Earl Sweatshirt

Kinda think this kid is gonna be huge?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78_loMbmKJ8

y'know about this thread ODD FUTURE WOLF GANG KILL THEM ALL ?

ha, ian

otm tho!

I'm cool with Earl having his own thread. He stands apart from the rest of that crew IMO. They're all pretty talented, but something about Earl is mysterious and alluring. Maybe I only think that because he resembles a black Bonnie Prince Billy.

bonnie prince rapey

^ sb

i don't know fuck all about no odd gang future wolf kill them all stuff, i just got sent the video by a pal!

was top 5 in the rolling rap poll, it doesn't get any more huge than that

but yeah i'm not cool with it being its own thread bc he looks like will oldham, put it back in ofwgkta. he's on most of their records & we don't need to atomize them as soon as we discover them.

lol board sheriff.

this is what you get for not following whiney on twitter ian, for shame for shame

We should make this decision by poll! For that is truly the ILX way.

h8 polls

btw dont forget to vote in my tony hawk poll! tony hawk pro skater 1 soundtrack poll

ian ;)

yeaaah, tyler is my fave tho.

I just listened to the Earl album again after a few weeks off and holy shit, my on-again off-again relationship with hip hop is back on, big time. Between this and the new Ghostface, I'm feelin' all 1994 up in here. But seriously, damn, this album. Fuckin' perfect. Like 36 Chamberz perfect.

guys, we have a thread for this, fuck

her real name is maya arulpragasam

I wasn't board sheriffing honest! I thought you'd be interested in what people had already said. Think a separate thread makes sense tbh

Between this and the new Ghostface, I'm feelin' all 1994 up in here. But seriously, damn, this album. Fuckin' perfect. Like 36 Chamberz perfect.

i'm getting all paranoid about 77 joke concepts

hay dudes let me apologize again for having my head in the sand and not ever clicking on the 'odd future world gang kick the ball' thread. like, seriously, i should know better than to not read every ILX thread with hundreds of responses.

i think the goon cru should make a thread were ppl can apologize for not liking rap enough, or not liking the right rap, or not liking the right rap for the right reasons, or not liking the right rap for the right reasons at the right time

nah i think any thread is good for that

http://www.thefader.com/2013/05/07/earl-sweatshirt-bless-this-mess/

ps in anticipation I am okay with using this thread for this

just canceled a bunch of shows due to illness
Earl Sweatshirt ‏@earlxsweat 18 Jun
THE WORST PART OF PNEUMONIA IS THAT IT WONT FUCKING GO AWAY ITS LIKE DUBSTEP

full stream of DORIS:

http://oddfuture.tumblr.com/post/58350419679/tumblr-presents-earl-sweatshirt-doris-album

awesome. I have heard great things about this album already from reviewers; think it's gonna be a best of for a lot of people on this board.

listened to this like 3 times this morning, it's good

second through now, it's good.

http://24.media.tumblr.com/445308601b1e9cb8e9a6e4e392530056/tumblr_mq9g69Ifwt1qct6cxo1_500.jpg

that shirt is gorgeous

i would appreciate it if everyone just posted reviews that said, "this is good: 10/10" and there was no critical discussion whatsoever, just postings of earl eating fast food and wearing good shirts. that would be fun for a change.

Also gifs of random women named "Doris"

MAKE IT SO

Go nuts

http://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&safe=images&q=doris&client=mobilesearchapp&safe=images&rlz=1MDAPLA_en-USUS413&hl=en&v=1.0.3.9299&channel=iss&source=from-mobilesearchapp&qscrl=1&biw=320&bih=366&sei=vl8NUoSfKfT_4APh54DgDw#p=0

this is good.

don't nobody care about how you feel

really stands out from the rest of that crew IMO. completely different vibe and it really works.

i like this

it's kinda cool how that somehow Odd Future makes ppl care about some weird dusted backpacker record that should be out on stone's throw

lolvwatched this 2y ago

dig this overall, but i love the vibe/beats at 523 -> Uncle Al -> Guild

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzdfdqrzdf1r83vrjo1_500.jpg

haven't heard it yet. is it good?

10/10

this is good

http://images.thesource.com.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Earl-Sweatshirt.jpg

need more eating pics

8/10

that's good.

http://cdn.thefader.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/F85_EARL_1.jpg

only thing i don't like about this album is RZA saying "fuck the freckles off your face bitch"

he was terrible on that James Blake track. has he had any decent guest spots in the last few years?

xp yeah. in real time as i heard that phrase at first i liked it but realizing it was gonna be a refrain i was all :\

Nah you see that's Bobby Digital and not Rza

lol

also i think it's kinda charming when there are little parts of verses or phrases or w/e that i can hear exactly in MF Doom's voice, just perfectly Doom

lol spottie

i don't really like RZA on their just in concept, i don't want famous guest appearances on earl's shit, i like how it's all insular and crew-only (like early wu-tang actually!) even though i get that rza is probably a touchstone for these guys

otm

the way he's used tho feels more like a dropped-in sample (even if the recording is original) than a real guest appearance tho. even if it still doesn't really work.

everybody loves this album. in case you didn't know. ann powers was raving about it today on facebook! i haven't heard it yet.

is this actually out in stores? would buy i think. i need something new.

this is good

Record is boring and underwhelming. It's the Lincoln of 2013 rap albums, a prestige effort that was pedigreed into good reviews, but that even critics who bestowed it with high ratings won't feel passionate about in a year

Honestly I'd rather bump Yeezus, even if this record has 3-4 cuts that could maybe rate a year end tracks list for me.

how is this a "prestige effort"? what does that even mean

nevermind i don't care

Prodigy/Alchemist shaping up to be the best rap album of the year for me

too bad we can only like one rap album per year ;_;

I'm guessing "prestige effort" = "preemptive sacred cow"

Haha rev

Molasses samples the same Lennie Hibbert song as Ms. Dynamite

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvkLTH_rOjM

now THAT album i love. i have a beautiful original pressing of it. so magical. and strange in its way.

i think whether this is disappointing or not kinda depends on whether you are viewing it as a dusted weird underground rap record or an "event" album like watch the throne or good kid, m.a.a.d. city....

the spin review was otm in saying that earl's profile in the press has kinda meant this album has expectations that it wasn't created to meet

like it should be judged alongside ka's the night gambit or something not kendrick or drake or w/e

Chum, whoa, Sunday, Burgundy, maybe one other

But I don't regret buying the album on itunes

^hive

but helgo otm

like it should be judged alongside ka's the night gambit or something not kendrick or drake or w/e

ka's is better

Yeah hive too

i like em both for different reasons, i like the sloppiness of the whole earl album

i feel like the entire Odd Future aesthetic was painstakingly carved out of all the little corners of the history of hip-hop production and lyricism that i have absolutely no affection for

haha yeah i like it!

D12 f/ MF Doom produced by 2007 Pharrell sounds like a good time to you huh

hi i'm matt

j.k. but i guess i don't hear the pharrell as much, feels much more kinda like i said stone's throwy...some of the beats remind me the percee p or guilty simpson records

yeah i haven't heard all of this album so maybe the skateboard p vibe is not heavy on it

i've probably listened to this about twenty times through now, it's good.
good look with the axelrod samples too

nevermind i don't care

― congratulations (n/a), Thursday, August 22, 2013 4:21 PM (5 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

otm

was looking forward to this, but am also finding it a bit boring - lacking the puerile guignol and malignant mischeif of the first album (or the turns on Radical, Blackenedwhite and Earmilk). Earl's voice is still captivating, just find his manner more limited than before. Hmm, listening now and not sure that's fair, maybe it's the music - will give it more goes - still find that early OFWGKTA stuff fascinating and it's great to have a new Earl LP.

Just one thing, and he's in no way alone in this - wish he wouldn't do that thing having a go at 'the critics'. Go the MES route and NAME them - yr enemies - otherwise it's meaningless and also slightly laughable for someone so generally critically praised.

Just one thing, and he's in no way alone in this - wish he wouldn't do that thing having a go at 'the critics'. Go the MES route and NAME them - yr enemies - otherwise it's meaningless and also slightly laughable for someone so generally critically praised.

otm, but he does call out Complex specifically fwiw

ok, fair enough!

only thing i don't like about this album is RZA saying "fuck the freckles off your face bitch"

― usic for 18 magicians (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, August 22, 2013 2:09 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

OTM. This ruins, for me, what should have been the best track on the album.

Also, second half > first half, "Chum" and "Burgundy" aside.

there's also this way that RZA has of almost pronouncing words like "freckles" like "fweckles" but he doesn't quite do it and it's this weird imaginary letter that's between "R" and "W" that only RZA knows and it sounds like shit to me

is that not a speech impediment?

his lispiness is nice when (/back when) he's rapping fast imo

everyone say the word bjork like rza

its fun

Yeah, it's really good, starting to think that Tyler's output might be the weakest of the gang.

^regardless of what you think of OFWGKTA, I think that, a couple of clear exceptions aside, is clearly the case. To what extent does his (to me fairly moribund) musical influence permeate the others' stuff?

In terms of who influences who, have no idea how OFWGKTA works, but I came to enjoy Tyler way more when he is on other people's tracks. The thing is that he doesn't seem to care that much about making music like Earl, Frank Ocean and perhaps to a lesser extent, Domo Genesis. I feel Tyler's album are there to be there, because to do what he is doing he needs to releases album. That being said, I would have been way more excited about Odd Future if it wasn't for Tyler's antics, but I can totally see how people would feel the exact opposite. It's hard to tell really.

Tyler seems to enjoy that act of <i>entertaining</i> way more than Earl and Frank do. He's not always successful at it, but I usually appreciate the effort.

The thing is that he doesn't seem to care that much about making music like Earl, Frank Ocean and perhaps to a lesser extent, Domo Genesis

doesn't he produce waaaay more of his own tracks than they do? i get the sense that he cares more about that side of it than rapping.

i thought earl produced his whole new record himself?

Actually, what Earl did on this album that I really enjoy is to keep things short. Songs like 20 Wave Caps and Sunday don't need to be longer than 2:12 and 3:26, it's really good editing. Tyler's songs just go on and on and on and there is so many of them and it's tiring.

xpost, oh I wasn't aware of that, but perhaps it explains why his output feels lukewarm compared to his big potential?

i thought earl produced his whole new record himself?

haha what?

i guess he did some beats and co-production, but he's also got samiyam, alchemist, neptunes, tyler, badbadnotgood (ugh), etc on there.

eh it said that in some review i read (under pseudonym like random black guy or something)? so yeah maybe not

He did two tracks by himself and co-produced a few others

http://25.media.tumblr.com/37ba7aeb00351e0a810b4866a060b596/tumblr_mud51qVa5W1qdl86po1_500.jpg

wau

crazy

Vince Staples on Hive >>>> everything else ever

https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/i-dont-like-s**t-i-dont-go/id974796109

and based on his furious twitter feed, this looks like a worse-than-kendrick fuck up release
https://twitter.com/earlxsweat

EARL @earlxsweat · 11m 11 minutes ago
THEY GOT ME FUCKKKKEEEDDDD UP

EARL @earlxsweat · 12m 12 minutes ago
DON'T TRUST IT IF IT DOESN'T COME FROM THE SOURCE

EARL @earlxsweat · 55m 55 minutes ago
TOO MANY FUCKING COOKS

EARL @earlxsweat · 1h 1 hour ago
DAMN

EARL @earlxsweat · 1h 1 hour ago
IM LIVID

EARL @earlxsweat · 1h 1 hour ago
ITS TRASH TO HAVE TO PAY FOR SOMEONE ELSE'S ERRORS, I AM FUCKING HOT

EARL @earlxsweat · 1h 1 hour ago
I WOULD LIKE TO PERSONALLY THANK @SonyMusicGlobal 4 FUCKING UP THE ROLL OUT PROCESS OF MY SHIT. SOMEONE GOTS 2 PAY 4 THEIR MISTAKES ! #SWEAT

EARL @earlxsweat · 1h 1 hour ago
label got me FUCKED up!!!!!!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdcmfzsVVF8

^ this is weird btw, minimal/dirgelike/sorta lean-influenced
dunno what to make of this

it's awesome is what i make of it

Earl >>>>

God this album is good

Doris was already a weird little triumph for me, I like this one even more.

is there a non-Spotify way to stream this yet?

this is really good, kind of don't care about a lot of what he's saying, but whatever

fuck it, i just bought it on itunes. okay so far, sounds like an extended status update from planet Earl.

I like how he doesn't give a fuck about going pop

if your rap handle is "Wiki" you should really be a crazy fount of random facts

LOL

http://i1380.photobucket.com/albums/ah169/enematicemesis/disdain%20for%20the%20outside%20world%20earl%20sweatshirt_zpsv15voez3.jpg

i loled at that too!

Digging the hell out of this.

good subtitle too

I Don't Like Shit, I Don't Go Outside: An Album by Earl Sweatshirt

the video for grief is really something else. that's all i know.

witch house! i didn't know they had that around anymore. awesome song & video too. in the middle of watching a girl walks home alone at night, and it fits right in. also someone has seen under the skin. spooky styley.

on first contact it's interesting how little he gives a damn about contemporary trend
this feels personal and bummed out

i love this album so much. total hopelessness

This improves with each listen.

http://i.imgur.com/qxLAXr6.jpg

Feeling this as an album and as a reflection on my life

what's the status of odd future now? has earl kind of fallen out or grown away from them?

I'm going to have to listen to this cos that album title is amazing

it's so much better than Doris.

what's the status of odd future now? has earl kind of fallen out or grown away from them?

― kurt kobaïan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, March 24, 2015 10:28 AM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

sounds like it:

Time damaging my ties
Who turn to get up? Get dude turned to dinner quick
You circus niggas, you turning into tricks
I was making waves, you was surfing in 'em
Dealing with the stomach pains just from birthing niggas' shit
Cut the grass off the surface
Pray the lawnmower blade catch the back of a serpent, nigga, shit
Bitch

ouch

Honestly aside from Earl and The Internet, I have little use for OF

tyler does some audible backing vocals on one song ("off top") and left brain produced one song but even the rest of the beats are all earl

i think he's clearly outgrown them (thank fucking god)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3q_0UP6sck

new song for his moms

dude is doing really interesting, liminal exploration right now; curious to see what his next ten years are.

been playing this for an hour, goddamn it is good.

that fire alarm chirp / lighter flick gets me every time

fuck. thank you

Right?

is he good live?

because right now he might be my third favorite rapper after chance and kendrick

I saw him about a month ago and he was pretty bad. Couldn't sustain any energy for more than a song or two, couldn't get the crowd going, didn't even really have a grasp of the basics of putting on a rap show (his DJ fucked up song cues a lot, too). Shockingly amatuerish, all around.

Didn't help that it was one of the youngest, most inhibited crowds I've ever seen at a rap show. Lots of gangly high school kids who worship this guy but expressed their reverence with silence.

sounds like an indie audience, ew

Couldn't sustain any energy for more than a song or two

found this to be true of the album tbh. dirge after dirge after dirge, a real chore to get through

i'm sure the lyrics are ~really deep thoughts but he doesn't make them sound captivating at all

the whole album is a dirge but it's potent rather than enervated. so oppressive it's tactile, blotting out the space

It's an album heard in negative

I DON'T ACT HARD I'M A HARD ACT TO FOLLOW, NIGGA

this is such a dope little album

"i don't like shit" that is

should make for a good winter album

yea it has such a sustained dark vibe

otm to the previous four posts

like this record a lot

"Grown Ups" still in my phone.

I liked that last album til Things Happened and I lost my entire saved stuff, but I was playing some loosie playlist this morn and ohoho, this stood out, my mother busted in my house midway through and we drunk coffee and ate angel cake, but I noted this one (out of the 3 I heard that day) as the one to come back to, and yeah it's awesome, maybe not if you're into Earl for the rhymes but, that loop was in my skull all afternoon, drinking coffee with my maw and trying to stay genteel.
https://soundcloud.com/important_man464/skrt-skrt

hella ready for some new earl

“Some Rap Songs” release date 11/30. The last one has really stuck w me so hopeful for this. The beats for the two new songs he released stand out imo.

How good is it, out of ten?

I haven’t heard it, I was just talking about the last album and the two new songs (linked below)

https://youtu.be/R4caTCHR4xo

https://youtu.be/UCceUo94X1g

he released a few singles this year, you can listen to them on spotify

those are just okay

a title nakhchivan will have approved of

new album is great.

it sounds like madlib and then it doesn't

oh wow this is really interesting ! i love it so far , need to play it through a few times more today

15 tracks in 25 minutes, amazing

alb is pretty good, need a few more listens for it to totally sink in.

I had no idea that Hugh Masekela was Earl's uncle.

a title nakhchivan will have approved of

― imago, Thursday, November 22, 2018 12:50 PM (one week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

earl is very good at album titles

I had no idea that Hugh Masekela was Earl's uncle.

― galaxy brian (voodoo chili), Friday, November 30, 2018 2:32 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

!!!!!! woah

yeah that was news to me as well

this album sounds good, but feels like it's going to be tricky to really dig in and digest ... like it's more sketch pad than album. or something.

Earl rules, tho

find the dude's thoughtfulness wrt his craft very inspiring

this is really good!!

This is great
So dusted and raw

interested in the standing on the corner involvement here, those dudes are amazing

really love this! have to admit that i'm a sucker for the madlibish production style anyways and Earl is such a great lyricist imo

well sht I might have to get this. I'm always irked by albums with no track > 3 mins. But usually those are like 70+mins long tho anyway!

The singles didn't grab me on first listen, but they sound better/make more sense in the context of the album as a whole. It's not really an album of "singles."

new 7 track halloween release with black phillip on the cover, sounds like offcuts from some rap songs and that suits me fine

last three tracks are all genuinely great, better than anything on some rap songs imo