Bastard by Tyler, The Creator: Alt-Hip Hop. You haven’t heard anything like this. It’s like a mash up between weird Tom Waits and Eminem’s love child. The lyrics are dark, concerning rape, murder and broken hearts. This is not for the easily offended. The beats are stark and match the dark twisted nature of the songs. People were dubbing this new stream of hip hop ‘horror-core’. Don’t do that. It’s exciting to listen to, and it probably had all the old guard of hip hop feeling slightly worried that they weren’t doing anything anywhere as near as exciting as this. TWH: Bastard; French!; Sarah

Grade: A