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Closing out this era, CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST (2021) felt like Tyler reconciling all his past selves. It is the "travel album." Channeling the gravelly-voiced host DJ Drama, Tyler delivered his best pure rapping to date over luxurious, globe-trotting beats (reggaeton on "WUSYANAME," grime on "LUMBERJACK"). This was Tyler, now 30, comfortable in his wealth and skill. He wasn't angry anymore; he was confident. The album’s tagline—"Sir Baudelaire"—captured the vibe: a scarf-wearing, passport-stamping playboy who still cries over ex-lovers in a Paris hotel room. Looking at Tyler’s discography from Bastard (2009) to CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST (2021) is to watch a caterpillar burn its cocoon multiple times. He started as the kid the internet loved to hate and ended as the coolest, weirdest, most honest artist of his generation. He proved that growing up doesn’t mean selling out—it means learning to say "I love you" instead of "I’ll kill you."
Few artists in modern music have undergone as radical and public a transformation as Tyler Gregory Okonma, better known as Tyler, the Creator. From his 2009 emergence as the shock-value ringleader of the alternative hip-hop collective Odd Future to his 2021 coronation as a Grammy-winning, genre-defying auteur, Tyler’s discography is a masterclass in artistic growth. Spanning just over a decade, his work evolved from lo-fi, homophobic rage-raps to lush, jazz-inflected meditations on loneliness, love, and self-acceptance.
Here is a breakdown of Tyler, the Creator’s discography from . The Birth of a Goblin (2009–2011) Key Projects: Bastard (2009), Goblin (2011)
Cherry Bomb is Tyler’s experimental mess—and he’d admit it. With blown-out distortion and jarring tempo shifts (the gorgeous "Fucking Young / Perfect" followed by the abrasive title track), Tyler deliberately alienated fans who wanted Goblin 2.0 . It was a necessary detour.
IGOR was a lightning rod. Abandoning rapping entirely for much of the album, Tyler sang through a heavy vocoder filter, crafting a "neo-soul opera" about a toxic, unrequited love triangle. Featuring Kanye-esque production with funk basslines (courtesy of bassist Thundercat), IGOR was weird, messy, and heartbroken. Despite having no traditional radio singles, it debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and won Tyler his first Grammy for in 2020. With IGOR , Tyler proved he was no longer a rapper—he was a composer. The Mature Don (2021) Key Project: CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST
Wolf acts as the bridge. Here, Tyler began trading horror for heartbreak. The album is a surreal, semi-autobiographical summer camp love triangle (featuring characters Samuel, Wolf, and Salem). Production-wise, it was his first "beautiful" album—saxophones, smooth chords, and the first hints of the neo-soul he would later master. Tracks like "IFHY" (I Fucking Hate You) and "Answer" replaced shock with emotional vulnerability. While still rough around the edges, Wolf proved Tyler could write a melody, not just a threat. Key Projects: Cherry Bomb (2015), Flower Boy (2017)
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