Earl Sweatshirt made a fairly morose first impression. The 21-year-old member of rap collective Odd Future dragged listeners into a lyrically grotesque world on his self-titled 2010 mixtape, then went for more personal musings on his 2013 major-label debut, Doris. He sticks to similarly introspective territory on this followup: his molasses-thick vocals roll through tongue-twisting wordplay, battling to be heard over his disjointed, bass-heavy beats. Earl has spoken about feeling more comfortable in his own skin as the years go by, and that mellowed honesty manifests itself on Faucet’s denouncement of insincere hangers-on, and in frequent mentions of his late grandmother on the single Grief and opener Huey. The album staggers by quickly, making it easy to miss a lacerating line here or clever double entendre there. In that respect, it lends itself well to multiple listens. Or, as he bluntly tweeted: “WHEN YOU GET DONE LISTENING TO IT, LISTEN TO IT AGAIN, THATS WHY ITS 30 MINUTES NUMBNUTS.”
Check out our album review of Artist's I Don't Like Shit, I Don't Go Outside on Rolling Stone.com. APRIL 01: Earl Sweatshirt performs in support of I DON'T LIKE SHIT, I DON'T GO OUTSIDE at St. I Don't Like Shit, I Don't Go Outside: An Album by Earl Sweatshirt is the second studio album by American rapper Earl Sweatshirt. It was released on March 23, 2015, by Columbia Records and Tan Cressida Records. It features guest appearances from Dash, Vince Staples, Wiki, and Na'kel Smith.