Tyler, The Creator hit the ground running with his new album Don’t Tap The Glass. The 34-year-old rapper shared a music video for the track “Stop Playing With Me” with cameo appearances from LeBron James, Maverick Carter, and Clipse.
The visual opens with the Hawthorne, Calif. rapper sporting an all-red outfit and flanked by two speakers while dancing in a room with papers scattered all over the floor. “When I get to snappin’ like doo-wop/ Really got the juice like 2Pac/ Shawty got a strong jaw, might chew rock/ Got me comin’ out the blue like new cop,” he raps.
Later, he raps about catching a plane with Carter and James as the two appear beside him. After a quick transition, they vanish, and in comes Pusha T and Malice while Tyler raps, “Thank the gods I’m nothing like you.” The Virginia duo stood calmly, almost as if they were uninterested in the former Odd Future member dancing crazily, each time they were seen in the video. Bron and Mav, however, got some light dance moves off and did their unique handshake in their subsequent appearances. Watch the full video above.
“Stop Playing With Me” is the midway point of Tyler’s newest album, Don’t Tap The Glass. The 10-track LP has no listed features, though “Big Poe” features vocals from Pharrell and a sample of Busta Rhymes’ chorus on “Pass The Courvoisier.” Daisy World also appears on “Don’t You Worry Baby.”
Glass marks the Grammy winner’s ninth studio album, and second in under a year following Chromakopia from October 2024. It is also his second consecutive album to come out on a Monday morning. In promoting the LP, Tyler tweeted “yall better get them expectations and hopes down this aint no concept nothing” on Sunday (July 20). He also wrote that it was “made for body movement.” Listen above and see for yourself.
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