 Genius Meanings
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Tyler, The Creator – NEW MAGIC WAND
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On “NEW MAGIC WAND,” Tyler desperately attempts to convince someone he has feelings for to not leave him. However, the person Tyler is in love with is still thinking about their
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Tyler, The Creator – RUNNING OUT OF TIME
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“RUNNING OUT OF TIME” describes Tyler’s fleeting relationship with a significant other and warn them that a split is imminent.
Thematically, it introduces tension to the love
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Tyler, The Creator – SAFARI
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“SAFARI,” CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST’s outro track, fittingly sums up the record and is filled with references to vacation, freedom, and enjoying success – reflected by the front
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Tyler, The Creator – November
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On the twelfth track of Flower Boy, Tyler depicts his insecurities and fears concerning his life, career, and relationships, reminiscing of the past in a nostalgic fashion.
Split
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Tyler, The Creator – Radicals
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“Radicals” is the 3rd track off of Tyler’s second album Goblin.
Tyler displays his usual fuck everything mentality, then ending the song with his conflicted views on maturity.
At
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Tyler, The Creator – 435
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Uploaded to Tyler’s YouTube channel on May 22nd, 2018.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQsPvrev_bQ&feature=push-u-sub&attr_tag=EfELDDK3Qp--cPbv-6
Description reads
a random song
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50 Cent (Ft. Olivia) – Candy Shop
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A classic club or love song all about getting that special someone back to the crib and getting hot and heavy, the lyrics are fuelled with sexual innuendo. Such innuendos including
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Tyler, The Creator (Ft. Kali Uchis) – See You Again
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Tyler’s favorite off of Flower Boy, “See You Again” is a love song. The song features vocals from Kali Uchis, who appeared on Tyler’s 2015 album Cherry Bomb on “FIND YOUR WINGS
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Tyler, The Creator – Goblin
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The opening titular track from Tyler The Creator’s Goblin album, his follow up to Bastard.
The raps are inter-cut with dialogue between Tyler and his therapist/alter-ego/
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Tyler, The Creator – IGOR'S THEME
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“IGOR’S THEME,” the introductory track to the project, was first teased in a 50-second snippet posted on Tyler’s social media platforms on May 1, 2019, shortly after speculation
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The Game (Ft. 50 Cent) – Hate It or Love It
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“Hate It or Love It” sees Game and 50 Cent celebrating their rags-to-riches story over a sample of The Trammps‘ 1972 song, “Rubber Band.”
This track was the third official single
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Odd Future (Ft. Domo Genesis & Tyler, The Creator) – Sam (Is Dead)
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This is the 15th track on The Odd Future Tape Vol. 2, released on Tuesday March 20.
This song sees Tyler and Domo rapping about growing up, both lyrically and as people.
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50 Cent (Ft. Eminem) – Patiently Waiting
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“Patiently Waiting” is the first of two Eminem collaborations on this album, he also appears on “Don’t Push Me.” Despite not being released as a single, this record still managed
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Earl Sweatshirt (Ft. Tyler, The Creator) – Whoa
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The second single released from Earl Sweatshirt’s sophomore album Doris. It reached #46 on the US R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Chart in March 2013.
Video is directed by Wolf Haley, featuring
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MellowHype – 50
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Hodgy goes hard over a Left Brain beat on this song off the OF Tape, Vol 2. This song is set to be featured on Mellowhype’s new album “Numbers” which is to be released in the
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Paul Simon – 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover
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“50 Ways to Leave Your Lover” was written & produced by Paul Simon. Phil Ramone was the co-producer on the song.
The song was written after Paul Simon’s divorce from his first
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Tyler, The Creator – I THINK
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“I THINK” questions both Tyler’s mental state and his feelings in a romantic relationship. Tyler doesn’t know whether to continue to be vulnerable, because of his partner’s actions
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Odd Future (Ft. Domo Genesis, Hodgy & Tyler, The Creator) – Rella
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Rella: A nickname for a person, typically a girl, who does crazy things and feels no shame.
This is accurate to OF’s usual theme of “not giving a fuck” and typical lack of remorse
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Odd Future – Oldie
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The OF posse cut on the mixtape.
To consider Odd Future a viable franchise going forward, listeners needed reminding why they demanded such attention in the first place. Answering
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Eminem – Fall
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“Fall” continues Kamikaze’s main theme of criticizing the current state of the rap game while also responding to critics of his then-previous album, Revival, which was—and remains—
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Tyler, The Creator – 48
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“48” is about Sam and what goes through his head as a crack dealer, the pros and cons.
https://twitter.com/fucktyler/status/318054783414046720
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Genius – 50 Best Rap Songs of 2015
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Over 2,500 Genius visitors cast their vote for the “50 Best Rap Songs of 2015” list. Did your peers vote for the right artists or did they completely miss the mark? Let us know in
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Tyler, The Creator (Ft. 42 Dugg) – LEMONHEAD
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“LEMONHEAD” is the third track off Tyler, the Creator’s seventh studio album, Call Me If You Get Lost. The track features Tyler, 42 Dugg, and Frank Ocean showing their bravado by
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Baby Keem & Kendrick Lamar – The Hillbillies
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“The Hillbillies” is a collaboration between Baby Keem and Kendrick Lamar on which they go back and forth, comparing themselves to Neymar and Messi respectively. The cousins rap
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Travis Scott (Ft. Kacy Hill) – 90210
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“90210” is the 5th track from Travis Scott’s debut album Rodeo and his self-professed favorite song on the album.
“90210” is the postal code for Beverly Hills. On the track
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Tyler, The Creator – FISHTAIL
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“FISHTAIL” is an exclusive bonus track that replaces “SAFARI,” the album’s original outro, as the outro to the physical releases of CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST.
The song maintains the
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Odd Future (Ft. Frank Ocean) – White
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The thirteenth track of the Odd Future Tap Vol. 2 slows the pace a little bit, as Frank Ocean sings about his misunderstanding of what’s real and what’s not, before the beat picks
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Tyler, The Creator (Ft. Kanye West & Lil Wayne) – SMUCKERS
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After the tracklist dropped, this song was the most hyped in hip-hop circles. Tyler claims he made the beat for the first part of the song in 2011 for Watch The Throne, but he took
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Tyler, The Creator (Ft. Ty Dolla $ign & YoungBoy Never Broke Again) – WUSYANAME
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“WUSYANAME” portrays Tyler, The Creator falling madly in love with a woman he just met, shortly before finding out that she’s taken.
The song samples the legendary R&B group H-
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6ix9ine – GUMMO
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“GUMMO” was the track that introduced Tekashi 6ix9ine to a mainstream rap audience for the first time and “changed [his] life”.
The song’s title is meant to draw a comparison
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Tyler, The Creator – Tron Cat
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Tron Cat is the first leaked track from Tyler the Creator’s forthcoming Goblin
Tyler addressed it on Twitter
https://twitter.com/fucktyler/status/64472160504250369
https://twitter
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Tyler, The Creator – You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch
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On September 18th, 2018, Illumination Entertainment released their third trailer for The Grinch (to be released on November 9th, 2018.)
https://youtu.be/_UOh0UX3alI
The trailer
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Tyler, The Creator (Ft. Aaron Shaw, Austin Anderson & Samantha Nelson) – 2SEATER
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Although not in the title, it’s implied by Tyler that this is a two-part song, the second part titled “HAIRBLOWS,” in the same style of “Fish / Boppin' Bitch” from Goblin.
Tyler
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Tyler, The Creator (Ft. Domo Genesis & Earl Sweatshirt) – Rusty
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Track 14 on Tyler, the Creator’s album, WOLF, featuring Domo Genesis and Earl Sweatshirt. This song was performed live on Letterman, but the lyrics were heavily censored and Earl
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Kanye West – Yikes
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“Yikes” is a song about drugs, specifically about addiction and intoxication.
Ye alludes to hallucinogens and prescription opioids, and describes the highs that these can induce
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Pop Smoke – Got It on Me
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“Got It On Me” samples and interpolates executive producer 50 Cent’s May 2003 track “Many Men (Wish Death)” and features many of the same themes as the iconic track, including Pop
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Tyler, The Creator & A$AP Rocky – Potato Salad
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“Potato Salad” is a track released on AWGE’s AWGE DVD Vol. 3, which was released on July 23, 2018. The song was put on streaming services on September 28, 2018.
On the track, we
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USHER – Burn
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“Burn” is a song by American R&B singer Usher, released as the second single from his album, Confessions. Lyrically, the song is about breakup in a relationship.
“Burn” reached
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Ty Dolla $ign (Ft. Future & Rae Sremmurd) – Blasé
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Ty Dolla $ign teams up with Future and Rae Sremmurd on a DJ Spinz production for the second single from his debut studio album.
Ty released a video in September of 2015. Tinashe
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Young Thug – Power
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This song navigates different power struggles within Young Thug’s life. Whether he’s making money, fighting with his girlfriend, dealing with snitches, or doing drugs, he’s always
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Tyler, The Creator (Ft. ScHoolboy Q) – THE BROWN STAINS OF DARKEESE LATIFAH PART 6-12 (Remix)
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In the ninth track, Tyler brings on TDE (Top Dawg Entertainment) rapper, ScHoolboy Q to rap about everything they have in a braggadocios style of rap.
On the physical version of
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Hip-Hop Universe – Top 50 Worst Rappers - Song List (Link + Photos)
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50. Ludacris - Move Bitch / 49. Pitbull - Hotel Room Service / 48. Tyler, the creator - Yonkers / 47. B.O.B - Flatline pt = / 46. Obie Trice - Ballad Of Obie Trice / 45. D12
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Rap Genius – Ad-libs Explained
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THE RAP BOARD
You’d be surprised, but ad-libs aren’t just cool sounds – they’re deeper than rap!
Don’t annotate names please and thank you.
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Genius – Ranking Page: 50 Best Albums & 50 Best Songs of 2019
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This is the ranking page for the Best Albums & Best Songs of 2019. Annotate an album or song and tell us whether its placement is too high or too low and recommend a new spot for
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