(So, I wrote this review for Sputnik music several weeks ago but never posted it here! Oops. Anyway, here it is)
Out of all the young, suburban LA
rappers that make up the seemingly ubiquitous Odd Future collective, the
teenaged Earl Sweatshirt rises above his peers with his complex rhyme schemes
and considerable lyrical prowess that separates him from other OF members that
seem content with rapping about bankrolls (Hodgy Beats), bitches (Hodgy Beats
again), the miraculous powers of weed (Domo Genesis) and other obviously cliché
rap topics that are tired and worn out at this point in hip-hop’s history. Earl’s
year-long absence after the release of his acclaimed EARL mixtape garnered considerable of hype for the then-mysterious
MC, and after his triumphant return on the track “Oldie” in 2012, expectations
for Sweatshirt reached astronomical heights and demand for another album was
feverish. At last, Odd Future fans can finally uncurl themselves from the fetal
position in which they are scratching at their open sores and drooling all over
themselves and finally get their fix of a new Earl Sweatshirt album, Doris.
