With the announcement of the new upcoming film The Grinch there has been a commotion of people both young and old anxiously waiting for its arrival on the big screen. This will be the third movie adaptation of Dr. Seuss’ original How the Grinch Stole Christmas!. What most people might not know about the movie is the hip hop recording artist Tyler the Creator will contribute two tracks to the film.
This news comes to a shock of any person who has heard or even heard of the music Tyler the Creator is known for. He has a signature low voice accompanies his eerie sounding beats in his tracks to give them an underlying dark tone. His lyrics aren’t any different with songs containing lyrics upon lyrics of cussing, crude talk about sex and rape, as well as drugs and alcohol. All things you would come to expect from a rap song but all others seem tame compared to this artists blatant carelessness of morals and reputation. Recently though he has seemed to try to take his music in a different direction with his latest tracks rapping mostly on the subjects of love and loss. However much he changes his sound for most parents he will always be known for the crude songs which catapulted him to fame in the early 2010’s.
In the movie Tyler is responsible for the song “You’re a Mean One” which plays during the trailer and “I am the Grinch”. Although controversial for writer Danny Elfman to include him in the new family friendly film hopefully many parents won’t blacklist the movie due to the decision. The Grinch hits theaters Nov. 9th.
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