Tyler, the Creator recently released a new album, titled IGOR, entirely written, produced and arranged by himself. I’ve previously covered Tyler’s retro-styled synth sounds in my Tyler, the Creator Synth Sounds article, where I concentrated on tracks from his previous album, Flower Boy.

In this article, I’ll look at one of IGOR’s more ambitious tracks, I THINK. The track is heavily layered, features a lengthy instrumental bridge, and has drawn some comparison’s to Kanye West’s Stronger. The track was inspired by Nigerian music, and is based on an interpolation of the track Special Lady by Nigerian soul artist Bibi Mascel. Additionally, the drums in I THINK are sampled from another Nigerian artist, Nkono Teles. The track was inspired by a trip to Italy with Solange and Frank Ocean, the former appearing on the track singing the chorus hook.

Tyler has several synthesizers, including a Roland Juno-6, a Roland JX-8P, and a Yamaha DX7. Throughout the article I’ll use the software synths TAL U-NO-LX and Arturia DX7 V to recreate Tyler’s sounds.