Key Takeaways:

• Tyler, The Creator marked the one-year anniversary of CHROMAKOPIA with a deluxe version titled CHROMAKOPIA+.
• The bonus monitor “Mother,” beforehand vinyl-only, is now out there on streaming with a brand new opening verse.
• Tyler adopted the unique album’s launch with DON’T TAP THE GLASS.

Tyler, The Creator’s CHROMAKOPIA turned one on Tuesday (Oct. 28). To have fun the primary anniversary of his eighth studio album, the rapper dropped a deluxe version — fittingly titled CHROMAKOPIA+ — which lastly brings “Mother” to streaming platforms.

For these unfamiliar, the track was beforehand solely out there on the restricted check urgent of the LP’s vinyl. Unlike the unique, the streaming model of “Mother” arrived with a wholly new opening verse from Tyler. “Lennox where the brown boys at / I can’t go over there / Del Aire where the white boys at / I don’t live over there,” he raps.

As its title suggests, “Mother” is devoted to Tyler’s mother, Bonita Smith. See the brand new cowl and provides it a hear beneath.

CHROMAKOPIA was a large success for Tyler. The undertaking debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart regardless of being launched on a Monday. It housed “Like Him,” the Daniel Caesar-assisted “St. Chroma” and the posse minimize “Sticky,” which introduced collectively GloRilla, Sexyy Red and Lil Wayne. The Golf Wang founder additionally wrote and produced the 14-song effort himself.

The LP spawned Tyler’s “CHROMAKOPIA: THE WORLD TOUR,” throughout which he launched DON’T TAP THE GLASS. It could very nicely have been the final time followers might see him on the street for some time. Near the tip of the trek, the “Noid” rapper admitted he was fascinated about taking a “very, very long break.”

“I’m excited to go home and think about if I’ll ever really tour again because I’m not f**king 20 no more,” Tyler told the crowd. “I can’t lie to y’all, I’m at that part of my life where, man, I’ve done enough.” That mentioned, followers will get at the least yet one more reside efficiency when he headlines subsequent month’s Camp Flog Gnaw. Other acts on the invoice embrace Doechii, A$AP Rocky, Teezo Touchdown and Earl Sweatshirt.