Goblin
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Album Summary
Goblin came into the world on May 10, 2011 — a stormy, restless record that Tyler, The Creator birthed under his own Odd Future Records imprint, making it his second studio album and a statement of full creative sovereignty. Recorded largely in the DIY tradition that defined the Odd Future collective, the album was produced primarily by Tyler himself, with contributions from Left Brain and fellow Odd Future members woven throughout. Coming off the raw, underground energy of his debut Bastard, Tyler stepped into Goblin with sharper instincts, darker narratives, and a production vision that was unmistakably, defiantly his own.
Reception
- Debuted at number five on the Billboard 200, marking Tyler's first top-ten album placement and announcing to the mainstream that something genuinely new and powerful had arrived.
- Received broadly positive critical notices, with reviewers singling out the album's ambitious production, its brooding atmospheric depth, and a noticeable leap forward in Tyler's technical command of the microphone compared to Bastard.
- The single Yonkers became a viral sensation, its stark black-and-white video spreading across the internet and serving as the commercial engine that drove the album's breakthrough moment.
Significance
- Goblin planted a flag for Tyler, The Creator as a defining voice in West Coast alternative rap, proving that provocative, psychologically complex storytelling could carry a full album without compromise or mainstream concession.
- The album's success through Odd Future Records became a blueprint for independent, collective-based hip-hop in the 2010s, demonstrating that artists could build real commercial power entirely outside the traditional label system.
- With its jagged fusion of punk aggression, soul undertow, and hip-hop architecture, Goblin helped legitimize a strain of experimental rap that would reshape the genre's possibilities throughout the decade that followed.
Tracklist
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A1 Goblin 78
6:48
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A2 Yonkers 158
4:09
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A3 Radicals 74
7:18
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A4 She 83
4:13
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B1 Transylvania 122
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B2 Nightmare 87
5:22
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B3 Tron Cat 81
4:13
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B4 Her 145
3:31
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C1 Sandwitches 152
4:51
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C2 Fish / Boppin Bitch 280
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C3 Analog 148
2:54
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C4 Bitch Suck Dick 132
3:36
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D1 Window 132
8:00
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D2 Au79 159
3:40
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D3 Golden 133
5:43
Artist Details
Tyler, the Creator is a boundary-smashing artist out of Los Angeles, California, who burst onto the scene around 2007 as the founding force behind the eclectic hip-hop collective Odd Future, bringing with him a raw, chaotic sound that blended rap, jazz, funk, and neo-soul into something the world hadn't quite heard before. Over the years, this cat evolved from the provocateur of underground rap into one of the most critically celebrated and creatively daring figures in modern music, with landmark albums like Flower Boy, Igor, and Call Me If You Get Lost earning him Grammy gold and cementing his legacy as a true artist who refuses to be boxed in. His cultural significance runs deep — Tyler didn't just make records, he reshaped what hip-hop could look like, sound like, and feel like, inspiring a whole generation of young creators to embrace their weirdness and walk their own path with unapologetic confidence.
