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Don't Tap the Glass

Tyler, The Creator

Don't Tap the Glass

Ninth album from the Los Angeles-based Odd Future rapper featuring guest appearances from Pharrell Williams (under both his name and his alias Sk8brd), Madison McFerrin and Yebba

ADM rating[?]

7.1

Label
Columbia
UK Release date
21/07/2025
US Release date
21/07/2025
  1. 8.5 |   Paste Magazine

    The Kentucky singer-songwriter unleashes his inner oddball on his much-anticipated seventh album, talking a lot of shit, and singing about hunting, addiction, the Bhagavad Gita, and koalas with syphilis
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  2. 8.3 |   Consequence Of Sound

    With this album, Tyler is grabbing us by the shoulders to convince us to live as though no one’s watching. He’s trying to keep us moving and off of our phones, even if it’s for just 29 minutes at a time
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  3. 8.0 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    Tyler, The Creator offers a fun, rangy set on DON'T TAP THE GLASS
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  4. 8.0 |   The Guardian

    The soul-searching of last year’s Chromakopia is expelled – for the most part – by half an hour of early 80s rhythms and slick one-liners with the IDGAF attitude of his early years
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  5. 8.0 |   NME

    His ninth record is a surprise drop and a crate-digging party project that favours feel over formula
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  6. 8.0 |   musicOMH

    On hedonistic form on his ninth studio album, is he now the most interesting figure in modern rap music?
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  7. 7.7 |   Pitchfork

    Tyler’s ninth studio album is a brisk, single-minded, and snappy dancefloor romp. He skitters through electro, synth-funk, disco, and Miami bass not to reinvent himself, but to get lost
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  8. 7.0 |   Rolling Stone

    The 28-minute Don’t Tap the Glass feels like an entertaining pit stop on the way to something bigger
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  9. 7.0 |   Clash

    As palate cleansers go, ‘DON’T TAP THE GLASS’ does its job: a mash-up of shrewd and slinky dancefloor capers that dials back the conceptual overload, hits the reset button and revels in fun
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  10. 6.0 |   The FT

    The Californian rapper’s ninth solo album is even more unexpected than usual
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  11. 4.0 |   Slant Magazine

    The album unfolds like a Pinterest mood board of regional dance subcultures
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