Earl Sweatshirt is one of my absolute favorite American rappers. He is a member of Odd Future, a Los Angeles based hip hop collective. In his younger years as a rapper, his mother sent him to Somoa, a boarding school, because he had been getting into trouble. He is currently 21. (TURN UP!) Oh, and he skates which is always cool.
Now lets talk about his music. He has two full albums published, lets take them one at a time. His first album, Doris, which was put out in 2013, was a huge success for Earl, because it was widely praised. It featured Frank Ocean, and Tyler the Creator, (who are also both members of Odd Future). Both of those names will probably resurface during the life of this blog.
My favorite tracks from Doris are Whoa, Molasses, Pre, Chum, and Sunday, which has a very special place in my heart. Sunday, to me is about a relationship, and I find it meaningful because it describes a very real situation, and feelings through a voice so straight forward, it almost sounds harsh. You can tell real love and pain inspired that song, and real love and pain was put into making it. The music video for Whoa is one of the funniest, featuring Tyler, in this crazy abandoned trailer and the over grown, litter infested area around in. At one point in the video Earl is laying down on a pool float, in a dirty puddle of rain water gathered at the base of a smooth cement bowl shaped structure, and Tyler and some other skaters are circling him on skateboards and bikes. Its worth checking out. I'll tell you more about Earl and his second album, I Don't Like Shit, I Don't Go Outside in my next post!
Sunday - Earl Sweatshirt Lyrics: http://genius.com/Earl-sweatshirt-sunday-lyrics
Whoa - Earl Sweatshirt Music Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anRkutaPS9w
Sincerely Drake.
I´ve never listened to Earl before but I like the sound of Tyler the Creator´s music. It sounds like Earl has a similar style to Tyler with what he raps about.
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