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Earl Sweatshirt – Earl
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“Earl” is the self-titled track off of Earl’s debut mixtape. It is the continuation of “Thisniggaugly,” when Earl finally decides to showcase his talents to the Odd Future crew
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Earl Sweatshirt (Ft. Vince Staples) – Centurion
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“Centurion” marks the third collaboration with Earl’s good friend Vince Staples. On the track, Vince continues his hostility towards fake rappers in the game, similar to “Hive
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Earl Sweatshirt – Grief
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Earl shared the official video for “Grief” on the same day his album was announced. According to Earl, his record label (SONY) messed up the release.
https://www.youtube.com/watch
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Earl Sweatshirt (Ft. Tyler, The Creator) – Pigions
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“Pigions” is the 9th track from Earl’s debut mixtape Earl. This is also the second track on the tape in which Odd Future founder, Tyler, the Creator, is featured.
This song
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Earl Sweatshirt (Ft. Vince Staples) – Burgundy
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Produced by The Neptunes, this is the second track off of Earl’s debut studio album, Doris. Pictures were released earlier of Pharrell and Earl working in the studio, and this was
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Earl Sweatshirt (Ft. Vince Staples) – epaR
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On this track off his debut mixtape Earl, the namesake artist reminded us what he was all about: drugs, sex, homicide. The song features Vince Staples, and marked the first
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Earl Sweatshirt – Nowhere2go
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A snippet of this song’s first live performance was posted to Twitter on October 3, 2017.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zL0GxLOFLxw
Three weeks later, the track was performed
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Earl Sweatshirt (Ft. Liv.e (Singer)) – MTOMB
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On “MTOMB” Earl picks up where he left off on his last album Some Rap Songs dealing with depression in the wake of his father’s death.
The soul sample in the background is sampled
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Earl Sweatshirt – Luper
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Sixth track off Earl Sweatshirt’s debut mixtape Earl. This song is a continuation of the skit “Wakeupfaggot.” It is also a new version of a tracked from his first mixtape Kitchen
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Earl Sweatshirt – December 24
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“December 24,” formerly leaked as a demo known as “Bad Acid,” after the lyric “bad acid did damage to my mental.”
In an interview with Vulture, Earl said that this is the first
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Earl Sweatshirt – Thisniggaugly
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In this intro to Earl’s self-titled album, Tyler introduces Earl to the rest of the Odd Future crew, who are very reluctant to let him in.
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Earl Sweatshirt – Red Water
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“Red Water” is an interlude-like track that loops a continuous 8 bars by Earl, over an instrumental that samples his emotionally charged 2015 piece, “solace”.
In his brief
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Earl Sweatshirt (Ft. Domo Genesis) – 20 Wave Caps
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The title of this track could call back to a previous Odd Future song entitled “Blade,” wherein Earl ends his verse by rapping:
Take that, I’m on top like wave caps
This is grade-
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Earl Sweatshirt & The Alchemist – Sirius Blac
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[Verse] / Roc Marciano told you it don't last, get you a snap (Shot) / Photocopies of my shit hittin' the net, niggas is ass (Out) / I nicked my hand on a backboard glass
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Earl Sweatshirt – The Bends
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“The Bends” has Earl reflecting on how far he and his friends have come since becoming famous. The track is one of two on the project produced by professional skater and Odd Future
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Earl Sweatshirt (Ft. RZA) – Molasses
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Twelfth track off of the Doris record from OF’s Earl Sweatshirt, and interestingly, it features the RZA. OF is often compared to Wu Tang, of which RZA is a member.
Song Samples
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Earl Sweatshirt – 523
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“523” is an Earl Sweatshirt produced track under his pseudonym RandomBlackDude and serves as an interlude for his studio album Doris. The production features some light drums and
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Earl Sweatshirt – Hoarse
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https://twitter.com/badbadnotgood/statuses/357086983337676801
Track features Matthew Tavares, Alex Sowinski, and Chester Hansen of the post modern jazz trio BADBADNOTGOOD. The
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Earl Sweatshirt – OD
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On “OD” Earl raps about feeling lonely, family, and his newfound dependence on alcohol. The track features heavily chopped horn and vocal samples, which gives it a chaotic feel
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Earl Sweatshirt (Ft. Domo Genesis) – Knight
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The 15th and final track on the album “Doris” featuring Domo Genesis
The two artists in the song highlight their childhood without a Father and the success that they have achieved
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Earl Sweatshirt (Ft. Hodgy) – Moonlight
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“Moonlight” is the 8th track off of Earl Sweatshirt’s debut mixtape EARL.
In the song, Earl’s vocal inflection is lowered, reminiscent of Tyler, the Creator. Earl takes the
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Earl Sweatshirt – Huey
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The beat is very reminiscent to the one from his song “Sunday”, off his album Doris.
According to an interview with NPR’s Mic Check, this was the second song Earl wrote for the
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Earl Sweatshirt – Cold Summers
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“Cold Summers” serves as the third track to Earl Sweatshirt’s third studio album, Some Rap Songs. The track contains a sample from the song “Road Man (Mystic)” by Mighty Flames.
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Earl Sweatshirt (Ft. Tyler, The Creator) – Sasquatch
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“Sasquatch” is the seventh song off of Doris, and yet again features long time friend and collaborator of Earl’s, Tyler, The Creator. Tyler speaks on the media and how they
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Earl Sweatshirt – Uncle Al
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One of the shorter songs on Doris, “Uncle Al” was produced by Earl himself under his RandomBlackDude moniker. Prolific producer The Alchemist has claimed on Twitter that he
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Earl Sweatshirt & The Alchemist – Vin Skully
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[Intro] / For every problem life seems, a faithful friend to share / For every sigh a sweet song / And an answer for each prayer / You and I have been friends for a long time / [
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Earl Sweatshirt – Balance
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Earl’s collaboration with producer Knxwledge for the Adult Swim Singles collection marks one of his few recent releases this year, apart from guest appearances on “Really Doe” and
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Earl Sweatshirt & The Alchemist – My Brother, The Wind
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Earl teased “My Brother, the Wind” for the better part of five years prior to release. He debuted the track during his set at Tyler, The Creator’s Camp Flog Gnaw Festival in
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Earl Sweatshirt (Ft. Navy Blue) – The Mint
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Released on November 20th, 2018, “The Mint” is the second single from Earl’s third studio album Some Rap Songs. The song features underground NYC rapper Navy Blue (professional
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Earl Sweatshirt – Peanut
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“Peanut” is a complex look into Earl’s mind. Over intense production and broken vocals,
Earl touches on his depression and his recently deceased father.
This track is one of two
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Earl Sweatshirt – Stapleton
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This is the last song on Earl’s debut mixtape, Earl.
It is only one of two tracks on Earl not produced by Tyler, the Creator. It was produced by BrandenBeatBoy, who is not an OF
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Earl Sweatshirt (Ft. SK Laflare) – Pre
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The sound taken at the end of the song is actually taken from the 2010 movie Centurion, and also shares a name with a track later on the album.
This track sees SK and Earl coming
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Earl Sweatshirt – Sick!
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[Intro] / And I'll give you a kiss / Ugh, some, yeah / Yes sir, somethin' gotta give / [Verse] / Somethin' gotta give, spin another web / Head home, mess with Fisk, like I'm Spider
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Earl Sweatshirt – Wakeupfaggot
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Much like “Thisniggaugly” was a prequel to the track “Earl,” “Wakeupfaggot” is a prequel to track six, “Luper,” where Earl finally wakes up and explains how his days plays out.
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Earl Sweatshirt – Eclipse
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[Intro] / Bear arms / Take no prisoners (Yeah) / Just make more chips and whip the brakes off nigga's shit / (Straight on 'em) / Uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh / Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah / [
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Earl Sweatshirt & The Alchemist – 27 Braids
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[Verse] / Clean break, tougher to make / Ain't a thing to the King, they ain't ruffle the mane / Hold your head, cover your face, so disease doesn't spread / She said I got a son
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Earl Sweatshirt (Ft. Da$H) – Grown Ups
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Track 6 off Earl Sweatshirt’s album I Don’t Like Shit, I Don’t Go Outside featuring Da$H who is mostly known for being a member of the hip hop collective A$AP MOB and the nephew of
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Earl Sweatshirt – Off Top
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“Off Top” is the fifth track from Earl Sweatshirt’s second studio album, I Don’t Like Shit, I Don’t Go Outside. Left Brain is the only other producer besides RandomBlackDude (Earl’
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Earl Sweatshirt (Ft. Standing on the Corner) – Ontheway!
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“Ontheway!” sees Earl tackling the issues of losing hope, motivation, and his sense of safety. Mental health, specifically Earl’s personal struggles with anxiety and depression
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Earl Sweatshirt & The Alchemist – All the Small Things
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[Verse] / My legs treadin' in this quicksand, beatin' eggs / I see the peak and dip the grease up the pan / Feed the fam at sixteen, I wasn't no seasoned chef / It's predictable
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Earl Sweatshirt & The Alchemist – 100 High Street
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[Verse] / Focus steady and unbroken / I was resting on the low-end / My prerequisite to goin' in / I chief recklessly with no end / I went heavy on the dosage / Try and cop a hemi
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Earl Sweatshirt (Ft. MAVI) – EL TORO COMBO MEAL
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“El Toro Combo Meal” features Earl and guest rapper Mavi continuing to show different, darker aspects and building on themes of depression and poor mental health like those seen on
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