1. Genres
1.1. Jazz/soul
1.1.1. CHERRY BOMB: Find Your Wings
1.2. RnB
1.2.1. IGOR: Gone Gone/Thank You
1.2.2. FLOWER BOY: Boredom
1.2.3. CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST: Sweet/I Thought You Wanted To Dance
1.3. Alt Hip Hop: Not competing with the mainstream
1.3.1. FLOWER BOY: Garden Shed
1.4. Rachet/Gangster Hip Hop
1.4.1. CHROMAKOPIA: Thought I Was Dead, Sticky
2. Time Periods/Comparison to other Creators of the time
2.1. Comparison with other artists such as Kendrick Lamar/Kanye West
2.1.1. Less story driven naratives, more about comeuppance and creating something of oneself with kanye and a critique on society and its unfair systems with Kendrick
3. Bibliography
3.1. FLOWER BOY: a conversation:
3.1.1. Tyler, the creator (ft. jerrod carmichael) – flower boy: A conversation. Genius. (n.d.). https://genius.com/Tyler-the-creator-flower-boy-a-conversation-lyrics
3.2. Prophets Of The Hood
3.2.1. Perry, I. (2006). Prophets of the hood: Politics and poetics in hip hop. Duke University Press.
4. Main Argument
4.1. Tyler The Creator is a rare example of Hip Hop being used as a means to convey stories of love and deeper, more emotional themes to an extent that little to no other rappers achieve at such a mainstream level while maintaining the essense of what makes hip hop and the culture surrounding it.
5. Primary Sources/Artistic Inspiration
5.1. Interviews about thought/creative process
5.1.1. FLOWER BOY: a conversation
5.1.1.1. "'Cause for Cherry Bomb I purposely was like, "I don't wanna get personal at all. Like I'mma just make songs. This is all just, this is a song." And in this one I was like, "Alright, let me write down every feeling."
5.2. Lyrics from songs
5.2.1. CHROMAKOPIA: Darling, I
5.2.1.1. "Nobody can fulfill me like this music shit does so I'll be lonely with these grammys when it's all said and done,"
5.2.2. IGOR: NEW MAGIC WAND
5.2.2.1. "Don't call me selfish, I ain't sharin', This 60-50 isn't workin', I want a hundred of your time, you're mine Please don't leave me now..."
5.2.3. Flower Boy: Garden Shed
5.2.3.1. "That is where I was hidin', That is what love I was in, Ain't no reason to pretend... Truth is since a youth kid thought it was a phase, Thought it'd be gone like the phrase; "poof," gone, But, it's still goin' on.
5.3. Themes of different projects
5.3.1. IGOR
5.3.1.1. Tyler/IGOR (persona) is in love with a man who is in a current relationship with a woman, and wants him to come out to be with him all the time. Ends with a bad breakup leaving IGOR in a sad state.
5.3.2. CHROMAKOPIA
5.3.2.1. Most personal project, no alter egos, genuine thoughts and concerns about personal life, love, familial and personal relationships.
6. Secondary Sources
6.1. Reading: Prophets of the Hood
6.1.1. "First, there exist far fewer depictions of idealized romantic love, or even painful and deep romantic love, than in any other black music form. Conversely, there are far more explicit expressions of rage and more intimate expressions of psychological pain."