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Description
Compressed into 15 tracks and just 25 minutes, 'Some Rap Songs' captures Earl Sweatshirt at his most intimate and unconventional. Fragmented beats, warped jazz samples and deliberately rough production form a dense backdrop for verses shaped by grief, depression, family and personal isolation. Most tracks disappear in under two minutes, giving the album the feeling of a private notebook assembled from unfinished memories, recurring thoughts and fleeting moments of clarity.
Rather than following conventional song structures, Earl Sweatshirt favours repetition, abrupt transitions and vocals that often sit deep within the mix. Navy Blue appears on "The Mint", while Brooklyn collective Standing on the Corner contributes to "Ontheway!", strengthening the record’s connection to New York’s experimental underground rap scene. Its emotional centre arrives with "Playing Possum", which combines recordings of Earl’s mother, Cheryl Harris, and his late father, South African poet Keorapetse Kgositsile. Raw, subdued and intensely personal, 'Some Rap Songs' transforms lo-fi production and fragmented storytelling into a remarkably cohesive reflection on mourning, identity and emotional survival.
Tracklist
- Shattered Dreams
- Red Water
- Cold Summers
- Nowhere2go
- December 24
- Ontheway! (feat. Standing On The Corner)
- The Mint (feat. Navy Blue)
- The Bends
- Loosie
- Azucar
- Eclipse
- Veins
- Playing Possum (feat. Cheryl Harris & Keorapetse Kgositsile)
- Peanut
- Riot!
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