What song made you into a Tyler fan?
Sorry if this question has been asked a plethora of times. I’m kinda bored and just curious. Most people on this subreddit obviously love Tyler. However I’m curious as to what song gravitated you to him?
For me personally, I got into Tyler through his feature on “Trouble On My Mind” by Pusha T. I listened to his part when I was in 5th grade and loved it. From there I listened to songs like “Yonkers” and for a few weeks that was genuinely my favorite Tyler songs. Then I listened to “Boredom”, “911 / Mr. Lonely”, and “Colossus”. I think these two songs for years and even today honestly are still some of my favorites. Of course as the years passed I listened to him more and more, and found songs I loved more. However at the time these songs resonated with me most as someone who was kinda well…lonely and in 5th Grade probably in my most rebellious stage since my parents divorced and I was leaving the school (that at the time) was my only way of making friends who would pay me any attention since my parents used to work until like 8-9 PM. And these songs felt like they were speaking to someone like me in a way. Even well I did have friends, I felt like I was the only one of my kind in a sense. Like a different creature compared to everyone else. Nowadays I cringe on these days, however I will always be thankful for Tyler’s art resonating to someone like me. And nowadays I’m in way better shape than I was, and can appreciate these songs on a more surface and deeper level.
However to make it simple, I think it was truly his feature on “Trouble On My Mind” that propelled my love for him, since if I never listened to song I probably wouldn’t have listened to Tyler until years later. However “Yonkers” that sold me onto Tyler as an artist.