And when Tyler silenced the music and told the crowd he wanted them to get hype AF on the next song, and then I heard the beat drop, I evil-eyed every white child within a 30-foot vicinity of me. But in the mouths of white folk, those lyrics take on a different meaning, don’t they? “I ain’t got tiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiime, for these NIGGERS.” They damn sure do for me. The chorus, in part, goes, “I ain’t got tiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiime for these niggas.” Typical Black people shit talking. And I was praying he wouldn’t perform “I Ain’t Got Time.” Not because I don’t love it: I bump that shit in my car because it’s a massive “fuck you” to those who work your nerves. Continuing on this line of observation, I know the words to Tyler’s songs, too. Is $40 too steep a price for them to come? Is it not cool to hit up a Tyler concert? Do they prefer Future or Migos? Where do Black teens go to be entertained? Are they, like me, looking for a more, say, “authentic” experience with Tyler that they know they won’t get a venue that herds fans? Does Tyler notice? Does he care?ĥ.

Like, I know Black kids dig Tyler’s music, right? I do. And do this really awkward performance of rapper moves while they’re singing them… lots of hand movements and chopping the air and hard knee bending and scrunched up angry faces and bouncing on the 1’s and the 3’s. Like 45 minutes outside Atlanta proper, wearing trucker hats and tight camo and way too much eyeliner and absolutely zero rhythm. Like, there were SOME Black people there, looking like pepper in milky chowder, but his audience is white kids from the ‘burbs. Despite the ticket price, the majority of Tyler’s audience was white. Note: never underestimate the cunningness of 15-year-old girls.

Totally Lila and her two girlfriends finagled seats four rows from the floor-about 20 rows ahead of where I had us sitting. I LOVE that he charged only $39 per ticket and there was no formal seating arrangements. “Find Your Wings,” “Keep Da O’s,” “Smuckers,” Glitter,” “Boredom,” “See You Again,” and “Pothole”-hell, all of his latest offering, “Flower Boy”-are my jam.Ģ.

Some observations on the Tyler the Creator concert I attended last night:ġ.

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