Albums Earl Sweatshirt - Some Rap Songs (Discussion Thread)

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I've been playing this a lot since I heard the leak. I really love the production and he's spitting on this. He's really leaning into his MF Doom, Mablib and RZA influence on this which I love. I can understand some people not fukking with this though it is acquired taste. All in All Earl is 3/3 for me. Dope Project:ehh:

Favorite tracks so far
Shattered Dreams
Red Water
Cold Summer
December 24
Nowhere2go
The Mint
The Bends
Azucar
 
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This album consists of

1. some songs Earls flow doesn't matches up with the beat
2. some songs the beat doesn't matches up with Earls flow
3. some songs you can barely make out what Earl is saying
4. some songs are poorly mixed as a result
5. some songs have incomplete production
6. some songs are totally incomplete musically and vocally
 

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These beats suck half of me sound like offset loops with 0 extra instruments added. Is this what we are passing off as production? Late registration ye is rolling in his grave
 

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Only way people like this album is if they’re delusional or play it back 5 times and force themselves to have it grow on them. It ain’t a good album if you gotta “play it a few times to get all the info”

Lil Wayne shyt u gotta play it back to get it all, too. The difference is it’s an entertaining listen regardless. Sounds like earl forgot a big part of this rap shyt is entertainment.
 

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Only way people like this album is if they’re delusional or play it back 5 times and force themselves to have it grow on them. It ain’t a good album if you gotta “play it a few times to get all the info”

Lil Wayne shyt u gotta play it back to get it all, too. The difference is it’s an entertaining listen regardless. Sounds like earl forgot a big part of this rap shyt is entertainment.

Liked this off first listen. What I never understand is people talking down on people that like something they don't. If you don't like it, fine, but keep it moving.
 

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This album consists of

1. some songs Earls flow doesn't matches up with the beat
2. some songs the beat doesn't matches up with Earls flow
3. some songs you can barely make out what Earl is saying
4. some songs are poorly mixed as a result
5. some songs have incomplete production
6. some songs are totally incomplete musically and vocally

All true and I loved IDLS, IDGO and consider it a modern day classic but I feel like with this album, this is the "aesthetic" he's going for

Just the way IDLS, IDGO had that extremely monotonous dark tone to it throughout the whole album with Earl voice and the mixing

I think he doing something similar here with all the short tracks, unmixed vocals/drums, flow sounding choppy. He tapping into that "otherworldly" feel he gave us on the last album and the only way to do that is through an unorthodox approach to the production and sequencing of the tracks

Earl don't come off like he would ever release some lazy unmixed trash, especially as someone who don't even be releasing that much music
 
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