Goblin (álbum)

"Sandwitches", featuring vocals from Hodgy Beats, is a violent song with Tyler's verse talking about killing those more fortunate than him, with Hodgy's verse discussing how he feels that all religious people, particularly Christians, are hypocritical, with him naming his mother as a leading example. "Sandwitches" was the first official song to be released as a single for the album.

The second track on the album is "Yonkers", the album's second, and most successful, single, which was the song that brought about Tyler's mainstream popularity. The song revolves around a repetitive 2 note bassline and distorted drum sounds. In addition he is talking to Dr. TC (who is his conscience) while fighting his alter ego which is Wolf Haley, contradicting every line with the verse after, such as; "Green paper, gold teeth, and pregnant gold retrievers (a bitch) all I want" then follows up with "Fuck money, diamonds and bitches don't need 'em'" The song had slight controversy surrounding it due to a violent diss to rapper B.o.B and singers Hayley Williams (of Paramore) and Bruno Mars. The controversial lyrics were "(What do you think of Hayley Williams?) Fuck her, Wolf Haley robbing 'em/ I'll crash that fucking airplane that that faggot nigga B.o.B is in/ and stab Bruno Mars in his goddamn esophagus/ and wont stop until the cops come in".[9] The song also gained praise from acclaimed rappers such as Kanye West.[10] At the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards, the "Yonkers" video won Tyler the Best New Artist award. The clip was also nominated for Video of the Year; however, it lost to the video of Katy Perry's "Firework".

The fourth track, "She", features Frank Ocean, who performs the first verse and chorus. In the song, Tyler talks about spying on the girl that he loves and about necrophilia, with Tyler wanting to "drag [her] lifeless body to the forest" and to want to then "fornicate with it". The song was the album's third single.

"Bitch Suck Dick", featuring Jasper Dolphin and Taco, is a comedy song about abusing women and making them give them oral sex, as well as forcing them to do things such as massage their shoulders and wash their dishes. At the end of the song, Tyler tells Jasper and Taco that he loves them and then shoots them. The song was released as the album's fourth single on 11 de octubre de 2011.

The album debuted at number five on the US Billboard 200 chart, with first-week sales of 45,000 copies in the United States.[11] On the week of 28 de agosto de 2011 Goblin climbed up ninety-two spots on the Billboard 200. Earlier that month the album nearly left the charts, before winning MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist.[12]

Calificaciones profesionales

Calificaciones
Fuente	Calificación
Allmusic	[1]
LA Times	[13]
Entertainment Weekly	(A-)[14]
HipHopDX	[15]
Now Magazine	[16]
The Source (revista)	[17]
PopMatters	(8/10)[18]
Rolling Stone	[19]
Slant Magazine	[20]
Spin	(8/10)[21]

Upon its release, the album received generally positive reviews from most music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 73, based on 36 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews."[22] Jon Dolan from Rolling Stone awarded Goblin 3 and a half, out of 5 stars, complimenting the album's "lush, left-field R&B-tinged tracks" along with its "early-Eminem evil" lyrics.[23] David Jeffries of Allmusic.com also gave it 3 and a half, out of 5 stars, commenting that "Tyler’s production is as attractive as ever, contrasting his disgusting rhymes and gruff voice with subdued, sometimes serene beats that echo and creep."[24] Slant Magazine critic Huw Jones, awarded the album a 4 and a half, out of 5 star rating, praising it's production and stating that "Goblin could well be one of the decade's most significant releases...a masterpiece for those capable of stomaching it."[25]

Although reviewers like Jen Long from the BBC enjoyed Tyler's lyrical "run of shock tactics reminiscent of Eminem",[26] many strongly criticized the similarity. Joshua Errett of Now Magazine Canada, said that someone should have informed Tyler that "Eminem already did this 15 years ago", giving Goblin 2 out of 5 stars.[16] Randal Roberts from the LA Times commented that the album just "presses the same button that Elvis, Johnny Rotten, Chuck D and Eminem did" and after "about 50 minutes you just want Tyler, the Creator to shut the hell up", giving it 2 out of 4 stars.[13]