for it. I agree that it is pretty turnt, and somehow we find ourselves in a conversation about Raisin Bran. I explained how I don’t see regular Raisin Bran in the stores, and his face goes stone cold. With as much disgust as possible, he denounces the cruch-less version saying, “The plain versions for adults.” Coming from a young adult, the statement was priceless, and we were both cracking up.
We migrate yet again to his den and marvel at the fact that he’s made an album. Even he’s giddy about the whole experience while still being completely serious about his craft. “This is my first album, so I took it really personal. I took it very seriously; I had to sit down and write, no bull shit.” When questioned on if he has solidified his sound, he replies, “I don’t think I have yet to be honest; I’m never satisfied.”
I’m now thinking that although this is the same person I sat down with in April, he has actually grown into his own person. Although many might argue against it, it is important to focus on yourself sometime, and it was obvious that he had been doing that recently. The album was played a major part in Tyler’s split with Nova Klan. “It was inevitable,” he told me, turning on the xbox. “It wasn’t supposed to happen, but it ended up happening. That’s all I rapped about; I felt disrespected. I felt like nobody. The music can explain it so much better than I can because I never intended to leave Nova Klan. It was a healing process. It was therapeutic to hear the whole album complete though.”
While flipping through Netflix, we go on and on about relationships because they were key to the making of Mr. Nobody. “Relationships play a big part in the album. My life and how its goin. It’s better than when I was writing the album. It’s crazy how shit happens in weeks. It got better throughout the album.” He revealed that he recorded the album in merely two weeks, and it meant a lot to him.
Then thinking I would get a typical response from Tyler, I prompted him to describe the album to any future fans. But of course he replied with, “Listen to the album, shit. I don’t know about that shit. It’s basically like this. This is a perfect example. You recording this? Explaining my music is like me looking in the mirror at myself. I see what I look like, but I don’t know how the world sees me. We’ll never know how we look from someone else’s eyes. So I’ll never know how my music makes another person feel or what it sounds like to them.”
I think I follow what he’s saying so I prompt him again, comparing his music to his baby. He chuckles, saying, “Yeah. Everyone thinks their babies are cute, but there’s some ugly ass babies out there.”
All I can say is, “For real.”
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