Tyler, the Creator

On “Tamale,” Tyler shows off his most insane and wacky bars, with references to the eighth song from Wolf “48,” his controversial major label debut Goblin, and tons of celebrity references. In the beginning of the music video there is a picture of a tamale. The price is $3.91 which is the month and year Tyler was born. (March, 1991) During an 2015 interview with Shane Powers (minute 53:12) on The Shane Show (on Odd Future Radio), Tyler said: "I was finishing with Wolf and I was, like, “Yo, this album is missing something. It’s missing annoying Tyler, it’s missing me fucking smiling. I need yellow, I need the colour yellow in this fucking album. […] Yellow is really happy, good, positive. I love yellow, it’s my favourite colour this year. […] I’m influenced by Missy, Teriyaki Boyz, weird fucking cutty German shit, just random little weird German prog rock weird shit from, like, the 80s. I wanted Missy on that song so bad." In 2013, Tyler tweeted about the inspiration behind the song: "YUP SHE (Missy Elliott) INSPRIED MY SONG TAMALE" "TAMALE Was Heavy Influenced By Japan Music Ive Come Across" "I Wonder If The Teriyaki Boys Heard TAMALE. I Made That Tryna Emulate Those Dudes"