Call Me If You Get Lost Deluxe, The Estate Sale Review: The End of a Luxurious Era

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Call Me If You Get Lost Deluxe, The Estate Sale Review: The End of A Luxurious Era 

By Dylan Barbee

Image provided by @feliciathegoat on Instagram

Release Date: 3/31/2023

Nearly two years after dropping his album Call Me If You Get Lost, genre-shifting artist Tyler, The Creator has released its deluxe The Estate Sale. The deluxe album offers a glossy blend of Tyler’s confident persona boasting about his lavish lifestyle with a refreshing introspective outlook on his own upbringing in the rap industry. 

The Estate Sale consists of seven new songs that span across 24 minutes and includes features from artists Vince Staples, A$ap Rocky, DJ Drama and YG. Production contributions come from Madlib on the song “WHAT A DAY” and Kanye West on “HEAVEN TO ME”. Every other song was produced and arranged by Tyler, The Creator himself. 

The Call Me If You Get Lost era was remembered for its liveliness as Tyler, The Creator boasted about his luxurious lifestyle and his ability to travel anywhere he wanted all while rocking a baby blue fur Ushanka and romanticizing about a secret lover who was in another relationship. The Estate Sale somewhat carries the same cocky tone. In the opening track “STUNTMAN” featuring Vince Staples both artists brag about the different ways they show off their wealth whether it be owning a vast collection of luxurious automobiles or owning several multi-million dollar homes. Songs like “DOGTOOTH” and “BOYFRIEND, GIRLFRIEND” have the same upbeat and light-hearted production style we heard during the Call Me If You Get Lost era.

Listeners of Tyler, The Creator know that he has followed a pattern throughout his career of dropping a new album every two years. With this surprise deluxe album I could understand why fans may be worried that this deluxe may break that tradition. However, I do not think this deluxe album will replace his plans for the rest of this year as there is a clear buildup of a new era approaching implemented within The Estate Sale and its visuals on YouTube. Tyler, The Creator has become an icon through creating and bringing to life alter-egos all while remaining true to himself. On The Estate Sale Tyler, The Creator begins to reveal a more reflective, mature, and introspective side of him which validates some of the songs on this deluxe to be some of his best yet.

The song “HEAVEN TO ME” is bittersweet as Tyler, The Creator elucidates how appreciative he is to have the opportunity to be where he is today, offering his gratitude to his loyal fans, friends, family and life itself. I respect how he brings to light his desire to raise a loving family of his own one day and to live a peaceful life with good health. Not only does he talk about his goals for the future but near the end of the track he uses a nostalgic tone reminiscing on his teenage years and comparing him chasing a dream and building the music group Odd Future to feeling like heaven. It’s a beautiful song with an uplifting message; life can be wonderful.

“SORRY NOT SORRY” is Tyler’s final song on The Estate Sale. The 32-year-old rapper acknowledges some of the relationships he has put on hold, risked ruining, or completely abandoned while on his journey to success. Tyler apologizes to his little sister for not having a close relationship with her and apologizes to the men he had to hide as well as the women he had lied to when it came to the struggles with his bisexuality. It’s a song where Tyler is brutally honest about his altering behavior throughout his entire career. The song ends with Tyler dissing people who call him arrogant and believes they only say that because they can’t relate to moments of feeling accomplished like he has. Tyler may apologize a lot in the song but based on the title and his tone towards the end he probably wouldn’t change anything he did. Without the path he took, he would not be at the level of success he is at today. 

Tyler, The Creator also directed the music video for “SORRY NOT SORRY”. In the music video, all of Tyler’s alter egos from the different eras of his career are shown within the same frame. It takes a dark turn when a new version of Tyler, The Creator who is shirtless and wearing charcoal colored dress pants slowly causes these alter egos to disappear from the frame. In the end, this new alter ego beats Tyler Baudelaire (The Call Me If You Get Lost alter ego) to death clearly signifying a start of a new era. Tyler has always been effective at finding new ways to be innovative when it comes to his art. I believe the portrayal of all his alter egos in this music video will become an iconic moment when looking back at the trajectory of his career.  

All of Tyler, The Creator’s alter egos being portrayed within the “SORRY NOT SORRY” music video. The video was directed by Tyler Okonma and can be watched on YouTube. (Dylan’s Deep Dives/ Dylan Barbee)

Overall, The Estate Sale is flawless and an exceptional finale to the Call Me If You Get Lost era. Tyler, The Creator clearly has more personal matters to reflect on as The Estate Sale smoothly transitions into new beginnings for the generational phenomenon. 

Rating: 9.5/10