I swear to god, Every track Earl is on, He says to the producer if Earl doesn't produce it, "Yeah just lower my vocals, make it so nobody can hear what the f*** I'm saying, Make em have to go to rap genius or some s***, Yeah, that's that fire nigga." Wtf is with it? I've never seen any other artist just get overpowered by his instrumentals so much.
WHAT THE F***.
and I say instrumental because it isn't a beat that Earl mumbles on
the instrumentals are basically if you just threw a bunch of instruments around in a band room and recorded it.
I swear, there is a bar in one of these songs where before Earl completes his line, there is a loud HORN sound and you can't tell whatever the f*** he is saying.
God damn it Earl, send this nigga back to samoa, I'm as tired of this s*** as Earl sounds when he is rapping, Truthfully Mumble rap
thats basically what his musics been for nearly a decade now
Also 8 unreleased songs making the cut is something heâs never done before, I wonder what changed this time around
âShowing offâ
my teeth, smiling
My response to cheapâ
talk
Keep your guard up
Niggas eavesdropping with weak jawsâ
The fact that he rapped the studio version of infatuation with more energy than the live versions
The fact that he rapped the studio version of infatuation with more energy than the live versions
This is massive cant wait
On a technical level this is probably his highest quality work next to SRS
Not sure if it will resonate with me enough long term to put it above other projects but it does feel like he was able to execute his best post SRS statement here, staying with the same general sound and vibe but with a little more energy, drums, some relatively more built out song structures, and most strikingly and surprisingly for me, the use of melody in his flows on multiple tracks, which went over pretty well.
I think it had a decent balance of âenergeticâ earl flows and more mumbled moments, itâs still an acquired taste obviously but it seemed to work okay here and there was a lot of drums. Itâs weird reviewing Earl projects at this point because whether there are drums and if he sounds awake are kind of an elephant in the room. But this had some cool unique beats and nice messaging fr
The last song where he speaks directly to the listener sending strength is powerful in a subtle way. The album isnât heavy handed with any concept, it has even less pretense than SRS or Sick or even Voir Dire. It feels like a collection of songs and a message of positivity to the listener and it comes across in a simple way. Will see how much I revisit it but feeling very positive