Tyler, The Creator, Sticky | Bangerz N Bopz 🔥

In the 98th edition of Bangerz N Bopz 🔥 (2024), we highlight “Sticky” performed by Tyler, The Creator featuring GloRilla, Sexyy Red, and Lil Wayne.

Bring on the bold, fierce songs! Bangerz N Bopz 🔥 serves up background info and insight into songs of various styles, especially songs that raise eyebrows and stir the pot.  Featured records can be classic or brand new. In the 98^th edition of Bangerz N Bopz 🔥 (2024), we break down “Sticky” performed by Tyler, The Creator.

“Better find a mop, it’s gettin’ sticky in this bitch.” That is a statement, Tyler, The Creator! “Sticky” marks one of the gems from the Grammy-winning rapper’s eighth studio album, CHROMAKOPIA.  It’s not only Tyler preparing for sticky situations.  He collaborates with a star-studded cast: GloRilla, Sexyy Red, and Lil Wayne. With many writers credited, Tyler handles the production.  Notably, “Sticky” samples two bangers: oldie “Get Up Offa That Thing” by James Brown, and “Get Buck” by rapper Young Buck. Those brilliant samples combine with a hard-hitting marching band drum beat that kicks ass. The biting, articulated brass… also kicks ass.  And guess what? “Sticky” kicks ass!

Why does “Sticky” kick so much ass? It’s eccentricity! It is wild, and the wildness is part of its charm.  All of the rappers bring the heat, making “Sticky” a sight to behold, rather, hear.  Tyler memorably raps in the first verse, “I keep them mink-minks on hip ‘cause I keloid my fists / Nigga, give a fuck ‘bout pronouns, I’m that nigga and that bitch.” Ooh-wee! Tyler has hinted at his bisexuality, so, interpret these lyrics as you see fit.  GloRilla brings toughness in the second verse asserting “These bitches tryna scrap but I’m knuckin’ if you buckin’, ho.” In the fourth verse, truer words have never been spoken by Sexyy Red: “I don’t fight for my respect, bitch, I fight for dick.” Word.  Lil Wayne brings the poetry in the fifth: “Sticky situation, discombobulation / Caught me red-handed, palms itchin’ like rosacea.”  The beat/production switch that follows is among the most accomplished and memorable moments of “Sticky.” It’s signaled by the refrain (“Better find a mop, it’s getting’ sticky in this bitch”). The sixth and final verse by Tyler, The Creator is at his best, from his memorable rhymes and the jazzy harmonies and sounds. His most poetic moments: “I can fit ten-hundred thousand in these trousers” and “Okay, big-dick nigga big stompin’ through your town / All the bi bitches know the fuck is goin’ down / That’s a bet, skip the sex, ride my face, break my neck.” Now that’s utterly “Sticky”, and I’m here for it!

Tyler, The Creator // CHROMAKOPIA // Columbia // 2024

Tyler, The Creator, Sticky: Bangerz N Bopz 🔥 No. 98 (2024) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Columbia; cottonbro studio, Harry Shelton, Kool Shooters, Lucas Pazeta, Mavluda Tashbaeva, Teddy Yang, Wesley Souza from Pexels]