goblin main  Odd Future's lyrics — particularly those of
frontman Tyler, the Creator — aren't for the faint of heart.
(Believe it or not, they're even worse than the fiery,
president-killing rhetoric of hip-hop renegade and incorrigible
cop-killing badboy Common!) They revel in all the worst stuff of
life: murder and rape, homophobia and violent misogyny. With
Tyler scoring major notice from his mainstream debut, Goblin, a
backlash is starting to warm up.  For a while, the unease has
been running parallel to the Odd Future hype; way back in
November, the Village Voice ran a piece titled "On Odd Future,
Rape and Murder, and Why We Sometimes Like the Things That Repel
Us" (which nicely summarizes itself). More recently, The
Guardian, in the throes of near-fatal UK Wolf Gang fever, has
devoted two hefty posts to exploring Tyler's lyrics and persona,
coming to the conclusions that: a) Tyler probably isn't
homophobic, but he does say "faggot" an awful lot; b) Tyler is
pretty great, despite the terrible rapey stuff