The Rundown: Tyler, the Creator, Wolf

Here's the skinny on the Odd Future MC's new album.

The Rundown: Tyler, the Creator, Wolf - Today, Odd Future leader Tyler, the Creator howls at the moon with his second album, Wolf. A lot's happened since his 2011 breakthrough, Goblin — hundreds of thousands of indie record sales, critical acclaim, world tours — and he addresses it all and then some throughout the album's 18 tracks. But is the new focus a good thing? Find out here, as BET.com gives you the skinny on Wolf song by song.   —Alex Gale (Photo: Odd Future/ Sony Music Entertainment)
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"Jamba" - Some of Tyler's beatmaking leap forward might come from him more wholeheartedly carrying the Neptunes' torch, who he's long cited as huge influences. Here, the synths, handclaps and vocal samples are a wonky version of Pharrell and Hugo's glory days, a perfect fit for Tyler's rhymes, which here update his old immature tropes with talk of his new success: "Four stories in my home like what the f--k's an apartment?" he asks boastfully. (Photos from Left to Right: STEVE C. MITCHELL /LANDOV, Wendy Refern/Referns)Renaissance Man - Tyler's future looks bright and the the 23-year-old plans to accomplish a lot more by the time he's 40. "I want to do films and have my name mentioned next to Wes Anderson and Quentin Tarantino. I don't want my name mentioned next to other rappers at all. [I want to be] rich as f--k, a couple films under my belt, a couple of buildings and skate parks around the world, and a kid."(Photo: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

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The Rundown: Tyler, the Creator, Wolf - Today, Odd Future leader Tyler, the Creator howls at the moon with his second album, Wolf. A lot's happened since his 2011 breakthrough, Goblin — hundreds of thousands of indie record sales, critical acclaim, world tours — and he addresses it all and then some throughout the album's 18 tracks. But is the new focus a good thing? Find out here, as BET.com gives you the skinny on Wolf song by song.   —Alex Gale (Photo: Odd Future/ Sony Music Entertainment)

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