Earl Sweatshirt made a splash on the major label side of things back in 2013 with his studio album debut Doris and 2015’s follow-up, I Don’t Like Shit, I Don’t Go Outside. In a cryptic tweet posted today, the California rapper announced that he’s back in the lab cooking up a new project for the masses.
Sweatshirt, who celebrated his 23rd birthday last Friday, has been (characteristically) quiet with new music over the last year, occasionally popping up with a new verse. He shared a King Krule-produced outtake called “Death Whistles” on his Red Bull Music Academy show last September and dropped a feature alongside Kendrick Lamar and Ab-Soul on Danny Brown’s “Really Doe” shortly after.
The direction of Sweatshirt’s music became decidedly darker as he distanced himself from his Odd Future stylings of the past. If the trend remains as follows, fans could come to expect more of the darkness from Sweatshirt along with the lyricism that’s made him the underground hero he is today.
let’s go! earl sweatshirt can murder any old nigga on wax.
– Born in 2000’s
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Please give us a Vince Staples collabo, dudes been killing shit lately.
earl sweatshirt is just weird and sad now.
Earl was supposed to be the chosen one. The best 15 year old rapper I have ever heard lyrically, yet has somehow faded. Here’s hoping he can still spit that fire!
Ps fuck dx for the Remy Ma article
WTF you talking about? Earl is still one of the best. That nigga is a poet so what you mean he’s faded. His attention in the mainstream media faded but he skillset hasn’t.
I agree sort of, but compare his verse on ‘oldie’ to the entire ‘idlsidgo’ album and it doesn’t compare. But then again, the bar was pretty high, his verse on Oldie was the best verse I’ve heard in years.
Its called progression. He’s older now. Yall must haven’t heard some of his newer stuff outside of IDLSIDGO.
Once dudes get a little money. They start just putting out albums every few years.
The lyrics are still there, but this young man came back from Africa with absolutely no life in his voice.
He was in Samoa jackass
No thanks! Kid is f*cking terrible. Attempts to sound introspective, but raps about absolutely nothing. Keep this BS.
Terrible? C’mon he’s dark from that. One of the most respected rappers out. Even Kendrick said he’s his favorite current rapper.
Earl got bars for days I can’t wait
dont judge shit you dont get
I wasn’t even gonna say shit but y’all got it fucked up lol Earl produced 90% of his last album, made a completely cohesive project and is a master lyricist. IDLSIDGO is a GEM. Earls constantly doin shows, has a clothing line, does a radio show AND has to live a normal life so he doesn’t lose his fuckin mind. The music comes when it comes. Y’all sound like some bum asses that aint gonna be doing shit but working 9 to 5s your entire life GTFOH