Tyler, the Creator’s “Call Me If You Get Lost” Album Download MP3 ZIP Files
Call Me If You Get Lost is the sixth album by Tyler, the Creator, an American rapper and producer. It was released on June 25, 2021, by Columbia Records.
In the 2000s, mixtapes became the most popular way for aspiring rappers to build their audience, impress critics, and prove to major labels that they have what it takes to succeed. Even established rappers used mixtapes to experiment with new ideas or bypass record labels. With the rise of file-sharing, rappers who used to offer songs to DJs for compilation-style mixtapes started headlining their shows. This allowed them to avoid the traditional way of recording demos or performing for executives in boardrooms. Many artists who became popular during the George W. Bush years gained recognition by rapping over industry beats and DJs’ excited yelps.
When digital streaming platforms made it easy to profit off of online-only releases, the term “mixtape” became a nominal term used cynically to signal which rap records were meant to be taken more seriously than others. For example, artists would use the term “debut album” to promote a new release, even though they had already released multiple albums.
Call Me If You Get Lost, which is Tyler, the Creator’s sixth or seventh album (depending on whether or not you count 2009’s Bastard), challenges the notion of mixtapes as just a careerist maneuvering by presenting it as an aesthetic tradition. It’s a nostalgic and irreverent choice that suits Tyler’s strengths. It allows him to experiment with different styles and use his gravelly voice as a texture for his songs. He can write personally and treat the harshest raps and the most delicate hooks as mad experiments gone wrong.
Call Me If You Get Lost is hosted by DJ Drama, a Philadelphia native whose Gangsta Grillz series includes some of the most influential rap records of the century. The album evokes the grittiest moments of those tapes, but it also contains shards of bright pop. At times, the album recalls In My Mind: The Prequel, the 2006 Gangsta Grillz tape by Tyler’s hero, Pharrell. Drama is at his comedic best, goading on verses or underlining Tyler’s monologues about jet-setting. He’s irresistible even when messing up the album’s title, as he does on the excellent “Hot Wind Blows,” which reunites him with Lil Wayne.
