Bastard (album)

Bastard is the debut studio album by Tyler, The Creator of OFWGKTA. The album was entirely self-produced and was first released December 25, 2009.^[2][3]

Background

Throughout the album, Tyler speaks to a character named Dr. TC, who acts as Tyler's therapist and guidance counselor. During the title track, Dr. TC hints at Tyler's second and third albums (2011's Goblin and 2012's Wolf, respectively) to be additional sessions with him. The songs "Odd Toddlers" and "Slow It Down" were previously released on The Odd Future Tape. A chopped and screwed version by Mike G also exists and was released online.^[4] On the one year anniversary of its original release, the song "Session" was updated, replacing Brandun DeShay's verse with one by Mike G, after Tyler's falling out with DeShay. Tyler plans on re-releasing Bastard in a remastered physical form through their up-and-coming record label Odd Future Records.^[1]

Reception

Bastard was ranked 32nd on Pitchfork Media's list of the Top 50 Albums of 2010,^[5] while the single "French" was ranked 61st on Pitchfork Media's list of the Top 100 Tracks of 2010.^[6]

Track listing

Samples

• "Odd Toddlers" contains a sample from "Huit Octobre 1971" By Cortex
• "Jack and the Beanstalk" contains a sample from "What More Can I Say" by Jay-Z

References