The first phase of Tyler, the Creator Chromaticity opens in the middle of a bad dream. If Call me if you get lost it's been a victory lap celebrating his titanic success with luxurious swagger, then “NOID” — the first full song from the upcoming album — takes a sharp turn the other way with his own twisted version of Rockwell's “Someone is watching me.” All around the walls close in: The specimen, from a 1977 song from Zambian rock band Ngozi Family, brings more than cut guitar riffs. The drum beats like a metronome in a Twilight Zone episode. The kinetic voice sample creeps in like a nagging thought. It's a nice marriage of Tyler's rock-rap sensibilities, with the guitar vamps punctuating frantic, panicked bars that feel like he's losing control with every syllable. Everywhere he turns, the panopticon of celebrity stares back. “Triple check if I locked the door/I know every creak on the floor/Motherfucker I'm paranoid,” he growls, eerily reminiscent of the spitting version of Tyler. Wolf or Cherry Bomb: I can't find peace, checking under the bed and down every hallway for real or imagined monsters.
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