EAST: Understanding Earl Sweatshirt 

right after the east part its actually sampled my timbaland

Lu org indo ya?

NO SAMPLE SNITCHING

​@@ryalghToo late dawg 😭

I swear, when I used to be able to deal with the subreddit, it was never this reasonable 😂

He's not given enough attention for it, even when he was 16 he was already Wiping the floor with his flows and wordplay

Hes really a poet on the beat

Earl is one of the best, but I think Rap Ferrira, Billy Woods, and E Lucid are better when it comes to lyrics. I do think Earl is really good at matching a vibe and captivating an audience a little better when the other three can come off a little too esoteric, dry, and nerdy despite their excellence. Ka is very excellent and deep lyrically and probably the most underrated out of all these. He's enigmatic and doesn't have much of a public presence it seems, but admittedly idk much about him. I also respect Mavi, MIKE, and Navy Blue when it comes to lyrics. That's all that's coming to mind rn.

@@WHOAM1894 thank you for the recs, I knitted a few of those artists but I’ll check out the rest

Check out Ka. Funny enough, it was Earl that put me on to him. Really dope lyricist.

sorry buddy that’s cap

For me, the more I listened to EAST the more I disliked it.

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@@alonzomor112 yeah, its real cool

was he not actually his uncle? Rest in power, both of em

@unabridged this is who plays the sample on RIOT btw

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thanks, glad you liked it!

thanks for letting me know!

where’d you get the hard R from? I’ve always heard them say it more like an H. hard R sounds crazy 😂

@@stateportSound_wav its more so the accent cause that’s how it’s pronounced in south africa

@@prod.dobhar interesting, I recall hearing it on the SA memorial broadcast for Keorapetse, I didn’t catch that aspect I suppose

s/o to Daedalus fr, such a genuine dude

thanks for watching!

Really appreciate that, thanks!

Everyone knows minor keys are supposed to be melancholic. He's hardly the first to suggest that.

@@ShadowWizard123 its not about minor in general , he specifically pointed out east being in g minor to relate it to a mozart piece which just came of as really pretentious

@@messucherforever at least he didn't use the phrase "golden ears" to describe perfect pitch lmaooo. Talk about coming off as pretentious

@@ShadowWizard123 Whats pretentious about golden ears??? Its just the common, non-academic phrase for describing perfect pitch when it comes to hearing.

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Thank you for your comment! I especially like what you said about 'solving the puzzle'. There is something deeply rewarding about engaging with challenging tracks such as this, even if their full meanings will always remain elusive. The links in the description should be working now:)

What “shit” tracks are you talking about here? I’m curious

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I think much of what the comments are saying (most succinctly in your comment) applies for Earl’s music from Solace onward, and very much MIKE’s too. Much of it off-putting at first, but ultimately more fulfilling to sit with, and get every experience possible out of it. When a hard-to-grasp song just finally hits, it’s so worth the time spent expanding your listening horizons. If you ever heard Earl’s DJ sets (eg. old Boiler Room skatepark set) or RBMA show, he plays everything from spiritual jazz like Sun Ra, to CyHi or Future. I found hella rnb jams, Mach Hommy + MIKE, and a much better grasp of his 90’s rap influence like M.O.P., , Lox, + Mobb Deep. And then he’d play some heat from 21/Nudy 😂 He’s one of the single most influential plugs for my inspiration because of stuff like that, and early on it gave me an idea of the sounds he’d wanted to explore. That may have made it easier to be open to it when he dove fully into it. The newest project with Alc is really my favorite mix of the extreme left-field, while still bringing it all together in a great listening experience, and finally overcoming many of his emotional struggles for some inspiringly optimistic sentiments.

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Hahah I tried my best!

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Interesting point! I'm fascinated by Earl's meandering flow/delivery so this is cool to know

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Thanks so much! got more videos on the way

not familiar with that. the style on this track is Earl’s of course, but I’d also heavily attribute it to Billy Woods’s influence on him

Need to listen to more of his music! I like what I've heard

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hahah this is one of my favourite comments

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I can see why you say that but… no

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okay I knew I wasn’t tripping, thank you

It’s in a minor…