tyler's biggest issue early imo was that his influences weren't all-inclusive. he clearly fukked with doom, pharrel, eminem, and clipse heavy, and wore those influences like a badge of pride. but the stuff he didn't fukk with (whether it was because he didn't know or didn't care to), he wore that too. and when it pissed the old guard off he doubled down and trolled them, to the point where i felt like people believed the trolling and underrated just how much of a hip hop head he really was. he just wasn't bowing down at the altar of illmatic or 36 chambers. and that's ok.
the maturity he's grown into has been amazing to see. because imo he's never been afraid to stand on his beliefs; he's just speaking more on grown man shyt now.