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<blockquote data-quote="UPROXX" data-source="post: 15838" data-attributes="member: 81"><img src="https://uproxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/tyler-the-creator.jpeg?w=1024&amp;h=436&amp;crop=1" alt="Tyler The Creator AMAs Performance 2021" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Getty Image<a href="https://uproxx.com/music/five-artists-who-can-replace-kanye-west-as-coachella-headliner/" target="_blank">Tyler The Creator</a> is riding high at the moment. He just won his second Grammy award thanks to a win in the Best Rap Album category for his sixth album <a href="https://uproxx.com/music/tyler-the-creator-call-me-if-you-get-lost-review/" target="_blank">Call Me If You Get Lost</a>. It makes for his second Best Rap Album win following his <a href="https://uproxx.com/music/tyler-the-creator-igor-2020-best-rap-album-grammy/" target="_blank">2020 crown</a> for <a href="https://uproxx.com/music/tyler-the-creator-igor-review/" target="_blank">Igor</a>. Tyler was not in attendance at the Grammys as he’s <a href="https://uproxx.com/music/tyler-the-creator-call-me-if-you-get-lost-tour-recap-los-angeles/" target="_blank">currently on tour</a> with Kali Uchis, Vince Staples, and Teezo Touchdown in support of his sixth album. However, that didn’t stop him from showing his appreciation to fans and <a href="https://uproxx.com/music/tyler-the-creator-dj-khaled-best-rap-album/" target="_blank">once again throwing shade at DJ Khaled</a> after learning about the win.At his latest tour stop in Portland, Oregon, Tyler took a moment to celebrate Call Me If You Get Lost and explain the true meaning behind the album’s title. “And when I say Call Me If You Get Lost, I don’t mean when you don’t know what to do,” Tyler said. “I mean when you call me, I want you to be telling me the sh*t that you on, the sh*t that you doing, you out in the world getting lost doing your sh*t. I don’t want n****s calling me like, ‘Oh, I’m sad, I don’t know’ — no, f*ck that.”He continued, “Call me and let me know that you on your sh*t ’cause I’m on my sh*t, and maybe we can get on that flight and meet up and see what the f*ck we on. That’s what I meant by that.”Elsewhere, Tyler spoke about how Q-Tip’s 1999 album Amplified impacted him. “[Q-Tip] was the weird backpack n**** that put this album out where he was like, ‘Hey y’all, don’t get it twisted, I’m f*cking whoever, I’m driving whatever, I’m doing whatever,’” Tyler said. “And without that album, Call Me If You Get Lost wouldn’t exist, so thank you Q-Tip for setting the blueprint.”You can hear Tyler’s speech in the video above.<a href="https://uproxx.com/music/tyler-the-creator-meaning-call-me-if-you-get-lost/" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="UPROXX, post: 15838, member: 81"] [IMG alt="Tyler The Creator AMAs Performance 2021"]https://uproxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/tyler-the-creator.jpeg?w=1024&h=436&crop=1[/IMG] [UWSL]Getty Image[/UWSL] [URL='https://uproxx.com/music/five-artists-who-can-replace-kanye-west-as-coachella-headliner/']Tyler The Creator[/URL] is riding high at the moment. He just won his second Grammy award thanks to a win in the Best Rap Album category for his sixth album [URL='https://uproxx.com/music/tyler-the-creator-call-me-if-you-get-lost-review/'][I]Call Me If You Get Lost[/I][/URL]. It makes for his second Best Rap Album win following his [URL='https://uproxx.com/music/tyler-the-creator-igor-2020-best-rap-album-grammy/']2020 crown[/URL] for [URL='https://uproxx.com/music/tyler-the-creator-igor-review/'][I]Igor[/I][/URL]. Tyler was not in attendance at the Grammys as he’s [URL='https://uproxx.com/music/tyler-the-creator-call-me-if-you-get-lost-tour-recap-los-angeles/']currently on tour[/URL] with Kali Uchis, Vince Staples, and Teezo Touchdown in support of his sixth album. However, that didn’t stop him from showing his appreciation to fans and [URL='https://uproxx.com/music/tyler-the-creator-dj-khaled-best-rap-album/']once again throwing shade at DJ Khaled[/URL] after learning about the win. At his latest tour stop in Portland, Oregon, Tyler took a moment to celebrate [I]Call Me If You Get Lost[/I] and explain the true meaning behind the album’s title. “And when I say [I]Call Me If You Get Lost[/I], I don’t mean when you don’t know what to do,” Tyler said. “I mean when you call me, I want you to be telling me the sh*t that you on, the sh*t that you doing, you out in the world getting lost doing your sh*t. I don’t want n****s calling me like, ‘Oh, I’m sad, I don’t know’ — no, f*ck that.” He continued, “Call me and let me know that you on your sh*t ’cause I’m on my sh*t, and maybe we can get on that flight and meet up and see what the f*ck we on. That’s what I meant by that.” Elsewhere, Tyler spoke about how Q-Tip’s 1999 album [I]Amplified[/I] impacted him. “[Q-Tip] was the weird backpack n**** that put this album out where he was like, ‘Hey y’all, don’t get it twisted, I’m f*cking whoever, I’m driving whatever, I’m doing whatever,’” Tyler said. “And without that album, [I]Call Me If You Get Lost[/I] wouldn’t exist, so thank you Q-Tip for setting the blueprint.” You can hear Tyler’s speech in the video above. [url="https://uproxx.com/music/tyler-the-creator-meaning-call-me-if-you-get-lost/"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]

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