Call Me If You Get Lost
| Tyler, The Creator
Call Me If You Get Lost
Call Me If You Get Lost (stylized in all caps) is the sixth studio album by American rapper and producer Tyler, the Creator. The album was released on June 25, 2021, through Columbia Records. The album is hosted by DJ Drama and features guest appearances from 42 Dugg, YoungBoy Never Broke Again, Ty Dolla Sign, Lil Wayne, Domo Genesis, Brent Faiyaz, Lil Uzi Vert, and Pharrell Williams, among others. The production was handled by Tyler, the Creator himself, with additional production contributed by Jamie xx and Jay Versace. -Wikipedia
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Pitchfork
With DJ Drama in tow, Tyler thrives in the realm of the rap mixtape, which allows him great freedom to explore every facet of his talent as a producer, writer, and vocalist.
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Medium
It’s not a perfect album, but I must say, as a fan, that I’m very happy to see a great and consistent album after the release of two albums that are very hard to beat. It doesn’t have as many remarkable hits as Flower Boy had, and it’s not as complex and strong a project as Igor’s, but it certainly shows that Tyler isn’t just a young rapper who makes inconsistent songs, he has matured and knows very well what to do with his career and how to handle criticism.
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NME
The iconoclast confronts cancel culture, his own controversial past and the notion of personal growth on a kaleidoscopic record that reaffirms his greatness.
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The Guardian
Bursts of kaleidoscopic synthpop, soul balladry and jazz sweep you through the latest offering in the artist’s eclectic, controversial and – against the odds – enduring career.
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Stereogum
Tyler was not the most obvious candidate to deliver a monument to the glory and history of hip-hop. But with Call Me If You Get Lost, he’s given the genre one of its most vital adoring tributes in recent memory. His ambitions and abilities may extend far beyond rap music, but in 2021, few artists are making better rap music than Tyler, The Creator.
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Riot Magazine
With CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST, Tyler demonstrates how intentional his artistry has become. Less provocative certainly, more conceptual no doubt, Tyler still displays quirks that will not (and should not) be smoothed out. Some moments will most likely leave the listener scratching their head–including the lyrical bunny hopping from attempts to get into Justin Bieber’s pants to racially motivated brutality in “MANIFESTO”–, but they are few and far between.
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Beats Per Minute
Call Me If You Get Lost finds Tyler freer than he was on IGOR. He’s managed to combine talents in front of and behind the mic, while amalgamating the serious personalities he used prior with the humor that trademarked his early work. He’s displaying lessons learned here – the fact that he can legitimately sing, that he can tell narrate without insulting a demographic, and that, most importantly, Flower Boy wasn’t a fluke.
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mxdwn Music
Call Me If You Get Lost is the perfect example of an artist developing. Tyler, the Creator is one of the few artists who have been successfully able to grow and develop their sound with each release. This new persona, Tyler Baudelaire, is confident, vulnerable and grateful for everything he has. So, this album is a way to express all of that by taking people on this journey he’s been on since Igor. There truly would not have been a better way to display this journey and development than through a mixtape-style format with DJ Drama as the magic touch.
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Clash Magazine
This is a record that showcases Tyler, the Creator’s continued refusal to be caged in by any set sound or genre, with references to his earlier style alongside tracks that sound completely new. Defying expectations, Tyler, the Creator continues to rise.
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The Stanford Daily
“Call Me If You Get Lost” is not only the best album of the year so far in hip-hop, but it is also one of the better hip-hop albums of the last few years. This is a special moment in time for a generational artist.
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WUSC
There is not a single song on the album that ceases to amaze me. The transition from each song is seamless and feels so effortless. It feels like you’re just listening to a continuous 52-minute song, which is what you want from an album. There’s a similar vibe to each track, but it doesn’t feel repetitive or undistinguishable. I’m really satisfied with the album as a whole and I don’t think it could have turned out any better. Another fun activity tied to this album that just became available as I’m writing this: you can create your own CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST license here. Thank you, Tyler for continuing to be creative and for constantly amazing me.
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The Line of Best Fit
Time will tell exactly where this album lands in Tyler, The Creator’s discography, but CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST is yet another memorable record from Wolf Haley himself, one that only further cements his status as one of the best artists of his generation.
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Magnetic Magazine
Tyler, The Creator embraces a quasi-mixtape format and continues to push his creativity to new heights.
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Passion of the Weiss
Call It What You Wanna Call It: Tyler Makes A Masterpiece.
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Gigwise
Each track in itself is complex, creative and multifaceted enough to deserve a full review.
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Hotpress
A near-perfect comeback from unstoppable hip-hop juggernaut.
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Hot New HipHop
Like many of DJ Drama’s most notable Gangsta Grillz mixtapes, CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST has its own identity, and it is utterly entertaining to listen to, from Tyler’s unprecedented commercial freestyle over Westside Gunn’s “Michael Irvin” to the former Odd Future artist fully embracing his past, present, and future on “SAFARI.” Tyler, the Creator — a.k.a. Wolf Haley a.k.a Flower Boy T a.k.a. Igor a.k.a Tyler Baudelaire — has a Gangsta Grillz mixtape, and if you take the time to fully listen to it, you’ll never forget it.
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Sputnik Music
The album I always wanted Tyler, The Creator to make, until he made it.
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Loud and Quiet
Where do you go after a record as good as Call Me If You Get Lost? Wherever the hell you want.
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Audioxide
CALL ME has a carefree spirit that I can’t help but gravitate towards. It isn’t as conceptual as Tyler’s previous two albums - and it certainly doesn’t strike the same emotional chords – but as an exhibition of creativity and expression it’s one of the most enjoyable listening experiences I’ve had all year.
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The Independent
The transitions between tracks are magnificent, each outro sliding virtually undetected into the next track.
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Hardwood and Hollywood
Tyler, the Creator is one of the best artists on the planet, but fails to receive the same kind of attention from other artists even in his own industry. More credit needs to be given to Tyler, the Creator.
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Since I Left You
It’s the ultimate full-circle from the line on “MASSA”, a brilliant illustration of a society that brings you back to the subdued gloom for one reason or another. Unflinchingly honest, Tyler wants you to call him if you get lost, mostly because lost is where he’s already found himself.
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Focus Hip Hop
I think this is the happiest Tyler has sounded since Cherry Bomb, and this is a much more entertaining project than that one. I also find it interesting that this album doesn’t really have a concept like most of his other projects. Honestly, to me this felt like a really polished mixtape. Shoutout to DJ Drama. He killed this shit. The album is dope. I fuck with it.
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Spectrum Pulse
it’s a really damn solid slice of genre-bending music that’s perfect for the summer, and even if it feels loose at the seams, it’s still very much worth experiencing - give it a chance, check it out!
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All Music
It proves not only an acknowledgement of his icon, but an apt parallel for CMIYGL's daring return to rap: not only does Tyler possess every ounce of the talent to square up with rap's greats, he now has confidence enough to do so.
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Surreal Resolution
All-in-all, this was a pretty entertaining album, and while it might still be in familiar territory, it didn’t go stale.
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The Needle Drop
This is how to flex.
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Evening Standard
multi-layered and fascinating as ever.
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The Washington Time
CMIYGL plays fast and loose with its subjects, relying instead on the music itself to carry listeners through. I love the flute motif that crops up here and there, finally on closer “Safari”, like the soundtrack to a classic poolside scene in a 007 movie. Tyler, the Creator continues to defy expectations. Long may that continue.
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Erie Reader
On the album's centerpiece, "MANIFESTO," Tyler reunites with Odd Future member Domo Genesis to rap about his past aggressions, current platform, and place in the current socio-political climate. If that isn't growth, I don't know what is.
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Paste Magazine
Call Me If You Get Lost doesn’t strike the same emotional resonances as Tyler’s last two LPs, but it isn’t meant to. When that piano and brass section pulsates behind Tyler on “RUNITUP,” you might think of the lingering horror orchestras that engulfed Wolf. Or when his vocal delivery on “LEMONHEAD” rushes and thrashes, you’re transported back to listening to a kid figuring himself out on Goblin. That’s the crowning achievement of this record—the way it sharply reminds every listener that the early entries in an artist’s discography are not parts of their past meant to be forgotten.
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Black Boy Bulletin
Although there’s a new character and a choir of voices other than Tyler’s that populate the record, Tyler is still the leader of this world that he’s created. He’s grown up, but he hasn’t ignored or discarded the parts of him that he’s grown out of. It’s this dedication to building on the foundation of his past instead of magically assuming a new identity that makes Call Me If You Get Lost so visionary and enrapturing.
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Mystic Sons
Progressive rapper delivers a captivating listen on sixth full-length.
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Uproxx
Tyler The Creator’s ‘Call Me If You Get Lost’ Is A Top-Level Rap Album.
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Rolling Stone
The rapper’s youthful angst makes way for more mature boasting on his excellent new album.
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The Boar
Tyler, the Creator’s ‘Call Me If You Get Lost’ is a showboating of a musician at the very height of his powers.
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Spectrum Culture
The part that wants to be a Beach Boys album ultimately triumphs over the part that wants to be a Gangsta Grillz, and the album’s probably better for it.
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Spin
Call Me If You Get Lost tours these personal and physical landscapes from the perspective of an artist for whom the world has never been more open. Though not as brash as Goblin, nor as polished as IGOR, Call Me delivers consistent performances—and the artistic leaps Tyler’s made over the past four years are palpable in the album’s most boastful and somber moments. As Tyler Baudelaire, he seems unchained from the therapy and quiet sorrows of past alter-egos, imagining only the next destination.
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