Tyler The Creator in Toronto

“Knuck If You Buck” banged over the screams in the packed Sound Academy as Odd Future’s DJ, Taco Bennett, hit the DJ stand to prepare the crowd for the commander of Odd, Tyler the Creator himself. But the all-ages crowd, inside the Union Events concert, needed little encouragement to lose control.
With tracks spinning from artists ranging from Schoolboy Q to Jigga, the crowd attempted to jump along, but the shoulder to shoulder crowd made it difficult to even move without hitting anyone nearby, even though the venue was divided in half by barriers separating the all ages and 19+ groups. Sweaty and intoxicated before the show even started, young fans were being dragged out by security early on. Maybe they forgot it was a school night.
At a surprisingly early, quarter to nine, Tyler hit the stage wearing his own merchandise, as per usual, rocking a polka dotted GOLF tee and green hat and performing tracks from his second studio album Wolf for the first time in Toronto since its release earlier this year. His OF counterpart Jasper Dolphin accompanied him onstage to hype along throughout tracks such as “IFHY”, “Bimmer” and “Trashwang” that the crowd screamed along with. Odd Future fans are die-hard fans. It is rare to find a movement with as much of a cult following as those Cali boys and the fans didn’t let them forget it, with the nonstop deafening screams of adoration.
The show ended with a hype performance of “Tamale” as the crowd became mosh-pit material, a sea of hype hipsters flailing around to the most turnt-up song on the album as the show ended before 10 p.m. It seems Tyler cares about his young fans’ curfew.
Overall, this was not the livest Tyler has been in concert. His energy was low as opposed to other shows, and he took a long time in between tracks to talk nonsense, take pictures with lucky fans in the front row, try on sunglasses and receive gifts that fans had brought him that included some records, French Toast Crunch and… a tampon, which someone threw on stage. He spent almost half of his show addressing his fans, which for fans of the movement, was probably what they paid the ticket price to see.
But it truly was a weird night with some of the oddest, led by the frontrunner himself.

Tyler The Creator Wolf Tour Review

The young and odd came out of the woodwork to see their hip-hop hero, Tyler, the Creator, when he hit up the sold-out Toronto stop of his Wolf tour at the Opera House.
The young all ages crowd, some of which looked like they were in middle school, were decked out in their Golf Wang tees and hats, awaiting their Odd Future hero to emerge onto the creative set that was assembled on stage that included a cabin, bike and a doll’s head on a stick. During the wait, the crowd chanted “Wolf Gang” while a consistent lineup of fans waited to cop more original merchandise from the booth.
The lights went down and Odd Future DJ, Taco Bennett, came out to deafening screams and high-fived the whole front row, before turning up the crowd with a dangerously hype DJ set, spinning tracks from Chief Keef, Waka Flocka and Schoolboy Q. Things got out of hand during the set as the young crowd began a mosh pit as many Wolf Gang fans began to crowd surf. Security had to dive into the sea of people, pulling out the crying and injured who had almost been trampled by the insanity. A young boy even fell into the media pit while crowd surfing, landing on his head and cutting it open on the grate.
Just as the war scene seemed like it couldn’t get more out of hand, Tyler emerged from the side stage, rocking his usual green cap, white knee highs, golf shorts and a white GOLF tee. Accompanied by Odd Future member, Jasper Dolphin he spit tracks “We Got Bitches”, “VCR/Wheels”, “Yonkers” and “Seven” as the sold out crowd spit along to every word, religiously. With his charismatic and comedic charm and trademarked deep voice, Tyler engaged with his fans and even borrowed a fan’s sunglasses, rocking them through part of his set and returning them after jumping around the stage.
To the joy and excitement of his fans, Tyler performed tracks off of his upcoming, highly anticipated album Wolf that dropped this month. He spit full versions of “Bimmer”, “Cowboy”, “Domo 23” and “Awkward” as fans bobbed their heads, taking in every word, visibly pleased with the sound of the new project.
From start to finish, the show was full of unpredictable surprises and Tyler proved that even though he is the biggest comedian in the game, his live shows are no joke.