Tyler, The Creator | Bastard Reaction
Added 2025-07-27 13:15:01 +0000 UTC*available to all members Nov. 5th 2025
***PSA: if you have not listening to this album before PLEASE know there are a lot of trigger warnings needed. Just off the top of my head - homophobia, violence, r*pe, necrophilia, cannibalism, murder. If these subject matters will negatively impact you please protect your peace and skip this one and I'll see you in the next video🫶🏻
Additional disclaimer - I was able to film today and Thursday's drops, but I'm having to edit at the hospital in between things. My grandfather ended up in the hospital while I was out of town. My dad and I have been taking turns staying with him all day/evening. He was doing a lot better and improving, but then he was discharged to a skilled facility (to build up his strength for a few days) by the hospital doctor.... despite the consulting infectious diseases recommendation and our protest to keep him in the hospital for a couple more days due to his other health conditions and age. Lo and behold he was there 15 hours before we had to rush him back to the hospital and now things are a bit rocky again. That said:
This video I originally planned for Thursday, but since it's shorter and required less editing I needed to switch it with the new Clipse album video since it ended up being a lot longer than I expected.
Full transparency the editing on this isn't as polished as normal. Also, pretty sure I accidentally started calling "Odd Future" ...."Odd Fellows" ? .....I don't even know my brain was not cooperating🤦🏻♀️
I'm sorry for the last-minute adjustments🫶🏻
timestamps:
0:00 - intro / Tyler, the Creator Journey Discussion
10:02 - bastard
20:38 - seven
26:59 - odd toddlers
34:55 - french!
41:00 -blow
47:23 - pigs fly
1:01:01 -parade
1:04:44 -slow it down
1:10:49 -assmilk
1:17:01 -vcr wheels
1:22:24 -session
1:23:13 - vambie vs. light
1:24:02 -session continued
1:27:35-sarah
1:36:38 -jack and the beanstalk
1:41:45-tina
1:47:42 -inglorious
1:53:09 -final thoughts
Comments
It's because it's another song that remained as a demo, it's not an outro
Pablo
2025-11-20 04:17:26 +0000 UTCThe way i physically recoiled during almost everyone song 😭😭
Ale
2025-11-12 12:47:11 +0000 UTCthat “outro to Sarah” actually isnt part of the album, its a demo that Tyler made after im not sure what you were listening to it on or why it attached that demo to this but thats interesting. I don’t think you were being dramatic about Sarah, that song is wild 💀 after a song like that, nothing else the album throws at you can ever feel shocking
Teri Dr
2025-10-17 02:45:25 +0000 UTCSarah and VCR were the songs I was most worried about so it should be smooth sailing from here. Goblin and Wolf are here already so I wonder how it goes from here.
Reginald Torian
2025-09-13 01:25:39 +0000 UTCTbh I forgot Sarah had an outro because I never go back to it. And I go back through Bastard probably twice a year. You are not overreacting at all lol.
Reginald Torian
2025-09-13 01:23:24 +0000 UTCThis the first time I've listened to this in 10 years and even in highschool I knew this was a tuff listen, but dear Lord it's aged like milk in the desert
J-Money
2025-09-10 16:38:10 +0000 UTCI think if this is enough to almost not want to listen anymore some of the old eminem stuff would actually break her
Dratini
2025-09-09 18:08:41 +0000 UTCyou're hardcore for this. Respect
Pachiboy
2025-08-20 11:52:57 +0000 UTCI think the little interlude thingy on "AssMilk" kinda helps show that it's just a couple of kids playing around and being as fucked up and edgy as possible on purpose. Not to excuse the lyrics. You can be plenty edgy without 99% of it being violence against women and homophobia.
420deepthroat
2025-08-15 14:55:12 +0000 UTCI reckon cherry bombs a better point. It sounds off due to it being the transitional phase, but it has less of the more edgey language besides basic "f--- yous" and like 1 f slur from what I can remember, which was from a quick interlude
A N0rmal P3rson
2025-08-15 00:27:32 +0000 UTCon the bright side “Sarah” is as bad as it gets
Beef Boi
2025-08-11 00:52:36 +0000 UTCI’m aware the song with Earl is a little crazy, but it’s a bad representation of earls music, I think once you’ve finished frank ocean you should definitely consider getting into earls music, it’s genuinely changed my life
Beef Boi
2025-08-11 00:40:14 +0000 UTCYou think this is sum you should React to Eminem's "Relapse" (2009) which Tyler saw as an inspiration for his horror-core raps/production and has the album cover in his living room house in California til this very day! Also Tyler's group OFWGKTA is where Frank Ocean came from and other specific talented artist's so this era of Tyler's career was truly sum to witness and part of his lore and career trajectory I feel it’s satisfying once you see where he ends up and evolve. My Top 3 songs off this album are: 1) Bastard 2) VCR Wheels 3) Seven honorable mention: French!😈🤝🏽💯(This album was my go-to whenever I was upset in middle school such a nostalgic feeling to this entire album, yes I know Tyler says fucked up shit but this album I have such core memories from. Btw it's wild to think Earl was 15 years old spitting wild fucking bars like that on "Assmilk".)
Milkers777
2025-08-07 16:55:39 +0000 UTCI've been listening to Tyler for 16 years and even I haven't touched this album lol. Nor Goblin (except the 2 hits on it). I'm very anti-cancellation and difficult to offend but I would've shut it off after Blow lol I literally gagged. So props to you!
J G
2025-08-05 00:43:22 +0000 UTCAs someone who was an angry boy in his youth i listened to a lot of shock and horrorcore rap when i was younger, so im a little more desensitised to it. Tyler really does an amazing job of creating the soundscape to amplify the messed up stuff he's saying. Most artists in this genre of music are trying to gross you out and make you uncomfortable, i think thats why you felt it more than you were expecting. I have only lostened to Tyler from flowerboy onwards, so this is interesting, even if ive grown out of this type of music. Hopefully this wont be too much for you and you hop on to some other music between the 3 horrorcore albums to cleanse your pallette.
Szymon Tusting
2025-08-04 22:14:04 +0000 UTCokay even though tyler is one of my absolute favourite artists rn, i made a promise to myself to never revisit his first 2 albums so i'm currently breaking that promise. but it's for you and honestly, your reaction was SO worth it. my condolences for having to live thru this pain 😂 he really was THEEEE edgelord back in the day. it all pays off in later albums tho and is a real big relief when he fully develops his frontal lobe 🫶🏻
Katrina
2025-08-04 18:00:11 +0000 UTCThank you for the trigger warnings, It sounds like I'll join in on this journey with Tyler at Flower Boy based on the comments :)
Krista
2025-08-03 18:49:14 +0000 UTCi llke these early albums because he was 17 at the time and going wild and saying whatever came to his mind with his friends. his next album goblin makes bastard seem tame. when you hear tron cat you will have an panic attack lol, wolf isnt that bad but there is a few problematic song but nothing other then that. but when you get to flower boy something changes, like you see his pre frontal cortex evolve in real time from a 17 year old kid who makes crazy music with his friends top a mature 32 year old man who has mastered his sound and no more crazy lyrics lol
Drifttt1
2025-08-03 12:52:46 +0000 UTCI'm planning on filming more of his stuff this upcoming week and post it the following. They are re-doing the roof due to storm damage this week, but I'm planning to film around their schedule early in the morning/ late at night 🙌🏼
Vambie_Reacts
2025-08-01 21:25:55 +0000 UTCAny plans on what you're doing next for Tyler??? I can't wait that long for Flower Boy 😭 it's one of my fav albums ever
Jay D
2025-08-01 05:30:20 +0000 UTCDamn Vambie you rlly threw yourself in the deep end with this one lol. Props to you for getting all the way through it. I think most of us rlly wanna see you react to Tyler post Cherry Bomb but If you’re going to do the whole journey I commend you, it gets wayyyy better I promise
Richie Gull
2025-07-31 22:53:30 +0000 UTCI plan on going through all of j Cole’s discography 🙌🏻 Tyler just got more votes this time around :) j Cole and frank ocean are next what order will be voted on once we get a little further into this. Tyler journey :) but I can always do a couple of specific songs between Tyler albums if you have any songs you think are fine to do outside an album :)
Vambie_Reacts
2025-07-31 11:13:52 +0000 UTCDay 30 of me begging you to let me make you a J Cole playlist to react to
Twenty6ix
2025-07-31 04:39:45 +0000 UTCIm happy to hear that you did the Clipse album. I would love if u started to do one off album relations to new albums. Also would be cool to see more one off albums from artists while doing the full discography break downs of a select few artists.
TDP
2025-07-30 21:58:30 +0000 UTCI think the biggest two problems with Goblin specifically are Tyler ruins great productions by being and saying super strange shit and I would say about half to a little under half of the songs on Goblin are just straight up terrible. Especially Fish. Its just not a good song
TDP
2025-07-30 21:25:40 +0000 UTCtyler has said in the past that he would get rid of his first two albums if he could
Ryan Maher
2025-07-30 20:47:50 +0000 UTCyou're brave for starting at the very beginning, my 11 year old is a HUGE tyler fan but she obviously only knew of his work from Flower Boy and on. I played assmilk in the car one time and she said "IS THAT TYLER?!", she couldn't believe the words coming out of his mouth lmao .. I showed her a video explaining how "Ace" is just a character Tyler made up from his own teenage rage. I showed her the connection in the first 3 albums so she could see the amazing artistry hidden inside Tyler's "blatant" disrespect for hip hop.. (that's what old heads thought in 2012)
Isaac
2025-07-30 19:04:49 +0000 UTC@26:59 Ace, the Creator was his first rap name before he decided to just go with his first name.
Michael Golden
2025-07-30 13:31:32 +0000 UTCThis album is older than both of those actually
Ramsey Ward
2025-07-30 06:55:35 +0000 UTCI don't listen to Tyler at all but for this album atleast I can tell he was heavily ASAP Rocky inspired, sonically that is. The production elements like that deep voiced autotune, and the beats it's very Long Live ASAP or Live Love ASAP (GREAT ALBUMS BTW), whichever came first lol
DTK
2025-07-30 03:37:13 +0000 UTCwolf has some of his best songs of recommend that it was also the start of him relying less on shock value and more the merit of the sonics and pockets.
steezo jckson
2025-07-29 17:46:38 +0000 UTCHonestly, if you're able to make it through both Bastard and Goblin, you'll be just fine going through the rest of the discography. Wolf is objectively the best out of the trilogy. I'd personally say just go ahead and go through Goblin, don't skip or do highlights of it. As for Bastard, I really appreciate it musically. The content of the tracks are raw, unfiltered, and unapologetic. In most cases that would be applauded, in Tyler's case, he's actively pushing the boundary of what can be done with his freedom of speech and expression in his artistry. My opinion is that the intense and visceral knee-jerk reaction to his earlier songs are intentional, but it shows that you're actively listening to what he's saying and that's often important to how Tyler tends to present his art, in my experience. For me, personally? I'd probably listen to it at least a few more times all the way through in my own time to really digest what I'm hearing, in multiple aspects. Looking forward to your next Tyler album reaction!
TrueAuraGuardian
2025-07-29 08:05:02 +0000 UTCThis was the first time I've heard this album since it came out (I was in middle school) and WOW the lyrics are so much worse than I thought 😂 I think I've really compartmentalized Tyler's early albums vs later ones as it's hard to imagine this is the same guy who made Flower Boy and Igor
randomdudeoninternet606
2025-07-28 21:54:06 +0000 UTCThe assmilk is an all timer lmao
Alex Twite
2025-07-28 21:34:34 +0000 UTCIn my opinion, listening to his earlier music makes his newer music a lot better because you see the growth
Chronicalbert
2025-07-28 21:33:58 +0000 UTCThank you, Vambie, for toughing out this album. I suggest doing highlights from “goblin”, then jumping into “wolf”. Might I recommend a couple albums, pallet cleansers/refreshers to insert between Tyler album listens? “Warriors”, Lin-Manuel Miranda‘s concept album based on the 1979 film. “Alligator bites never heal”, by Doechii. as much as you love Kendrick, you will love Doechii!
Guzman the Revelator
2025-07-28 16:32:34 +0000 UTCI was introduced to this album in middle school in 2010 and I was hooked to the sonics and admittedly was a lot more brash in my humor as a young guy so I was not offended at the lyrics but I always did wish the lyrics were less crazy to really enjoy the whole scope of what he was attempting. Its been crazy growing with tylers music as hes evolved and matured through the years and when you listen to his new projects you can see everything he was trying to accomplish musically
Salt
2025-07-28 16:25:39 +0000 UTCAlso doing discography deep dives is just now becoming a norm so I’m fairly sure a lot of his modern fans don’t even know this music exists because a lot of modern music fans don’t do their homework and really get into the evolution of an artist. There’s a lot of Kendrick fans that came in on Damn and haven’t really taken the time to listen to anything made prior. The amount of good kid first listen reactions I see on YouTube these days is fascinating.
Martin Stallworth
2025-07-28 13:58:46 +0000 UTCI was in middle/high school at the time of all of his early music coming out so I have the context of hearing this around the time of release. I thought the music was weird at the time as I wasn’t really an angsty teen. I wouldn’t say I found much of it shocking or took it seriously since I had heard other rap with violent lyrical themes and a lot of this stuff was just more normalized at the time. Parents hated the music at the time but he built a very large fanbase of teens off of this music. The culture has definitely changed a lot in the 15 or so years since and I’m sure if I hadn’t heard it at the time going back with my 2025 brain would make the music have more of a shock factor. I believe the fact that he was the same age of a lot of his fans is a big part of why he was able to easily transition to his more modern music without too much backlash. A lot of his fanbase grew up and evolved with him so I think it’s just chalked up to being a different time and a different culture. I remember preferring wolf out of the first 3 albums since it was a lot more chill but I wouldnt say I became a fan until flower boy. I believe he announced he was part of the LGBTQ community before releasing that album so that kind put a lot of his early music in a different context which also contributes to his lack of backlash.
Martin Stallworth
2025-07-28 13:56:19 +0000 UTChopefully one day she does a Frank Ocean's catalog
Savaun Lollis
2025-07-28 09:58:17 +0000 UTCWhen you mentioned being scared for what's next during the 1st hook of Sarah I just couldn't help but think "you are WAYYY too right"
gh0st F
2025-07-28 07:45:09 +0000 UTCMuch love & respect. I appreciated the reaction. Lives would be cool for at lest the Wolf series. Do as thou wilt
Timothy Everett
2025-07-28 06:11:21 +0000 UTCBest wishes to your grandpa
Jay D
2025-07-28 05:30:20 +0000 UTC😹😹😹😹😹
Vambie_Reacts
2025-07-28 03:52:32 +0000 UTCI’ve never listened to Tyler’s earlier albums due to people saying it’s a rough listen. I would like to listen to him further on live I think that would be better.
Dani Aqua
2025-07-28 03:48:39 +0000 UTCwhat is this Igor disrespect 🤨
algorerhythm
2025-07-28 00:38:33 +0000 UTCPersonally the order of albums i would go for would be: Goblin - Wolf - Flower Boy - Igor - Call me if you get lost - Chromakopia and then Dont tap the glass. I think these albums are perfect to understand his evolution in music.
idontevenknow
2025-07-28 00:30:02 +0000 UTCThis was my favorite reaction from you 😂😂😂….respect for starting from the beginning of his discography to fully understand and appreciate his growth as an artist
Inglewood
2025-07-28 00:26:14 +0000 UTCby that being on a different album
algorerhythm
2025-07-28 00:08:24 +0000 UTCrespect to you for reacting to this. watching this was my first time listening to bastard, I never went back to pre-flower boy tyler, didn’t feel worth it. but I have a lot of respect for your thoroughness in approaching new artists, it was one of the things that made me invested in your kendrick journey so I do appreciate you not just jumping in to the popular records. here’s to better tyler albums coming soon lol
Lizzie
2025-07-27 23:00:29 +0000 UTCyeah I was going to comment that my history with eminem’s music is the only reason this didn’t shock me
Lizzie
2025-07-27 22:55:24 +0000 UTCPeople keep saying influenced by Eminem and YE. Kendrick it was Tupac, Nas, and jayz .Us dudes in are thirties would like to see nas, 2pac, jayz, common, lupe fiasco, and outkast. Tyler, and Cole are cool and I get it. can we get some of the og’s first so vambie can get more insight on why Cole, jid and Tyler rap the way they do.
scotty carroll
2025-07-27 22:44:50 +0000 UTCVambie, got punished being like me. I just have to start at part 1. Even if anything points to that being a painful watch or listen. I’m a 100% completionist ,and a lore freak. I just have to know it all. I find it hard to like something later, if it starts off terrible. It has to at least have a sign of brilliance or charm about it.
scotty carroll
2025-07-27 21:53:19 +0000 UTCchimichanga
Rob Wright
2025-07-27 21:49:44 +0000 UTCNo one asked
ShootatwillRep
2025-07-27 21:34:34 +0000 UTCHow’d she skip Yonkers
ShootatwillRep
2025-07-27 21:33:45 +0000 UTCi hate tyler's old stuff. personally can't connect to it at all, and all the eminem edgelord horrorcore shit gets on my nerves. Flower Boy and Igor are incredible, and I *am* moved by the personal and creative evolution that it took to get to those albums––but there's nothing that'd make me sit through Bastard or Goblin. Wish you luck on your journey, I'll catch up with you a few albums from now
Ponyo11
2025-07-27 21:12:52 +0000 UTCI feel like this album is a good peek into his beginnings so it was worth listening to for gaining some understanding of where he started. Goblin I would probably recommend just listening to some highlight tracks cause even as someone who became interested in him and odd future after hearing bastard I just didn’t like the album. Wolf is worth listening to though in my opinion, even though it’s part of this trilogy the subject matter is not as jarring and I feel like that’s where his next stage of growth took place after bastard, both lyrically and as a producer. It was the transition album from where he began to where he is now(in my opinion).
Jay
2025-07-27 20:53:13 +0000 UTCAlright, I skimmed through Goblin including the lyrics, and I don't think it's much worse than Bastard. Probably on the same level lyrically. But it is longer than Bastard and musically worse, so if Bastard was tough for you to get through, Goblin would still be even tougher. Personally I think if you do the songs Goblin, Yonkers, She, and Golden (the closing track on the standard version), that should be enough. And if you do decide to only do a few songs from Goblin, you might as well add the Odd Future posse cut Oldie from OF Tape Vol. 2 at the end of that recording session, that was released between Goblin and Wolf, was a big song for the group, and also has a music video where they're all just doing their verses and goofing around together if you want to put some faces to the OF members.
algorerhythm
2025-07-27 19:44:24 +0000 UTCI would've started off with Wolf. Wolf was his blossoming moment
Andre Saddler
2025-07-27 19:37:57 +0000 UTCHis early music is definitely influenced by old Eminem. Tongue-in-cheek, young kid feeling a lot of emotions, distilling/heightening that, and translating it into a song. This wasn't long after Eminem dropped RELAPSE, where he's basically playing a serial killer the whole album. Hes definitely taking influence from that, and trusting that the audience is on board enough to get it and listen.
Nico C
2025-07-27 19:13:21 +0000 UTC💯
Rob Wright
2025-07-27 19:04:33 +0000 UTC28:26 that beat is from a mf doom song
Rob Wright
2025-07-27 19:00:27 +0000 UTCIt’s not on Spotify because he was a young kid just sample flipping without trying to get any of them cleared. The Odd Toddlers beat is a mixed MF DOOM sample
Cristian Posada
2025-07-27 18:57:06 +0000 UTCHonestly, I kind of hope you listen to earl sweatshirt in the future
Christian Hancock
2025-07-27 18:41:45 +0000 UTCOhhh, respect for going in order. These older albuma are the product of a kid raised on Eminem and Pharrell. And he was a teenager. Beyond just the juvenile stuff he's talking about, you can tell he has a major amount of talent under the hood. He doesn't hit his mass appeal stride until about 4 or 5 albums, but I was around as these came out and love all of them. The growth on every album is awesome.
Nico C
2025-07-27 18:30:36 +0000 UTCI was really surprised to see that you reacted to the whole album. I hope you did something fun after, like watching cartoons after a horror movie 😅
Dylan
2025-07-27 18:07:44 +0000 UTCEminem a big influence in early Tyler, if youve heard Em’s outrageous lyrics early in his career, this journey will be similar Assuming you stick with this journey, i think you’ll genuinely be very surprised by his growth as an artist
Andre Jackson
2025-07-27 17:53:36 +0000 UTCTo be fair to Tyler, you don’t get his early works without early Bone Thugs, Cage, early Eminem, Insane Clown Posse, Esham, and others. Eminem was one of his biggest influences, but so was MF DOOM. Goblin is maybe on par with Badtard, then it gradually tones down. But even Tyler has written off much of his early projects, and went as far as to say which tracks from those albums he’s okay with, and which ones he’d throw away. You handled this much better than I anticipated though, so kudos to you for soldiering through it. However you decide to move forward, I just ask that you don’t completely abandon listening to his music, because as both Tyler and his music matures, I have a feeling you’ll end up loving him.
Eric Napier
2025-07-27 17:44:13 +0000 UTCits funny how you were actually correct with the whole "i imagine that whenever tyler blew up people were like (i can't believe you support him look at what he's saying) because every single time he drops a song or an album people always bring up tron cat
Molltenkore
2025-07-27 17:32:24 +0000 UTCI’m going to listen to flower boy. After this I need a cleanse 😭
Maya
2025-07-27 16:57:20 +0000 UTCLots of love and well wishes to you and your family Vambie, and thank you for doing this whole album despite the regrets you have through it 😆. I really appreciate you being able to compartmentalize some of the subject matter from this era and IMO taking the time to think about the artist perspective from when it was made, like you did and have done for some of Kendricks songs is very much needed, because knowing a little bit about his mindset and what he was trying to do with the albums/songs in that time allows you to appreciate his artistry first to see the growth even if you don't really appreciate the musical content itself early in his career for obvious reasons. I'd honestly have to relisten to the albums that follow but I don't think his shock value lyrics gets much worse overall from here, and he does still maintain his "edgey" and "abrasive" persona and style in his music for awhile but he really does start to focus more on his production first, then lyrics with each release going forward. I'm content with you going through the best of songs or the whole albums going forward and maybe going live like you mentioned for some of them if it might make it more enjoyable for you and if we're not concerned about a YouTube upload for them but do what you feel most comfortable with of course ❤️
alias apodaca
2025-07-27 16:50:57 +0000 UTCIdk how this will go, I suspect you’re gonna hate it, but if you manage to power through the early stuff, the growth in his later albums does feel like a much better payoff
BJ Miller
2025-07-27 16:43:07 +0000 UTCFun fact: In 2015, Tyler, the Creator was banned from entering the UK, New Zealand, and Australia for 3 to 5 years due to lyrics from his early albums Bastard and Goblin. The governments of those countries accused him of promoting violence, terrorism, and intolerance toward LGBTQ+ individuals. Back then, much of the media took his lyrics literally, failing to recognize that many were spoken through alter egos and fictional characters, not Tyler himself. As a result, he was labeled homophobic and accused of promoting violence against women. He faced intense backlash and was seen as one of the most controversial artists of his time. It’s wild to see how much he’s grown since then both as a person and as an artist, becoming one of the most creative and influential voices in music today.
nur
2025-07-27 16:40:04 +0000 UTCTyler is really good as a reaction because you can tie his Hey Now freestyle to the GNX album and Doechii's live performance with him on "Balloon." That would be a great thing to use as a way to introduce a series on Doechii.
pacerdaisy
2025-07-27 16:25:46 +0000 UTCi just joined your patreon for the first time because of this album and haven't watched this reaction yet but by the comments i can tell your reactions about to be what i think its gonna be 😂. BUT i will say one thing, Tylers growth as a person is one of the best things about him and his music. I think him starting like this will be all the mroe reason you'll really like him in his future albums, especially seeing the things you like about Kendricks discography. give him time though and i think hell definitely be an artist you like after a few albums and some studying. - edited side note while watching, i dont recommend skipping but if u really feel as though you have to skip i recommend skipping to wolf after watching the dive as thats when he definitely starts to mellow a bit in comparison but if you've made it through Bastard thats the worst of it by far imo.
Brandon Tyson
2025-07-27 16:25:19 +0000 UTCAs others have stated, starting with this one is definitely a choice lmao. I remember being an emo kid growing up, who was angry too. This angry? Probably not, but angry nonetheless. Tyler, The Creator is probably my 2nd favorite hip-hop artist right now outside of Kendrick, and that 's in large part due to his growth while simultaneously still maintaining the good parts of his edge if that makes sense.
Micah Jones
2025-07-27 16:04:23 +0000 UTCYeah tyler is a really good producer, def pharrell an kanye successor in that way. I'd recommend reacting to "that guy" before chromokopia, or however its spelled
Rob Wright
2025-07-27 16:02:48 +0000 UTCWell, we did try to warn you. Some of us at least. Personally I completely empathize with your reaction, I don't go back to early Tyler myself outside of a few songs. Just know that by Flower Boy, he's not just a much better artist, but the edginess is pretty much gone. Nothing as bad as a lot of the stuff on here. Personally, I would advise you to skip most of Goblin, it's not just his worst album musically, it also gets even worse lyrically than Bastard. The opening/title track is about the reaction to Bastard, and Yonkers is THE essential early Tyler song. Both are relatively harmless lyrically. She is the other essential song off the album, and I'd say it would sit about in the middle of Bastards in terms of violent lyrics. I think you should be ok doing those three songs based on your reactions to Bastard. There might be a few more decent songs on the album, I'd have to go back and give it a quick listen. I guess we could condense the Goblin tracklist down to a palatable EP for you. But much of the album is, as far as I remember it, just a worse version of Bastard. I have to step away for a bit but I'll comment my 2 cents on Wolf and Cherry Bomb below later.
algorerhythm
2025-07-27 15:56:54 +0000 UTCLol yeah I would have recommended Tupac or J Cole or Kanye. Early Tyler isn't good to me unless you're 14 but his Flower Boy Album isn't horror core, it's amazing and beautiful.
Tyrone Ross
2025-07-27 15:50:05 +0000 UTCIt's his first album. Where else would she start? 🤣
Joel Oates
2025-07-27 15:44:07 +0000 UTCI wouldn’t mind you reacting to his later albums live. You have good insight and even though he’s saying some questionable stuff early on, you still do a good job on picking up on things.
The coaster
2025-07-27 15:39:51 +0000 UTCHis names Tyler
Jonathan Riley
2025-07-27 15:26:50 +0000 UTCokay, your reaction was about what i expected 😭. few things: it’s really crazy to see how desensitized i am, when i can like nod my head to songs like blow and assmilk, and sarah being like one of my favorite songs ever from a narrative and production standpoint, and you were losing your mind. which like, fair, they’re very disturbing. 2: the second beat you heard when listening to sarah isn’t apart of sarah, it’s a song called rotten sarah, a sequel that never released but was later leaked, guess it was added onto what you listened on. and about goblin and wolf, if you can handle sarah, you should be fine, there’s scattered lines that are really bad but no full song that’s that visceral. and since you seem to be invested in the story, i would go ahead and listen to wolf next, and follow that up with goblin, that’s the chronological order, and wolf is a little break from all the… sarah-type stuff (mostly) also praying for your grandpa !! <3
kiana
2025-07-27 15:14:57 +0000 UTCI do know one thing about Taylor. He’s a doesn’t back down. He has that Kendrick approach to respect. Taylor did a song with maxo cream ( Texas hoover crip) maxo set was hanging out at with Taylor. Trying to make fun Taylor about openly saying “gay stuff” and Taylor stood up for himself. In another man’s city around a bunch of gang members. They respected him after. I don’t think it was them being homophobic towards him. It was them testing him as a man, because you have to stand on your principles on the streets or you will get punked fast.
scotty carroll
2025-07-27 15:14:46 +0000 UTCPrayers for you gpa too 🙏🏾
Malachi Newman
2025-07-27 15:11:01 +0000 UTCI have heard about 3-5 complete Taylor songs. I had made up my opinion of his artist abilities last year. Now, vambie gives me a second chance to give him a honest ear. I think he’s a solid artist. Not my cup of tea sound wise. As a person he is really interesting and authentic though. So, I will give it a deep dive and hold my opinions ,and be willing to learn from Taylor fans. I will be reading every one’s post to learn more about Taylor the person. The music.
scotty carroll
2025-07-27 15:03:14 +0000 UTCSorry to hear about your Grandpa. I'm so sorry they wouldn't listen to you and your Dad. I really hope he's ok and not in pain.
pacerdaisy
2025-07-27 14:58:46 +0000 UTCIve never listened to this album lol I've only ever listened to his post flower boy stuff and like Yonkers lol this is definitely something though 😭😂 very glad he got past this phase. We are with you on the cringe its ok
Jadon David
2025-07-27 14:51:23 +0000 UTCI love genuine reactions even when you dont agree or like. I'm glad when someone can still look at a piece of art whether you like it or not and still try to see it from the artist perspective. Love all your reactions. Keep it up 😊
Malachi Newman
2025-07-27 14:41:27 +0000 UTCIn early Tyler I see a crazy-ass 20something coming to terms with his own queer/bi identity. Probably from an environment that he had to navigate quietly. I know a lot of folks who went through a shock/extreme phase in their expression before coming into themselves. The fact that Tyler is still cool with the OFWGKTA crew says they’ve seen that too, that he needed to evolve.
Jeffrey Garcia
2025-07-27 14:36:24 +0000 UTCWow no way you started with bastard. That’s definitely a choice!
Jay D
2025-07-27 14:27:24 +0000 UTCBest wishes to your Grandpa 🙏
Mackenzie Pegg
2025-07-27 14:15:44 +0000 UTCoh mannn i hate revisiting early tyler but ill do it to keep up with this channel lol
stsrm
2025-07-27 14:05:55 +0000 UTCI’m scared to watch this. honestly not a fan of this album. I love Tyler but I just don’t vibe with his older stuff 😭
Maya
2025-07-27 14:05:23 +0000 UTCHaven’t heard this in a while and it’s still so wild to hear him make these same songs later just 100x better and 100x less edgy lol
Sean888
2025-07-27 13:50:20 +0000 UTCI would like to apologize for cackling at you cringing lmaoo, sorry🥀 I haven’t listened to this or goblin for my own sake but appreciate the growth…will enjoy ur reaction to flower boy and the rest of his other albums.
Fay
2025-07-27 13:50:17 +0000 UTCvery suprised you subjected your self with this and not just took a few big singles from before flower boy lol. old tyler is an aqquired taste but i definitly remember being an edgy teenager and feeling just angry at the world and loving this. havent watched the video yet but i hope this dosent scare you away from getting to where tyler is now because he really has become one of the greatest artists of the 2020s
James Nash
2025-07-27 13:45:25 +0000 UTCfollowing Kendrick with Tyler is an interesting choice, I would've thought Jcole but I'm for it ig. I do love Tylers music
Ray
2025-07-27 13:31:44 +0000 UTCBest wishes to granddad ❤️
bd
2025-07-27 13:26:30 +0000 UTCOh wow, you actually decided to subject yourself to early Tyler. Very curious about this reaction. Continued well wishes to your grandfather 🫶
algorerhythm
2025-07-27 13:25:29 +0000 UTCSending positive energy your way. Thank you for the commitment even despite life…being life lol 🫶
Sean888
2025-07-27 13:18:31 +0000 UTChis early stuff is interesting i’ll say. His music from like the last 10 years is a lot different
Scott L
2025-07-27 13:18:27 +0000 UTCyou did the whole thing ! VERY anxious to see how you felt but I LOVE this album 😭
kiana
2025-07-27 13:18:21 +0000 UTCBest wishes to your grandpa
Rob Wright
2025-07-27 13:17:46 +0000 UTCOh wow! Starting with this 🤔 I started getting into him around "wolf" dude was definitely crazy back in his early 20s lol
Rob Wright
2025-07-27 13:16:18 +0000 UTC
