Tyler, The Creator - Goblin

Disturbed, Twisted, Outragously Brilliant.

As the mouthpiece and figurehead of Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All, the teenage hip-hop outfit that's courted controversy and well-nigh governed the blogosphere for the better part of two years, Tyler the Creator is facing down an especially large degree of expectation surrounding his first major-label release.

His self-released and entirely self-produced 2009 album, Bastard, made waves for its shock value, but also boasted some genuinely inspired moments that went some way toward vindicating his crew's cult following. His new album, Goblin, is a much larger platform for Tyler's polemical rants, and it will likely be the mainstream's first taste of the OFWGKTA sound.