Just a few days after announcing their new album, Tyler, the Creator dropped “Don’t Pap The Glass” Early on Monday morning.
The rapper’s ninth record contains 10 tracks with titles including “Big Poe”, “Sigh Free”, “Stop Playing with Me” and “Don’t Tap That Glass/Tweakin,” and watches in 28 minutes and 30 seconds. The opening track “Big Poe” seems to contain Pharrell Williams In addition to Samla Busta Rhymes’ 2001 track “Pass the Courvoisier Part II”, which contained Williams and Diddy.
Tyler announced the album on Friday night with the launch of Merch on his Golf Wang website. He also called out the album title while talking about the audience in New York City, and the fans noted that an instillation both inside and outside the arena contained a depiction of the rapper from the album cover entitled Emblazoned at the enclosure.
As it turns out, Tyler had gesture against the album with an Easter egg during his recent shows. In a Brooklyn performance, a camera focused on a box of discs that Tyler sorted through them, and fans noticed only after the disc’s announcement that “Don’t Tap The Glass” was part of the party.
Tyler had also teased on social media during the past week that something would come on Monday, even if the fans were unclear what it would be.
“Don’t Pap The Glass” follows last year’s “Chromakopia”, which similarly arrived without long roll. In October, the record, which fell in October just two weeks after the announcement, contained guest performances from Doechii, Childish Gambino and Lil Wayne, and was accompanied by a “Chromakopia” tour that is currently moving around the world. Tyler recently wrapped a four-night run in New York City with plans to touch in Japan, South Korea and Thailand before being packed in the Philippines September 20-21.
Listen to “Don’t Pap the Glass” below: