Kyoto (Tyga album)

Tyga announced the album's release date and cover art on January 22, 2018, via his Twitter account. The rapper has teased that the album will be a departure from his rapping style and will be more of a singing focused album and personal than his previous works:

{{blockquote|"I been wanting to make this album for a while now but didn’t have the confidence an the story to express my true emotions. I thank all the love an support you have given me over the years".}}

The cover art for the album was illustrated by Japanese artist Hajime Sorayama. It features a fully nude tiger-woman, posing in a provocative manner, over a background made off Japanese flag.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2018-01-23 |title=Tyga Unveils Racy Cover Art and Release Date for 'Kyoto' Album - XXL |url=https://www.xxlmag.com/tyga-racy-cover-art-release-date-kyoto-album/ |access-date=2024-02-14 |website=XXL Mag |language=en}} The artwork was met with negative receptions from general public and critics alike, who called the image "vulgar" and "disrespectful" to Japanese culture.{{Cite magazine |last=Breihan |first=Tom |date=2018-01-25 |title=Tyga Defends NSFW 'Kyoto' Album Cover: 'It's Art, Man' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/tyga-defends-nsfw-kyoto-album-cover-its-art-man-8096143/ |access-date=2024-02-14 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2024-02-13 |title=Discover and Shop What's Next |url=https://www.highsnobiety.com/ |access-date=2024-02-14 |website=Highsnobiety |language=en}}

Kyoto's lead single "Boss Up" was released on October 4, 2017.{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/boss-up-single/1289490096|title=Boss Up - Single by Tyga on iTunes|work=iTunes Store (US)|date=4 October 2017|access-date=April 4, 2018}} The second single "Temperature" was released on December 22, 2017.{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/temperature-single/1323278368|title=Temperature - Single by Tyga on iTunes|work=iTunes Store (US)|date=22 December 2017|access-date=April 4, 2018}}

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = Crack

| rev1score = 4/10{{Cite web|url=https://crackmagazine.net/article/album-reviews/tyga-kyoto/|title = Tyga – 'Kyoto' review}}

| rev2 = HipHopDX

| rev2score = 2.7/5{{cite web|url=https://hiphopdx.com/reviews/id.3111/title.review-kyoto-proves-tyga-should-stick-to-rapping-dammit|title=Review "Kyoto" Proves Tyga Should Stick To Rapping, Dammit|website=HipHopDX|date=22 March 2018|access-date=April 10, 2018}}

| rev3 = Pitchfork

| rev3score = 3.3/10{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/tyga-kyoto/|title=Tyga: Kyoto Album Review|website=Pitchfork|access-date=April 10, 2018}}

}}

The album received negative reviews from music critics. Scott Glaysher of HipHopDX said that "Kyoto proves that Tyga should stick to rapping" and that "His fearlessness is commended but on the scale of experiment albums, Kyoto is much closer in quality to Lil Wayne’s forgettable Rebirth album than to Kanye’s striking 808s & Heartbreak".{{cite web|url=https://hiphopdx.com/reviews/id.3111/title.review-kyoto-proves-tyga-should-stick-to-rapping-dammit|title=Review "Kyoto" Proves Tyga Should Stick To Rapping, Dammit|website=HipHopDX|date=22 March 2018|access-date=April 10, 2018}} Crack{{'s}} writer Chris Kelly criticized Tyga's vocal performance and his songwriting reviewing the album, saying that "For all his talk of “singing”, Tyga sometimes struggles to sustain the melodies, sounding unsure himself about whether or not this was a good idea. Never particularly skilled as a lyricist, here he provides plenty of cringe-worthy moments".{{Cite web|url=https://crackmagazine.net/article/album-reviews/tyga-kyoto/|title = Tyga – 'Kyoto' review}} Torii MacAdams of Pitchfork said that the album is a "quasi-introspective R&B album" and "suffers from an almost total lack of imagination".{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/tyga-kyoto/|title=Tyga: Kyoto Album Review|website=Pitchfork|access-date=April 10, 2018}}

Credits adapted from BMI.{{cite web|url=http://repertoire.bmi.com/StartPage.aspx|title=BMI {{!}} Repertoire Search|publisher=BMI|access-date=December 31, 2018|at=Select "TITLE", type "Song" in the search engine, and click "Search".}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Kyoto track listing{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/kyoto/1338663798|title=Kyoto by Tyga on iTunes|work=iTunes Store (US)|date=16 February 2018|access-date=April 4, 2018}}

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| total_length = 52:02

| title1 = Temperature

| writer1 = {{hlist|Michael Stevenson|L Williams|Joseph Epperson|Alexander Edwards}}

| extra1 = LTTB

| length1 = 3:20

| title2 = Leather in the Rain

| note2 = featuring Kyndall

| writer2 = {{hlist|Stevenson|Kyndall Ferguson|Edwards}}

| extra2 = Crakwav

| length2 = 3:33

| title3 = Come and Ball Wit Me

| note3 =

| writer3 = {{hlist|Stevenson|Edwards}}

| extra3 =

| length3 = 3:28

| title4 = Boss Up

| note4 =

| writer4 = {{hlist|Stevenson|Jess Reed Jackson|Edwards}}

| extra4 = Jess Jackson

| length4 = 3:46

| title5 = U Cry

| note5 =

| writer5 = {{hlist|Stevenson|Edwards}}

| extra5 = iDBeatz

| length5 = 4:23

| title6 = King of the Jungle

| note6 =

| writer6 = {{hlist|Stevenson|Edwards|Vincent Davis II}}

| extra6 = Bnchy

| length6 = 4:53

| title7 = Hard2Look

| note7 =

| writer7 = {{hlist|Stevenson|Ty Rose|Edwards|Michael Allison}}

| extra7 = Ty Rose

| length7 = 3:41

| title8 = I Need a Girl, Pt. 3

| note8 =

| writer8 = {{hlist|Stevenson|Alex Petit}}

| extra8 = CashMoneyAP

| length8 = 3:33

| title9 = Train 4 This

| note9 =

| writer9 = {{hlist|Stevenson|Edwards}}

| extra9 = LTTB

| length9 = 3:25

| title10 = Hot Soup

| note10 =

| writer10 = {{hlist|Stevenson|Edwards}}

| extra10 =

| length10 = 3:23

| title11 = Sip a Lil

| note11 = featuring Gucci Mane

| writer11 = {{hlist|Stevenson|Radric Delantic Davis|Petit|Edwards}}

| extra11 = {{hlist|CashMoneyAP|BatGangBeats}}

| length11 = 4:38

| title12 = Faithful

| note12 = featuring Tory Lanez

| writer12 = {{hlist|Stevenson|Daystar Shemuel Shua Peterson|Edwards}}

| extra12 = iDBeatz

| length12 = 4:06

| title13 = Ja Rule & Ashanti

| writer13 = {{hlist|Stevenson|Epperson|Edwards}}

| extra13 =

| length13 = 3:20

| title14 = Holdin On

| note14 = featuring 24hrs

| writer14 = {{hlist|Stevenson|Robert Dozier Davis III|Christian Ward|Floyd Eugene Bentley III|Christopher Phyromm Washington|Melvin Moore}}

| extra14 = {{hlist|Smash David|Nick Fouryn|Hitmaka}}

| length14 = 2:32

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