Thebe Neruda Kgositila is a Chicago native, the son of a UCLA law professor and a South African poet. Nowadays, Thebe is far better known as Earl Sweatshirt. The rapper, producer and former key member of the Los Angeles based collective and movement Odd Future has gained recognition and praise ever since he'd released his debut mixtape, Earl, released back in March 2010.
The subject matter of "Earl" can be easily described with one line from the title track. "I got nuts to bust and butts to fuck and ups to shut and sluts to fuckin' uppercut" spat by what was then a 16 year old Sweatshirt in the most brutally honest way possible. The anti religious, rape and violence filled lyrics which Earl was writing and recording at such a ripe age were written in the utmost poetic manner with a vocabulary unseen in the rap game being run by Weezy and Yeezy at the time. It was like everything your parents hated, and …show more content…
Production credits from former label mate Tyler, the Creator, Frank Ocean, the RZA, BadBadNotGood, and The Neptunes. Features included Vince Staples, Casey Veggies, and Mac Miller, everyone’s second favorite Jewish rapper. Receiving great critical reception from XXL, the Los Angeles Times, Billboard, etc. along with multiple accolades as it ranked on nearly every major Top 50 Album of the Year list as well as every major Top 10 Hip Hop Album list.
Two years following his successful major label debut, Earl returned more mature than ever. His sophomore LP entitled “I Don’t Like Shit, I Don’t Go Outside: An Album by Earl Sweatshirt” was announced six days prior to its release accompanied by its sole single “Grief”. Personally, this is the project which made me love Earl. The dark and personal stories cannot be evaded and that may be an understatement. Entirely self produced by Sweatshirt’s alter ego, randomblackdude, with a minimal number of features made for a much less star studded look, yet provided for a much more concise
The subject matter of "Earl" can be easily described with one line from the title track. "I got nuts to bust and butts to fuck and ups to shut and sluts to fuckin' uppercut" spat by what was then a 16 year old Sweatshirt in the most brutally honest way possible. The anti religious, rape and violence filled lyrics which Earl was writing and recording at such a ripe age were written in the utmost poetic manner with a vocabulary unseen in the rap game being run by Weezy and Yeezy at the time. It was like everything your parents hated, and …show more content…
Production credits from former label mate Tyler, the Creator, Frank Ocean, the RZA, BadBadNotGood, and The Neptunes. Features included Vince Staples, Casey Veggies, and Mac Miller, everyone’s second favorite Jewish rapper. Receiving great critical reception from XXL, the Los Angeles Times, Billboard, etc. along with multiple accolades as it ranked on nearly every major Top 50 Album of the Year list as well as every major Top 10 Hip Hop Album list.
Two years following his successful major label debut, Earl returned more mature than ever. His sophomore LP entitled “I Don’t Like Shit, I Don’t Go Outside: An Album by Earl Sweatshirt” was announced six days prior to its release accompanied by its sole single “Grief”. Personally, this is the project which made me love Earl. The dark and personal stories cannot be evaded and that may be an understatement. Entirely self produced by Sweatshirt’s alter ego, randomblackdude, with a minimal number of features made for a much less star studded look, yet provided for a much more concise