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“The Mint” taken from SOME RAP SONGSSOME RAP SONGS out 11/30. Pre-order it here: http://earlsweatshirt.com. Some Rap Songs is the follow-up to 2015’s critically acclaimed I Don’t Like Shit, I Don’t Go Outside.In the New Year of 2018, Earl promised the release of new music on Twitter, which would. This item: Some Rap Songs. By Earl Sweatshirt Audio CD. Only 1 left in stock - order soon. Sold by QualityCD&DVD and ships from Amazon Fulfillment. FREE Shipping on orders over $25.00. By Earl Sweatshirt Audio CD.

During his Odd Future days, Earl Sweatshirt was regarded by many as one of the most creatively and technically gifted rhymers in contemporary rap. His mysterious hiatus in Samoa, acclaimed debut mixtape and multisyllabic rhyme patterns made Earl into this highly regarded yet peculiar persona by the turn of 2010.

Earl Sweatshirt's 2010 mixtape Earl, which heavily featured his tight-knit OFWGKTA crew, would remain his only project until dropping Doris three years later. Fast forward five years and Earl, seemingly distanced from the disbanded Odd Future, is emerging from an elusive span of his career with Some Rap Songs, his third official album released on November 30.

Earl's sound before Some Rap Songs could be described as low-fi and even as fringe-rap, but this collection of 15 tracks is his most idiosyncratic work to date. The tracks are short, usually comprised of only one verse and filled with muffled, off-beat rhymes that are as brilliant as they are bizarre. Throughout the album he details his life over the past three years, the state of his mental health and the new relationships that have seemed to keep him sane.

XXL skimmed through every bar of Some Rap Songs to highlight the 20 best lyrics. Check it out below.

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• 'Boy, I take the tour chips and go and get some decent decor/Is you gon' ribbit or will you jump?/Get some more ribbons for the born winners from the jump/Niggas don't listen 'til they whole mission was a bust/No sit-up, but it’s crunch time, shootin' in the clutch/The midsummer sunshine found me on my ones, face drippin' —Earl Sweatshirt

Always the standout lyricist from the hyper-stimulated teenage days of the Odd Future crew, Earl Sweatshirt also underwent the most interesting artistic evolution as he transitioned from outlandish MF Doom-modeled flows to darker, more inward-looking work. Fans expecting the intricate, rapid-fire flows and surrealistic wordplay that shone on early collective works and first album Doris were met with the comparatively subdued moodiness of 2015's I Don't Like Shit, I Don't Go Outside, a largely self-produced affair that felt dark and restless. Third album Some Rap Songs takes yet another sharp turn, abandoning everything previously explored and starting over in an opaque, dreamlike world. The production is the star of the show on Some Rap Songs, 15 brief songs made up of jagged samples and scattered, bumpy beats flying by in a lo-fi blur. Earl himself sounds like a friendly ghost haunting these tracks, sometimes dissolving into the beats more than rapping over them. That's not to say his rhymes are any less inspired than before. Instead his always internal perspectives and personal narratives feel even more imbued in the music, looking at depression, the death of his father, loneliness, and the winding path of his youth from a pensive distance. The abstract production complements Earl's truncated reflections perfectly. The confused off-time loop of 'Veins' doesn't keep him from finding his way through a precise rhyme scheme where he accesses his strange relationship with fame. Key track 'The Mint' occupies a similarly rocky emotional space, observational rhymes about an always crumbling world riding a wistful piano loop, production courtesy of Detroit artist Black Noi$e. 'Nowhere2go' exemplifies the role of production here, too, as Earl's lyrics nearly compete for air time with the chopped vocal sample that comprises the beat. The entire album takes on a beautifully muted quality as tape hiss, distortion, and a collage aesthetic contribute to its otherworldly feel. Sonically, Some Rap Songs is in line with the Congos' Lee Perry-produced masterpiece Heart of the Congos, Panda Bear's psychedelic tapestry Person Pitch, or any number of '90s hip-hop cassettes left baking in cars in the summer sun, a little warped when they're played again in the winter, but still holding memories of brighter times. Simultaneously sad, strange, and warmly nostalgic, Some Rap Songs is excitingly listenable and emotionally connected despite its abstruse approach. The album's triumphs are in its fearless risk taking and the insight it allows into the journey of Earl Sweatshirt's constant creative regeneration.

Earl Sweatshirt Some Rap Songs Vinyl