Coming off of one of my favorite album rollouts in recent years, Tyler, The Creator is back again with his eighth studio album titled “CHROMAKOPIA.”

Being released after my favorite album of his, “CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST,” I expected a lot from this album. In addition, the singles and snippets the fanbase has heard also got me quite excited for the record. All things were pointing in the direction of this album being absolutely amazing.

To see if it truly is good as I wished it to be, let’s get into the review of the album.

First as always, Tyler’s performance on the project. The first thing that sticks out like a sore thumb is his versatility across the 14-track record.

This album is like if you were to compile all of Tyler’s past projects all into one. It has the rapping aspect from “Wolf” and “CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST.” It has the more cheerful vocals from “Flower Boy” and “IGOR.” Most importantly, it has the experimental feel of “Cherry Bomb.”

In just the first four tracks, from “St. Chroma” to “Darling, I,” you get all of these subgenres. You get even more of this later in the album with tracks like “Sticky,” which is the loudest track with its abrasive vocals and “Thought I Was Dead,” which showcases Tyler boasting through his raps because he avoided cancel culture his entire career. Then you get to “Like Him,” which offers the softest vocals so far on the album as Tyler speaks on the subject matter of him not having his father in his life and finding out the fact that it’s his mother’s fault for shooing him away, which was the complete opposite of what Tyler had believed up to this point.

The versatility that Tyler shows all over the album shows how great his artistry is.

As for the features, while we did not get Frank Ocean and only got a single word from Baby Keem, I was pleasantly surprised with how great most of them are.

I can’t believe that I’m saying this, but I even found some positives from Sexyy Red’s verse off of “Sticky.” One of the best verses on the album also comes from “Sticky,” this being Lil Wayne’s verse. Nothing exactly stands out from the rest of the verses, but I just enjoy how he goes to an acapella at the end of the verse with the instrumental at a minimum.

A couple other great features comes from Teezo Touchdown’s addition on “Darling, I” and ScHoolboy Q’s verse off of “Thought I was Dead.” Throughout “Darling, I,” Teezo shows off his beautiful vocals throughout Tyler’s multiple verses as well as the post-chorus near the end of the song. The best feature, while close to Wayne’s, is ScHoolboy Q’s. He matches the chaotic nature of the track and made sure to bring his best self for this song. Overall, the features all over the record were great.

When listening to a project from Tyler, you’re to expect great production all around the board. This is thankfully no different when it comes to “CRHOMAKOPIA.” With the experimental soundscapes coming from “Cherry Bomb,” I was sure to enjoy most of the tracks here simply for their instrumentals.

The first song that comes to mind when thinking about this sound is “Rah Tah Tah.” With the extra vocals tying in with the production, it’s no secret that the track is a hit to me.

I also find myself coming back to “Sticky” a lot for its instrumental. It sounds like a highschool band is playing the different instruments you hear, and I absolutely love it. A song that it reminds me of is Tech N9ne’s “Drill Team,” which is another song that I love for its production.

For my last example of great production, we have “Balloon.” While it’s quite simple when breaking it down, it still sounds so good. The cheerful instrumental along with the pop-like sounds we get from Tyler and Doechii makes for a wonderful sounding track to round off the album.

Like I stated before, the versatility that Tyler showcases is amazing. This makes for an easy, enjoyable listening experience from front to back. It allows the album to have the chance to never get old for some listeners. The album is also on the shorter side track-wise at only 14 tracks. This makes for a digestible album which is very much needed nowadays. Yes, I’m looking at you Destroy Lonely, with your 31-song deluxe album.

Although I have made the album seem great, it’s not amazing in many regards. I did quite enjoy Tyler’s performance on most tracks, but there are a few tracks that I find myself skipping every now and then. They’re not back at all, I just would rather listen to other songs on the record. Same goes for a few of the features, like GloRilla’s verse on “Sticky.” I sit through it to listen to the rest of the song, but I certainly do not enjoy it. These inconsistencies bring the overall album down a bit for me.

With this being said, “CHROMAKOPIA” is a 7 out of 10 for me.