Earl (mixtape): Difference between revisions - Wikipedia

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| venue =

| studio = The Trap (Los Angeles)

| genre = {{hlist|[[Alternative hip hop]]|[[horrorcore]]}}

| length = 25:54

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On the title track, Earl, Tyler, and Taco rap about their distaste for [[2DOPEBOYZ]] over frustrations the blog wouldn't publish [[Odd Future]]'s music.<ref name=Genius>{{cite web|url=https://genius.com/51378|title=Earl Sweatshirt - Earl lyrics|work=Genius.com|access-date=November 15, 2021}}</ref><ref name=Ringer>{{cite web|url=https://www.theringer.com/music/2019/5/18/18630053/tyler-creator-igor-review|title=Who's (Still) Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf Gang?|first=Rob|last=Harvilla|work=The Ringer|date=May 18, 2019|access-date=November 15, 2021}}</ref>

==Critical reception==

==Reception==

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''

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|rev2score = {{rating|4.5|5}}<ref name = "SputnikMusic">{{cite web|url=https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/38774/Earl-Sweatshirt-EARL/ |title=Earl Sweatshirt – EARL (album review) |publisher=Sputnikmusic |date=2010-08-26 |access-date=2011-05-10}}</ref>

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[[Pitchfork Media]] called the album "mesmerizing".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://pitchfork.com/features/articles/7863-the-b-boys-odd-future-and-the-swag-generation/ |title=Articles: The /b/ Boys: Odd Future and the Swag Generation |publisher=Pitchfork |date=2010-10-18 |access-date=2011-02-27 |archive-date=2011-03-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110305105034/http://pitchfork.com/features/articles/7863-the-b-boys-odd-future-and-the-swag-generation |url-status=dead }}</ref> Pitchfork's sister site Altered Zones listed ''Earl'' as one of their top twenty albums of 2010, praising the album for its ferocity and for making "some of the most vile verses sound eloquent".<ref>{{cite web |author=alteredzones on 12/21/2010 at noon. |url=http://alteredzones.com/posts/642/2010-albums/ |title=2010: Albums |publisher=Altered Zones |date=2010-12-21 |access-date=2011-02-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110228025824/http://alteredzones.com/posts/642/2010-albums/ |archive-date=2011-02-28 }}</ref> Music site [[Gorilla vs. Bear]] listed it at number 12 in its list of the 30 best albums of 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gorillavsbear.net/2010/12/02/gorilla-vs-bears-albums-of-2010/ |title=gorilla vs. bear's albums of 2010 |date=2 December 2010 |publisher=Gorilla Vs. Bear |access-date=2011-02-27}}</ref>

Complex magazine rated ''Earl'' as the twenty-fourth best album of 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.complex.com/music/2010/12/the-25-best-albums-of-2010/earl-sweatshirt-earl|title=Articles: The 25 Best Albums of 2010 |publisher=Complex |date=2010-12-15 |access-date=2012-03-02}}</ref>

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| extra_column = Producer

| title1 = Thisniggaugly

| writer1 = {{hlist|[[Earl Sweatshirt|Thebe Kgositsile]]|[[Tyler, the Creator|Tyler Okonma]]|[[Odd Future|Travis Bennett]]}}

| extra1 = [[Tyler, the Creator]]

| length1 = 1:18

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| title7 = epaR

| note7 = featuring [[Vince Staples]]

| writer7 = {{hlist|Kgositsile|[[OddLeft FutureBrain|Vyron Turner]]|[[Vince Staples|Vincent Staples]]|[[Hodgy|Gerard Long]]}}

| extra7 = [[Odd Future|Left Brain]]

| length7 = 4:00

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| title9 = Pigions

| note9 = featuring [[Tyler, the Creator|Wolf Haley]]

| writer9 = {{hlist|Kgositsile|Okonma}}

| extra9 = Tyler, the Creator

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; Notes

* "Thisniggaugly" and "Earl" feature additional vocals from [[Tyler, the Creator]] and [[OddTravis FutureBennett|Taco]].

* "Wakeupfaggot" features additional vocals from [[Syd (singer)|Syd tha Kyd]].

* "epaR" features additional vocals from [[Hodgy|Hodgy Beats]].

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[[Category:Albums produced by Tyler, the Creator]]

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