Tyler, the Creator’s ‘Don’t Tap The Glass’ Trades Introspection for a Low-Stakes, Seriously Fun Dance Party: Album Review

Tyler, the Creator isn’t exactly a “spell it out” kind of guy, but he made an exception for his new song “Big Poe.” On Monday morning, after years of indulging in blonde bob wigs and cockroach-eating cryptics, the 34-year-old used the track’s opening words to issue an unambiguous command to fans and critics who are surely waiting to dissect his latest mosaic: “No sitting still… dance, bro.” It’s a mandate that’s easy to follow with “Don’t Tap the Glass,” a meticulous yet deliberately low-stakes new album that skips through the Black dance music diaspora with jittery electricity and his customarily quirky ingenuity. Light on introspection, but heavy on ‘80s

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