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Key Takeaways:
- Tyler, The Creator as soon as envisioned ‘DON’T TAP THE GLASS’ as a duo title with ASAP Rocky.
- Though they recorded just a few tracks collectively, the complete challenge by no means materialized resulting from scheduling points.
- The pair’s collaborations like “Who Dat Boy” and “Potato Salad” nonetheless showcase their artistic chemistry.
Consider it or not, the title of Tyler, The Creator’s ninth studio album, DON’T TAP THE GLASS, is recycled. On Tuesday (July 29), throughout a sit-down with “Ebro within the Morning,” the rapper revealed that the title was initially meant for his rap duo with ASAP Rocky.
“[It] was truly a reputation that I had for the duo for me and Flacko, but it surely by no means bought used. So, I believed it will be sick,” Tyler stated. “Like, ‘Let’s simply be known as Don’t Faucet The Glass. That’s exhausting.’ You realize while you [are] on the zoo or no matter and [they’re like], ‘No, don’t f**okay with the gorilla.’ I believed that will be tremendous cool.”
“I simply at all times had that title within the tuck, and I at all times simply liked it,” he added. It’s good to see the title lastly discover a residence, however a bit disappointing that followers didn’t get to see it connected to a full Tyler and ASAP Rocky challenge. That stated, the “See You Once more” rapper did verify they recorded just a few tracks — emphasis on “few” — earlier than shelving the concept altogether.
“Scheduling was actually exhausting… in a literal sense,” Tyler defined. He added, “I get up at… 6:30 a.m., I’m making an attempt to file at 7 a.m., be out of there by midday or 1 p.m., and end the remainder of my day on the workplace or XYZ and be asleep by 9 p.m. That n**ga is an evening owl. So, I’m not going to the studio at 8 p.m.”
Sadly, Tyler didn’t say when he and ASAP Rocky had been significantly contemplating forming a duo, however their mid-2010s run suggests it was probably round then. Followers bought the “Vogue Killa” rapper dropping ad-libs on “What The F**okay Proper Now,” the pair going bar-for-bar on the haunting “Who Dat Boy” and, most notably, them teaming up on “Potato Salad.”
Talking of that last-mentioned file, the top of its visible companion teased “WANGSAP,” which may’ve been one other duo title they had been contemplating, or presumably the title of the challenge they had been engaged on on the time.