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Earl Sweatshirt – Doris A 2/7/2014 Earl Sweatshirt – Doris | Manik Music About Us Album Rating Contact Us Staff For the musically obsessed… Home Reviews Features Manik Newswire Manik Baltimore Home » Featured Slider » Earl Sweatshirt – Doris Earl Sweatshirt – Doris Posted by Manik Music on Aug 21, 2013 in Featured Slider, Reviews | 0 comments A http://www.manikmusic.net/reviews/earl-sweatshirt-doris/ 1/6 2/7/2014 Earl Sweatshirt – Doris | Manik Music If the public’s reaction Kendrick Lamar’s infamous “Control” verse proved anything, it’s that America craves lyric-heavy, intelligent rap over the dumbed-down crap that had been fed to us for so long. While “artists” like Soulja Boy and Chief Keef have reason to worry, lyrically dexterous rappers are experiencing a renaissance. Spearheading this movement of talent-first rappers is Earl Sweatshirt of the Odd Future crew, underground rap’s greatest talent and secret weapon. Earl (Thebe Kgositsile) just released his debut studio album Doris, his first substantial work since his return to the spotlight. At the tender age of 16, the L.A. native released his eponymous mix-tape that turned quite a few heads – first due to his immense talent and young age, then due to his lyrics rife with stomach-churning violence. Upon its release, Earl had virtually vanished – his mother sent him to an at-risk youth camp in Samoa, which left crowds shouting “Free Earl” at concerts, fueling the towering hype and mystery that his mix-tape had garnered. Since his return a year ago, he’s had a few excellent guest spots – a verse on Frank Ocean’s Grammy-winning Channel Orange, a verse on the posse track “Oldie,” and a verse on Captain Murphy’s (a.k.a. Flying Lotus) track “Between Friends” – but nothing substantial. Unlike his debut mix-tape, Doris strips away the shock tactics, landing cleanly in rap-as- art territory. It’s a dark, heady, and largely hook-free album with a focus on Earl’s rapping ability, his career pressures, apathy, and depression. His effortless flow and incredibly witty wordplay help craft the claustrophobic world of a fawned-over wunderkind on his album that exceeds all expectations. The stress Earl feels and relates through his songs are tangible, and add all the more weight to each verse. The three lead singles off Doris provide an appropriate thematic backdrop for the album as a whole. Glum piano and stuttering drums color Earl’s languid flow on “Chum” as he laments the absence of his father from his life (“It’s probably been 12 years since my father left, left my fatherless/And I just used to say I hate him in dishonest jest/When honestly I miss this n***a like when I was six”). “Whoa,” a track featuring Odd Future firebrand Tyler, the Creator, finds Earl in a more boastful mood, going for the throat through his tongue-twisting rhymes over crackling synthesizer. “Hive” finds Earl rapping about inner city struggles during economic hardship over a staggering, low-end beat (“From a city that’s recession hit/ Where stressed n***as could flex metal with pedals to rake pennies in”). One of the strongest verses on the album comes on the track “Burgundy.” Over the course of the song, Earl sounds despondent, focusing on the way his ascent has taken away time from doting on his sick grandmother and how pressure has been mounting with “them expectations raising because daddy was a poet,” referring to his largely absent father and South African poet laureate Keorapetse Kgositsile. It’s another example of Earl’s achingly sincere approach on Doris – rather than hiding behind empty showboating and make-believe violence, he bears all, and it’s enthralling. The guest verses on Doris don’t disappoint either. Vince Staples’ drawling verse on “Hive” is sure to jump start his career, nearly stealing Earl’s thunder. Frank Ocean, Odd Future’s resident crooner, takes to rapping on “Sunday,” a track about broken relationships with perhaps the most resonant line on the album, “What good is West Coast weather if you’re bi-polar?” The lyric perfectly captures the ambivalent mood Earl http://www.manikmusic.net/reviews/earl-sweatshirt-doris/ 2/6 2/7/2014 Earl Sweatshirt – Doris | Manik Music maintains towards his fame – halfway between accepting his due acclaim and retreating back into the shadows. While most of the big-budget hip-hop albums of the summer underwhelmed (Yeezus [arguably], Magna Carta Holy Grail, and Born Sinner, to name a few), Doris is by far the strongest. It’s an excellent hip-hop album by technical standards – internal rhyming and sheer lyrical brilliance are proudly displayed – and one rife some very real adult topics. 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