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Tyler, The Creator needs podcast microphones gone for good. On Wednesday (Dec. 11), throughout his cowl story with Billboard, the Grammy Award-winning musician spoke about CHROMAKOPIA, life in his 30s, and his obvious frustration with poorly articulated conversations.
“If I [were] president, the very first thing I might do is take podcast mics away from n**gasoline,” Tyler informed the publication. Given the rotating door of relationship debates, wild hypotheticals, and unhinged, it’s not troublesome to see the place the “EARFQUAKE” rapper is coming from.
It’s additionally a humorous sentiment, contemplating Tyler himself has made his fair proportion of podcast appearances lately. Most notably, in August, the artist joined “Mavericks with Mav Carter,” the place he talked about web tradition and known as out a sure “white child” — extensively assumed to be ian — for “mocking” heavyweights like Future and Gucci Mane.
No matter opinions, podcasts have revitalized the voices of a number of Hip Hop icons, be it N.O.R.E. and DJ EFN’s “Drink Champs” or Joe Budden’s namesake present. Newer artists have additionally discovered success within the house, together with Yung Miami’s “Caresha Please” or Lil Yachty’s now-axed “A Secure Place Podcast.”
Elsewhere in his Billboard interview, Tyler touched on the reception of CHROMAKOPA. The LP debuted atop the Billboard 200 chart with a powerful 299,500 album-equivalent items bought — a feat the Los Angeles native confessed he “didn’t anticipate.”
The 14-song providing housed beforehand liked tracks like “St. Chroma,” “Noid” and “Thought I Was Lifeless,” alongside contributions from GloRilla, ScHoolboy Q, Doechii, Sexyy Purple and Teezo Landing, amongst others. Tyler can also be set to hit the highway for the “CHROMAKOPIA: THE WORLD TOUR” beginning February 2025.
“I’m so blessed and lucky. 13 years in and my newest s**t is my largest. Generally it’s like, ‘What the f**okay? This may’t be actual.’ However then it’s additionally like, ‘I informed y’all.’ It’s stunning,” he defined.