me lumberjack ‘cause I wish a nigga would race.”

Again, I say, woo! Tyler comes through over the course of two verses too.  “I took the gold bitch home, niggas was big mad,” he spits on the first verse, referencing his Grammy. While he deserved to win by my estimations, the categorization (Best Rap Album) was what was most controversial, a larger problem with many black artist’s music.  As for the second verse, it’s arguably more outlandish whether it’s “My nigga tall, look like a bitch, I call him Mulan” (ah, another queer reference from TTC) or “Used to treat me like that boy from Malcolm in the Middle.”

Final Thoughts 💭 

So, how does “LUMBERJACK” stack up? This is Tyler, The Creator being true to self, period.  Furthermore, as awesome as IGOR was, it’s nice to hear bars from him again.  While “LUMBERJACK” is only two minutes, there’s plenty to unpack with the analysis incorporated in this review only scratching the surface.  Tyler, please never change!

🎙 Tyler, The Creator • 🎵 “LUMBERJACK” • 🏷 Columbia • 🗓 6.16.21

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