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EPISODE 19 - IGOR ONE YEAR REVIEW
56 minutes Posted May 28, 2020 at 9:33 am.
// “ IGOR’S THEME”
// “EARFQUAKE”
/ Marvin Gaye Here My Dear similarities
// Scum Fuck Flower Boy & Tyler The Adult
// Flog Gnaw & Top 40 Aspirations
// IGOR persona
// Favorite songs
// “A BOY IS GUN”
// “I THINK”
  // “WHAT’S GOOD” and it’s rapping and early Tyler elements
// Nas “Bye Bye Baby”
// Kanye’s influence and Yeezus
// Meaning of “The Creator” and a challenge to Tyler;’s peers
// Hubris and breakups
// “GONE, GONE/ THANK YOU”
// Moses Sumney “Bless Me (before You Go)” 
// Album playing out like a movie/ conflict is resolved before the ending
//” I DON’T LOVE YOU ANYMORE”
// Moments of maturity and detachment
// “ARE WE STILL FRIENDS?”
//  Was the end of the album a credits scene?
// Final album thoughts
// Cherry Bomb laying the foundation for IGOR
// Usher Confessions comparison
 //Tyler writing for other artists
// “EARFQUAKE” was originally written for Justin Bieber and Rihanna
// Did Prince, James Brown, Stevie Wonder have an IGOR?
// Artists creating personalities
// Escaping artistic boundaries
// Zoom and Tiktok shoutouts
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Description: 7thListen’s favorite album of 2019, Tyler The Creator’s 6th studio album, IGOR, has turned one. The continuous reveal of Tyler The Adult, IGOR finds Tyler in a blonde Anna Wintour wig and pink suit in the midst of unrequited love. Beamin and Deno discuss their favorite moments on the album, new/amplified elements in Tyler’s music, and how the IGOR alt-ego has silenced any creative box critics still might attempt to place Tyler in.
IGOR Tracklist:
1 IGOR’S THEME
2 EARFQUAKE 
3 I THINK 
4 EXACTLY WHAT YOU RUN FROM YOU END UP CHASING  
5 RUNNING OUT OF TIME
6 NEW MAGIC WAND
7 A BOY IS A GUN 
8 PUPPET 
9 WHAT'S GOOD
10 GONE, GONE / THANK YOU 
11 I DON'T LOVE YOU ANYMORE
12 ARE WE STILL FRIENDS?
**IGOR SONG TITLES ARE IN ALL CAPS**
7:26 / Marvin Gaye Here My Dear similarities
8:55 // Scum Fuck Flower Boy & Tyler The Adult
13:36 // IGOR persona
20 :45 // Later half of IGOR and developing love story
23:45 // Kanye’s influence and Yeezus
26:46 // Moses Sumney “Bless Me (before You Go)” 
28: 35// Tyler is destined for an EGOT
38:41 // Cherry Bomb laying the foundation for IGOR
41:38 // Usher Confessions comparison
48:19 // Did Prince, James Brown, Stevie Wonder have an IGOR?
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