That literally is what he’s saying

Hes roasting people for even putting a highly acclaimed project in their top 5 and assuming they clearly are just d***riding

Tyler’s never been a hip hop head

Mf used to listen to white indie s***. Probably still does

he's using it as an example bruh not everything is completely literal, conversations have context

im sayin i doubt he would ask what they liked abt NERD at all, I doubt he'd press the issue. because he likes NERD, and it's not unbelievabe to him for a kid to love NERD. but it is unbelievable to him that a kid would love Wu Tang

idk what his take on wu tang is but it seems pretty clear the dude thinks wu-tang's music is not good enough to have young kids loving it

if you watch any video of him talking about music, the convo never ends at “i like insert artist”

he’ll always talk about what he loves about it and the other party would have to reply with what they like in order for it to continue as a genuine convo.

i know tyler loves NERD but i think he knows just like we know that NERD music is niche and not for everyone’s ear, just like wu tang isn’t for everyone’s ear. so it’s hard to believe from what we’ve heard and seen from him that his brain works like “i don’t like it, so i don’t get how other people could like it”. especially given his “like what you like” movement he been pushing for a decade

that's a lot of words, and i don't even disagree w most of them

but end of the day, tyler refuses to believe that kids who say they love wu-tang are being genuine. seems like he doesn't think too highly of wu tang 🤷‍♂️

insane because so many skate and graff heads i know absolutely love wu tang or definitely went through a phase in their formative years, me included

like yeah none of us lived that life they were rapping about, but the songs became the theme to living life - grimy, dirty and kinda off kilter

speak for yourself

but if one of those kids came up to tyler on some "In Search Of... is one of the best albums ever made" just to sound cool, tyler wouldn't bat an eye.

what makes u say that i think he might press em

that's a lot of words

Lmao him saying that someone liking Pac is performative and then says he likes Jamiroquai and they came out in the same year

It’s performative if it’s rap but genuine if it’s alternative/artsy

he was doing a lot more than “upside down crosses” is probably why they bring up his lyrics. lol it’s a difference between violence/crime and talking about raping people

he's right. I consistently post the realest top 10 oat and people be glazing me cus it doesn't have some bums on there that are critically acclaimed or old and s***. who cares

Don’t know if he’s saying that’s the type of list tyler is talking about but outside of Danny brown and death grips and maybe mf doom all of those are well known albums that most people from casuals to enthusiasts would agree are among the top whatever lol. Like all of those could just genuinely be on peoples lists lol

Truthfully this is why I can’t stand hip hop tier lists done by yt people (fantano fans).

It always lists the same 5 or 6 albums from the 90s as their favorites just in different orders

Guarantee it’s gonna have DOOM, wu tang and Nas in it too

Like imagining one guy listing:

1. Nas
2. Raekwon
3. Outkast
4. Biggie
5. Wayne

And another guy going:

1. Raekwon
2. Wayne
3. Biggie
4. Nas
5. Outkast

And both of them clap for each other and pat each other on the back afterwards for having such good taste

i agree, but what he was saying was that from his perspective, he saw people say “that was too far” specifically for the religious stuff and not for his lyrics.

i’m not arguing that there isn’t a convo to be had about those lyrics being dangerous, im saying from his perspective he thought it was insane that people would let offensive or destructive lyrics across the board fly (from anyone) but get angry at the upside down cross

ofc he did get backlash for his lyrics and obviously caught bans for it. and when that happened in the moment, his argument was “y’all let eminem do it”, which you can feel whatever way about it, but he wasn’t ever saying “if y’all can be gangsta, i can be ted bundy”, the convos were always more nuanced that

personally, i was an OF stan and i consumed it on some “this is dark entertainment and none of us agree with it, just like we don’t agree with bad characters doing bad things in a movie” s***. but i also don’t think art is indefensible from criticism if it has clear potential to damage people in real life 🤷🏾‍♂️

Also these guys would pay $500 to lick a toilet seat that was once farted on by a hobo who once sat next to DOOM’s ex d*** dealer on the bus

This guy so ANTI rap bruh we get it

Whats wrong with Bury me a G by tupac

He want me to be edgy and put a personal record in top 5 just BECAUSE its personal for the shock value in it

The more I think about it, I realize I’m sometimes apologetic because I want people to approve of my music taste but low key imagine caring…

So you’re telling me a 32 year old rapper doesn’t actually like rap because he likes other music? Lmao

Simultaneously if it wasn’t for RYM or letterboxd, most people wouldn’t expand their taste beyond the newest spider verse movie or Drake

Those people are infinitely less annoying than drake Stans and this site is living proof