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Tyler, The Creator’s lyrical expertise is the present that retains giving. On Christmas Day (Dec. 25), the Los Angeles native dropped a freestyle titled “THAT GUY” over Kendrick Lamar’s “hey now” from GNX.
Fittingly, Tyler referenced his shock efficiency at Lamar’s “The Pop Out — Ken and Buddies” on Juneteenth: “Put that lil’ Maybach truck within the storage, huh/ Lil’ Bunny Hop out, you seen me at The Pop Out.”
Across the midway mark, the Mustard and Sounwave-produced reduce turned up a notch. “Hey now, say now, get sticky like a hun bun/ You’ll by no means be the primary man, you are a plus-one,” Tyler spat elsewhere within the opening verse. “300K in 4 days, CHROMAKOPIA/ Twelve days gold, I ain’t even drop deluxe one.”
As Rap-Up beforehand reported, CHROMAKOPIA pulled off a formidable 299,500 album-equivalent models in its first week, even with a Monday launch. It notably housed tracks like “St. Chroma” and “Thought I Was Useless,” which was later up to date to incorporate ScHoolboy Q and Santigold. Further company on the venture embrace Teezo Landing, Infantile Gambino, Doechii, GloRilla, Sexyy Pink and Lil Wayne, to say a number of.
“I’m at a unique level in my life than I used to be when most of you met me, so to share these ideas or emotions that I could [or] might not have frivolously touched on earlier than felt like such a launch,” Tyler wrote in a thank-you observe to followers following its success.
After all, the “Noid” rapper additionally threw in a number of vacation references throughout his “hey now” freestyle: “Inexperienced face Grinch, Tyler on his Dr. Seuss s**t/ True s**t, I can put a quantity the place your roof is.” It’s value mentioning that he additionally contributed to the soundtrack for 2018’s The Grinch animated movie.
In 2025, Tyler will probably be embarking on his “CHROMAKOPIA: THE WORLD TOUR” with Lil Yachty and Paris Texas. Collectively, they’ll sweep by means of main cities like Los Angeles, Vancouver, Dallas, Atlanta, Miami and Charlotte, amongst others. Followers can even catch the Grammy Award winner abroad throughout the U.Okay. and Europe in April and Could.