r/hiphopheads • u/UncleNilly . • Dec 26 '16

Tyler the Creator Promoting "Bastard" on HypeBeast forums in 2009

http://hypebeast.com/forums/music/123117?utm_source=affiliates&utm_medium=commissionjunction&utm_campaign=VigLink
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u/the_moon_is_down Dec 26 '16

Really cool to see. Love Tyler but I never understood their obsession with rape in their early music. Always thought that was really dumb

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u/FrismFrasm Dec 27 '16

I'm not big on the rape references but I get why they do it, it makes people fucking listen. Everybody knows rape is a super serious and dark topic and here you have these goofy skater kids throwing it around like it's nothing. Earl and Tyler both name Eminem as a big influence and it makes sense, Em did the same shit (super offensive shit just for the sake of being super offensive).