Wolf // Tyler, The Creator

If you care about modern hip-hop there's a high chance you went through an Odd Future phase. Tyler released this album when everyone had their eyes on Odd Future. I personally have fond memories of going to my comm tech class in eleventh grade and posting up by the computer watching Loiter Squad videos on YouTube, and when the "Domo23" video came out all my classmates gathered around and we watched it as a class.

I remember I was very excited for the release of this album and I would spend time watching interviews with Tyler where he would claim the album was trash. His idea was to leave a low standard for the album so listeners would go in without any high expectations, that way even if the album didn't end up getting good ratings people wouldn't be disappointed and the album wouldn't be overhyped.

Tyler has been known to be the type who doesn't care for the opinions of others and that is very prominent in this project, this album is very much Tyler's own sound and doesn't live within the boundaries of modern rap. With a strong jazz influence, this album is very different from other modern rap albums, give it a shot if you're unafraid of an Odd experience.