Ty Dolla $ign returns with Tycoon: Grammy-nominated artist's first solo album in five years

“It's ‘Tycoon’ season,'” a beaming Ty Dolla $ign, declares. It is indeed. The inventive R&B singer has just released his fifth studio album, his first full-length solo release in five years. He chose “Tycoon” for its title because the word encompasses his current state of mind. “It’s like (being at) the top of your game," he says. “It’s like, not only have I done all the stuff you could do in artistry, (but) there’s still more to do.”

Call it confidence or swagger or showboating: The Grammy-nominated artist has a trove of multiplatinum records to his name from 2018 to the present, and recently, his controversial project with Kanye West, $, released two albums, “Vultures 1” and “Vultures 2” in 2024. They debuted at No. 1 and 2 on the Billboard 200, respectively.

Tycoon Time


Tycoon is classic Ty Dolla $ign. The album is what he's made a name for himself doing: a collection of ceaselessly catchy, NSFW R&B anthems about lust and love (both mostly lechery), stacked with A-list collaborations: Quavo, Juicy J, 2 Chainz, Tyga, Travis Scott, Chloë — the list goes on.

Also among them: Rappers Kodak Black and Ty Dolla $ign's longtime kindred spirit YG. (Ty Dolla $ign and YG have worked together for a number of years, certainly going back to 2010's “Toot It & Boot It.") For his latest album, the trio teamed up for “SMILE BODY PRETTY FACE.” It was one of the last songs to make “Tycoon,” says Ty Dolla $ign, “But when we started messing with the beat. I was like, ‘This has got to be YG.’”

There's a romantic element to the song — with some of his explicitly sexual posturing. The same can be said about the lead single to “Tycoon,” “All In,” where Ty Dolla $ign's rich baritone considers devotion to a partner. “They say love don’t cost a thing,” he swoons on the chorus. “And if it did, I’d go all in.”

“I'm always loving something,” he says. “It hasn't all the way worked out for me yet.” Love, then, is still a constant source of inspiration — enriched by the song's sample of Wayne Wonders’ 2002 reggae fusion track “No Letting Go.”

Big business and an R&B comeback

For Ty Dolla $ign, this new era means being a business “Tycoon” as well. He's taken on his fair share of industry endeavors — like launching a label, EZMNY, with Motown Records executive Shawn Barron — and experiencing immediate success with its first signing, the R&B upstart Leon Thomas. His single, “Mutt,” hit No. 11 on the all-genre Billboard Hot 100 and No. 1 on its Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.

FAQs

Q1. What are recent albums of Ty Dolla $ign?
A1. Ty Dolla $ign entered controversial project with Kanye West, $, released two albums, “Vultures 1” and “Vultures 2” in 2024. They debuted at No. 1 and 2 on the Billboard 200, respectively.

Q2. How many studio albums does Ty Dolla $ign have?
A2. The inventive R&B singer has just released his fifth studio album, his first full-length solo release in five years.