DON’T TAP THE GLASS: Album Review

I don’t really follow Tyler on any social media, so. if it was a suprise drop for his fans! it sure was a suprise drop for me!! Apparently he made a post like a couple days in advance about the listening party for the album..ionknow i didnt see it. So I wen’t in completely blind! Well, at least as blind as you can be when he literally gives you instructions about how to listen to the album at the very beginning.

Big Poe (feat. Sk8brd/Pharrell Williams)

When he specifically said that “Leave your baggage at home” in the intro section was like Oh! this is his GNX! – and not just cus it’s another west side rap album with good songs on there – he did his big concept album where he got a little vulnerable, and now he just wanted to release a banger!

And I was kinda right!! Like he says in the intro, he wants you to get up off ur ass, move, and have a good time! And very specifically – don’t just look at ur phone the whole time (aka don’t tap the glass screen) (is what i assumed that meant…?)

I don’t have a lot to say about the track really. It’s a good start to the album. I imagine the guys at the listening party getting down to this 🕺This is for the guys at the club to feel really hard (😛💦) and for Tyler fans to be like “omg!!! hes edgy again!!”. The only thing is that Pharrells vocals are mixed so different from Tylers it pisses me off a little when I listen lol. But it’s kind of an unnecessary thing to complain about when his usual production style is intentionally unpolished. Also he sounds a little goofy and I appreciate that.

I like crew-necks, polos and chinos! 🤓

Overall a good time. ALSOOO the jump sample. If you want to know when I started moving, that was the part.

Sugar On My Tongue

Yesssss another Tyler song about eating pussyyyyy 😼😻!!!!!!!!

As soon as the song started I think I said. out loud. “Oh, Rihanna?” out loud outside where people were sitting around me. But he validated me as soon as he started singing “eh eh” like in Umbrella.

If the previous song was for the fans who like Hard Tyler this was for me who likes a GOOD TIMEEE! and I genuinely do not give a crap about his bad singing cus the instrumental literally sounds like driving down rainbow road and doing a little trick on one of the jumps

like sugar on my ……… TONGUE!

It ended up being one of my favourite tracks from the album. Probably mostly cus I like pop music,, but the club is not jumping if the girls aren’t dancing !!💃

Sucka Free

This is such a driving down the roads of California in the convertible with the roof down and the palm trees in the back and the sun is HOT and also it’s a GTA loading screen song.

Didn’t I clock the vibes immediately? Yeah I did. LISTEN when I do my little song reviews, I’m not gonna be pointing out genre influences like all music can be effectively put in one or two boxes. I feel like that’s such a waste of time? (sorry anthony fantano idk what any of the words you’re using to describe the song mean and i can literally just listen to it myself)

Sorry for getting sidetracked there. This is a good song 🙂 👍

And sorry for holding up the gender binary here. but this is like the boy version of the last song haha. Like that song is for driving in Mario Cart, this one is for driving A Car on The Road. I like the chorus, it’s super catchy, and I think I’d listen to it on days where I want to feel like a baller that has it all together.

“You the type to buy a chain before some furniture couch” YEAH COULDN’T BE ME (my room isnt big enough for a couch) (my bed is twin size) (i have 2 parcels of Things™ and Stuff™ coming in the mail)

Okay we can’t ALL be rich and famous, but this song is to remind suckers like me that there are priorities in life right? That there are things worth being aspirational for!! LOCK IN…. or .. just enjoy the song and feel like you’ve got it all together 😌

Mommanem

Okay so a little detour from the previous vibe, yet- we like it!

At the start of the track he does that rythmic breating thing – idk what else to call it, and it really reminded me of st.chroma

I feel like a lot of elements in this album are pretty self referential – but not in a way where you feel like the artist is constantly reminding you like “yeah i did that!!! do you remember!! remember when i made that thing you like?”. I just kinda get the feeling that this is Tyler the Creator so of course he’s gonna make music that sounds like Tyler the Creator ??😭

Also this track is so hype, it makes a good setup for the next track

Stop Playing With Me

While I was listing to the album I was trying to guess what the single would be. To be honest I didn’t expect it to be this one! In an album full of crowdpleasers, this didn’t really feel like one? It wasn’t an immediate Like for me, but I think it does its job if I ever wanna feel a little dangerous.

Also, I think the first or the second time I listened, I had liked Mommanem and was surprised when this didn’t immediately play afterwards. HELLOOO This track is 2 minutes and 13 seconds long. If this and Mommanem weren’t split up, they would literally not even be 3 and a half minutes long!!!! STOP PLAYING WITH MEEE

Ring Ring Ring

guys he stopped playing.

As soon as the instrumental to this hit I was like DAAAMNNN

YES YES YES we got 911 / Mr. Lonely part twooooooooo!!!!!! I feel like spiritually both Kali Uchis and Frank Ocean are on this song… hiding …. somewhere……

I don’t have a whole lot to say other than the fact that this is a banger, I love that 70s(?) synth sounding like it genuinely came from Michael Jackson’s Off The Wall (and maybe it did???????idk i heard someone say it but maybe they just lied lmao?) AND. that I think it’s my favourite <3

Don’t Tap That Glass / Tweakin

I was about to start shaking ass and then he changes the song.

Let me just say that my favourite lines: the ozempic one and hee hee. like i kid you not, i think i mostly added this to the likes cus the ozempic line – and ITS NOT EVEN LIKE REVOLUTIONARY OR ANYTHING I JUST LIKED IT THAT MUCH

and the fact that after that you bring it back bring it back and back it up

Other than that, the eerie piano reminded me of like a video game battle theme and… im so sorry for this… hamilton cabinet battle #1 PLEASE just send that red bar to the beginning, hear the piano, then play this

obviously its hamilton and lin manuel miranda based it off rab battles and thats just unfortunate because im a norwegian white girl and now this is what i think of if i hear an eerie piano 😔 But also my pokemon is low in health we should do something… nvm im busy breaking it down rn

Don’t You Worry Baby (feat. Madison McFerrin)

So. Funs over. My least favorite track is here.

It’s not even that bad really… but this singer has such a gorgeous voice, but it’s just a TEENSY bit off key or something from the beat – probably because it changes a little bit?

And I already hear you booing me: “Oh, but you thought Tyler’s singing was okay earlier!” WELL SUGAR ON MY TONGUE HAD A MARIO CART BEAT. This instrumental is pretty relaxed and pulled back compared to the other tracks, so the singing is the only thing you pay attention to. Additionally. I’m asleep. zzzzzzzzz. the credits are rolling and im about to leave the theatre even though there are 2 tracks left.

I’ll Take Care of You (feat. Yebba)

I must have drifted off and fell asleep. Is what I thought when this song started. Luckily this one is a dream compared to the previous song 🙏 Tyler took a break and just decided to be a dj for a second. and it’s so funny when he just sloooowly fades in Knuck If You Buck.

He also just decides to break it down adding in some drum and bass and it genuinely feels like going on a journey. At this point I was kinda wondering where the hell tyler went tho. like is he gonna come back?? what is he up to?

And then knuck if u buck plays again and idk i just have a giggle.

This track kinda reminds me of what Bo Burnam did in the end of “what”, where he just stops talking entirely

Tell Me What It Is

So I did watch (half asleep) Anthony Fantano’s reaction to the album – don’t worry though, it was a while after my third listen. But he was so right when he said that it sounded like a Gorillaz beat. Can’t unhear it now.

Anyways it seems I simply can’t escape the slightly out of tune singing on a slow and dreamy beat. And I’m like. Didn’t the credits already roll???

And then at the end he’s just “WhY cANt I FINd looOOOve!!?” and i can’t tell if he’s serious cus why are we heartbroken at the end of the album after knuck if u buck!?!? why are we crying in the shower now?? what happened to leave your baggage at home!!?

I don’t hate it that bad. But you can probably tell that the album started falling off at the end for me there.

⋆˚࿔ Final Thoughts 𝜗𝜚˚⋆

So we’ve finally arrived at the end. Dang this blog post ended up kinda long T_T im tired from writing…. sorry, ur probably tired from reading too…. TY FOR READING 🫶

This is a “short album”, because it is only 9 and a half tracks long. But I’m used to kpop mini albums being 4 tracks + an intro long so,,, if I get more than 6 I’m usually well fed!

Still, I think a lot of people felt satisfied with the album length – it does feel pretty complete. And I like when artist don’t feel like they have to hit a certain length just to make it a full album. And the result of just sticking to your artistic vision is usually that the banger% increases 📈

And it did! In the end 8/10 tracks ended up on my liked songs list. But let’s be honest that’s more like 7,5/9,5. So the banger% is actually 79% ☝️🤓 That’s a good album though!! actually. I’d say it’s a very good album! I’m definitely listening more to this than I was to Chromakopia (that being said 2024 was a stacked year for music)(and 2025 is a DROUGHT).

I’ll figure out a good rating system for music. cus obviously banger% is gonna get lower the more songs you have. I think for now I’m comfortable giving it a 7+/10 overall? Maybe banger% is accurate for this length lol.

The reason for my rating this time is that I could usually feel/point out some elements I didn’t like with some tracks, and none of the songs moved me to my core, they mostly just made me move.

maybe ill post on aoty or rym idkkk those places scare me