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'''''Earl''''' (stylized as '''''EARL''''') is the debut [[mixtape]] by American rapper [[Earl Sweatshirt]]. It was released as a free digital download on March 31, 2010, on the [[Odd Future]] website.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://oddfuture.tumblr.com/post/486144881/earl-sweatshirt-earl |title=OFWGKTA: Earl Sweatshirt – EARL |publisher=Oddfuture.tumblr.com |date=2010-03-31 |access-date=2011-02-27}}</ref>

==Background and lyrics==

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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==

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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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