# Tyga's AI-Assisted Album Earns Zero-Star 'Pitchfork' Review, Publication's Lowest Score in 19 Years > Source: > Published: 2026-08-12 18:39:20+00:00 [Tyga](https://www.complex.com/tag/tyga) is making history with his [new album](https://www.complex.com/tag/albums). This week, *$TARFACE*, the Decaydance Records alum’s ninth studio album, earned [a scathingly crafted Pitchfork assessment](https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/starface-tyga-starface/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=dhtwitter&utm_content=null) from Drew Millard that now stands as the publication’s first zero-star review in nearly two decades. To be clear, this means the album, which has been [confirmed by Tyga himself to have incorporated AI](https://www.complex.com/music/a/jaelaniturnerwilliams/tyga-suno-suno-ai-album), earned exactly zero stars. None. Zilch. Nada. Bupkis. *$TARFACE*, to quote Millard’s review, is a “piece of shit” that “places the listener in their own personal [David] Cronenberg film.” To boot, it’s also “smug and complacent,” thus landing it squarely in zero-star territory. “All I can say is: Tyga, you really earned it,” Millard later added in an X post. At the time of this writing, Tyga does not appear to have publicly addressed having given *Pitchfork* an opportunity to dole out this rare dishonor. In a [recent interview](https://www.vibe.com/features/editorial/tyga-starface-album-used-ai-as-a-tool-1235182068/) with *VIBE*’s Mikey Fresh, Tyga conceded that he and his team “definitely used” AI on the album, further arguing, albeit erroneously, that such programs are akin to [Auto-Tune](https://www.complex.com/tag/auto-tune). Alternatively, many artists have taken a defiant stance against generative AI’s infiltration of the industry, [SZA](https://www.complex.com/shop/artists/sza) among them. Upon learning in June that hundreds of her songs had been used to train AI models, the seven-time [Grammy](https://www.complex.com/tag/grammys) winner called any musician who supports “degenerate shit” of this variety “[disgusting](https://www.complex.com/music/a/treyalston/sza-musicians-disgusting-ai-music).” “There’s nothing you could ever say to me to make this okay,” she added at the time.