earl sweatshirt - i don't like shit, i don't go outside: an album by earl sweatshirt

i just want my time and my mind intact / when they both gone, you can't buy 'em back - grief

earl should go outside. there's a lot out there to grasp for someone like him, a lot of experiences that he could collect and use to fuel his lyricism. but then again, earl should stay inside. he's got the twisted closed off shtick down and his darkness does captivate. schrodinger's sweatshirt: if earl branched out more and engaged in some of the trends being set by his peers (not his odd future peers) would he emerge as a stronger rapper or would he completely lose what got him there in the first place?

what we do know is that a stripped down aesthetic is what earl does like; no beat sounds like it was given more than 30 minutes of attention. no verse really sounds like it was given more than 30 minutes of attention, but for earl that results in the occasional bar or idea that's pretty striking. since each listen of the album only demands 30 minutes of attention, it gives you what you'd expect. schrodinger's sweatshirt.

top 3 + bottom one: grief, dna, wool, am (not radio)



score: 52