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==Background and lyrics==
''Earl'' is notable for its depraved and violent lyrics, which detail the fictional misadventures of the young Earl Sweatshirt, as he commits acts of murder, rape, kidnapping, and violence. The album features production by BrandenBeatBoy (credited as BeatBoy) and fellow Odd Future members [[Tyler, the Creator]] and [[Left Brain]]. The album features vocals from Tyler, the Creator, [[Vince Staples]], [[Hodgy Beats]], and some backing vocals from fellow Odd Future members [[Syd Tha Kyd]] and [[Taco Bennett]]. The lyrics featured on the album were written and recorded in 2009–2010, when Earl was 15–16 years old. The content present throughout the album includes various drug references, macabre themes of murder, rape and sexual lyrics.<ref name = "SputnikMusic"/>
''Earl'' {{Reflist}}
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>
==Reception==
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''
| rev1Score = 8.3/10<ref name="pitchfork1">{{cite web |author=Sheldon Pearce |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/earl-sweatshirt-earl/ |title=Earl Sweatshirt: Earl |work=Pitchfork |date=August 12, 2018 |access-date=August 12, 2018 }}</ref>
|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}}</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 |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>
===Accolades===
The mixtape was recognized as one of The 100 Best Albums of the Decade So Far, a list published by [[Pitchfork Media]] in August 2014.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/9465-the-top-100-albums-of-2010-2014/ |title=The 100 Best Albums of the Decade So Far (2010–2014) |work=Pitchfork |year=2015 |access-date=31 May 2015}}</ref>
== Track listing ==
{{Track listing
| extra_column = Producer
| title1 = Thisniggaugly
| writer1 = {{hlist|[[Earl Sweatshirt|Thebe Kgositsile]]|[[Tyler, the Creator|Tyler Okonma]]|[[Travis Bennett]]}}
| extra1 = [[Tyler, the Creator]]
| length1 = 1:18
| title2 = Earl
| writer2 = {{hlist|Kgositsile|Okonma|T. Bennett}}
| extra2 = Tyler, the Creator
| length2 = 2:26
| title3 = Couch
| note3 = featuring [[Tyler, the Creator|Ace Creator]]
| writer3 = {{hlist|Kgositsile|Okonma}}
| extra3 = Tyler, the Creator
| length3 = 3:16
| title4 = Kill
| writer4 = {{hlist|Kgositsile|Okonma}}
| extra4 = Tyler, the Creator
| length4 = 2:20
| title5 = Wakeupfaggot
| writer5 = {{hlist|Kgositsile|Okonma|[[Syd (singer)|Sydney Bennett]]}}
| extra5 = Tyler, the Creator
| length5 = 0:42
| title6 = Luper
| writer6 = {{hlist|Kgositsile|Okonma}}
| extra6 = Tyler, the Creator
| length6 = 1:59
| title7 = epaR
| note7 = featuring [[Vince Staples]]
| writer7 = {{hlist|Kgositsile|[[Left Brain|Vyron Turner]]|[[Vince Staples|Vincent Staples]]|[[Hodgy|Gerard Long]]}}
| extra7 = [[Left Brain]]
| length7 = 4:00
| title8 = Moonlight
| note8 = featuring [[Hodgy|Hodgy Beats]]
| writer8 = {{hlist|Kgositsile|Okonma|Long}}
| extra8 = Tyler, the Creator
| length8 = 2:04
| title9 = Pigions
| note9 = featuring [[Tyler, the Creator|Wolf Haley]]
| writer9 = {{hlist|Kgositsile|Okonma}}
| extra9 = Tyler, the Creator
| length9 = 3:33
| title10 = Stapleton
| writer10 = {{hlist|Kgositsile|Branden Martin}}
| extra10 = BeatBoy
| length10 = 4:16
}}
; Notes
* "Thisniggaugly" and "Earl" feature additional vocals from [[Tyler, the Creator]] and [[Travis Bennett|Taco]].
* "Wakeupfaggot" features additional vocals from [[Syd (singer)|Syd tha Kyd]].
* "epaR" features additional vocals from [[Hodgy|Hodgy Beats]].
* Tyler, the Creator is credited as 'Ace Creator' on "Couch," and as 'Wolf Haley' on "Pigions."
== Unauthorized Tidal & Amazon Music re-release ==
On April 6, 2015, '''''Earl''''' was re-released on music streaming services [[Tidal (service)|Tidal]] and [[Amazon Music]]. The updated track list combined most of the original tracks from ''Earl'' (excluding "Thisniggaugly" and "Wakeupfaggot") with tracks recorded prior to ''Earl'', back when Sweatshirt went by the stage name Sly Tendencies. Other tracks include songs Sweatshirt featured on around the time of ''Earl''.<ref>[https://store.tidal.com/us/album/48306405] {{dead link|date=October 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Earl-Explicit-Sweatshirt/dp/B0119FPWT8/ref=ntt_mus_dp_dpt_1|title=Earl|access-date=20 October 2021|website=Amazon.com}}</ref> This is an unauthorized release from the company Classic Hits. Despite being available for purchase, most included songs were previously released for free.
=== Track listing ===
{{Track listing
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| title1 = Stapleton
| extra1 = BeatBoy
| length1 = 4:16
| title2 = Earl
| extra2 = [[Tyler, the Creator]]
| length2 = 2:27
| title3 = Couch
| note3 = featuring Tyler, the Creator
| extra3 = Tyler, the Creator
| length3 = 3:17
| title4 = Kill
| extra4 = Tyler, the Creator
| length4 = 2:21
| title5 = Molliwopped
| extra5 =
| length5 = 1:43
| title6 = Luper
| extra6 = Tyler, the Creator
| length6 = 2:00
| title7 = epaR
| note7 = featuring [[Vince Staples]]
| extra7 = [[Left Brain]]
| length7 = 4:01
| title8 = Moonlight
| note8 = featuring [[Hodgy|Hodgy Beats]]
| extra8 = Tyler, the Creator
| length8 = 2:05
| title9 = Deerskin
| extra9 = [[Madlib]]
| length9 = 2:13
| title10 = Orange Juice
| note10 = featuring Hodgy Beats
| extra10 = Bangladesh
| length10 = 3:51
| title11 = Chordaroy
| extra11 = Left Brain
| note11 = featuring Tyler, the Creator and [[MellowHype]]
| length11 = 5:01
| title12 = Drop
| extra12 = {{hlist|Cha Lo|[[Polow da Don]]}}
| length12 = 2:28
| title13 = Mezmerized
| note13 = featuring Mylo
| extra13 =
| length13 = 2:48
| title14 = Swag Me Out
| note14 = featuring [[Jasper Dolphin|Jasper]], [[Odd Future|Odd Future, Wolf Gang]] and Tyler, the Creator
| extra14 =
| length14 = 7:18
| title15 = Home
| extra15 = [[James Pants]]
| length15 = 1:48
| title16 = Brand New
| extra16 =
| length16 = 0:52
| title17 = Blade
| extra17 = [[DJ Khaled]]
| length17 = 1:24
| title18 = Fuck This Christmas
| note18 = featuring Tyler, the Creator and Hodgy Beats
| extra18 = Tyler, the Creator
| length18 = 4:31
| title19 = WattStax
| extra19 = Weird Eye
| length19 = 1:56
| title20 = Pigions
| note20 = featuring Tyler, the Creator
| extra20 = Tyler, the Creator
| length20 = 3:34
| title21 = Dat Ass
| extra21 =
| length21 = 1:09
| title22 = FYC
| note22 = featuring Gruzen
| extra22 =
| length22 = 3:56
| title23 = Cool
| extra23 =
| note23 = featuring [[Mike G]]
| length23 = 2:27
| title24 = CopKiller
| note24 = featuring Hodgy Beats
| extra24 = Left Brain
| length24 = 1:24
| title25 = Rebellious Shit
| length25 = 2:16
| title26 = Stones Throw
| length26 = 1:14
| title27 = Rick James
| extra27 =
| length27 = 1:58
| title28 = Dat Ass (Remix)
| note28 = featuring [[Big L]]
| extra28 =
| length28 = 1:48
| title29 = Number 4 (Instrumental)
| extra29 =
| length29 = 4:24
}}
;Notes
* The instrumental for "Deerskin" is originally the instrumental for "[[All Caps (song)|All Caps]]" by [[Madvillain]], produced by [[Madlib]].
* The instrumental for "Orange Juice" is originally the instrumental for "[[Lemonade (Gucci Mane song)|Lemonade]]" by [[Gucci Mane]], produced by Bangladesh.
** Hodgy Beats was mistakenly credited on the re-release's track list; Tyler, the Creator is the correct feature.
* "Chordaroy" was originally on [[MellowHype]]'s 2010 mixtape ''[[BlackenedWhite]]''.
* The instrumental for "Drop" is originally the instrumental for "[[Drop (Rich Boy song)|Drop]]" by [[Rich Boy]], produced by Cha Lo and [[Polow da Don]].
* The instrumental for "Swag Me Out" is originally the instrumental for "Not a Stain on Me" by [[Big Tuck]].
* "Home" was released as a standalone song on February 8, 2012, the day Sweatshirt [[Earl Sweatshirt#2012–2013: Return from Samoa and Doris|returned from Samoa]], and the instrumental for it is originally the song "Theme From Paris" by [[James Pants]].
* The instrumental for "Blade" is originally the instrumental for "Nothing's Gonna Stop Me" by [[Terror Squad (group)|Terror Squad]], produced by [[DJ Khaled]].
* "Rick James" was mistakenly released as an Earl Sweatshirt song. The song is actually titled "BADBOI222" and was released by Long Island rapper "BIG BREAKFAST".
== References ==
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{{Earl Sweatshirt}}