Just Annihilate Them" on "Bleed American" from the "Bleed For This" album. The final track is the only song on the album that was not written by Tyler, the Creator. He is credited with writing the music to "Lone" by Jhene Aiko and Mike Posner. Development Tyler said, "[...] I’ve been wanting to make a record like this for a while, since 2007 when I was a freshman in high school [...] When I was writing my album in the fall of 2008, I wrote about 80% of the album I ended up releasing. Then when I started working on the new one in 2011, I only had about 20% finished. The first half of the album is about me as a younger guy, and now the second half of the album is basically me maturing." Release and promotion The track listing and album artwork for Flower Boy were revealed on Tyler's website on November 12, 2017. Three days later, he revealed that the release date would be February 23, 2018. The first single from Flower Boy, "Boredom", was released on November 30, 2017, with a music video by Kahlil Joseph released in December 2017. Critical reception Flower Boy received positive reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 76, based on 26 reviews. The Independent called it "arguably one of the best albums of the decade." Exclaim! said the album was "overwhelming in its excellence." In his review for the album, Joe Lynch of Rolling Stone wrote: "Flower Boy isn't just a more fully realized iteration of his musical ambitions, but a crucial moment in the long evolution of rap." Jon Caramanica of The New York Times praised the album, writing: "There are plenty of moments here that will be sampled or referenced, with some success, by rappers across multiple generations. You’re also likely to hear these songs in concert, which means Mr. Tyler’s greatest and most surprising success here is how well he has captured the energy of live performance. " Track listing Notes signifies a co-producer signifies an additional producer signifies a vocal producer Sample credits "November" contains samples of "November Skies", written by Billy Steinberg and Tom Kelly and performed by Novaspace. "House Fire" contains samples of "Champions of Love", written by Michael Kamen and David Foster, and performed by Al Jarreau, and "So Long Gone", written by Robert Cray, Robert Haggins, and Larry Williams, and performed by Robert Cray. "Garden Shed" contains samples of "Be My Baby", written by Ike Turner, Bernard "Bernie" Miller, and Harvey Fuqua, and performed by Minnie Riperton, "I'll Always Love My Mama", written and performed by Luther Ingram, and "Mr. Smith", written by Carl Sigman and performed by The Strangers. "Flower Boy" contains samples of "Echoes of Love", written by Luther Ingram and Arthur Taylor, and performed by The Isley Brothers, "Let's Get It On", written by James Mtume and performed by The Brothers Johnson, "Flight #802", written by D'Wayne Wiggins, Rodrick Harrington, and Reginald "Field" Dwayne Smith, and performed by Eddie Murphy, "My Beat Is Hot", written by James Mtume and performed by The Brothers Johnson, and contains a sample of "Black Cow", written by James Mtume and performed by The Brothers Johnson. Charts References Category:2018 albums Category:Tyler, the Creator albums Category:Albums produced by Tyler, the Creator Category:Albums produced by JPEGMafia Category:Albums produced by Earl Sweatshirt Category:Columbia Records albums Category:Top Dawg Entertainment albums Category:Concept albums Category:Albums produced by Frank Dukes Category:Albums produced by Mike Dean (record producer) Category:Albums produced by Christian Petroni Category:Albums produced by Frank Dukes