Every time I come back to this album I’m increasingly underwhelmed.

>>73323990
>Most of the songs lack structure and sometimes it’s just pathetic
lel no
>He starts the album with SK La Flare’s awkward flow, which doesn’t set the tone properly.
Agreed that his slow was sloppy and that Earl should've started with his verse.
RZA is wasted, and Mac Miller’s feature is awful.
Valid Complaints

It seems like you come to this album with the wrong frame of mind, expecting a cohesive or polished album. I feel this album is to represent the state that Earl was in, drowsy, jaded and unstable.

>>73324152
I don't mind unpolished, drowsy, jaded or unstable. In fact I like those elements, it's a good persona and he begins to articulate those ideas well, but half the songs don't go anywhere... I do expect cohesion to some degree.

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>>73323990
>Will Earl ever make an album worth remembering?

He already did

>>73324885

This. His only good album.

>>73324885
>Any shitty shock rap
>Worth remembering

You're funny. I'm pretty sure most OF members are ashamed of their early stuff.

>>73324933

Earl is by far the strongest OF album. It's potent, funny and oddly charming. Luper is the best song of his career.

>>73324971
Frank ocean is by far the only good thing to come out of OF

>>73324971
Is frank still part of OF??

Why isn't anybody defending IDLSIDGO? I think it's his strongest album. It's consistent, has his best flows and is in my opinion, one of the best hip-hop albums from this decade so far.

>>73323990
I think context is really important for Earl's work. He sums up the attitude behind Doris with Vince's backing vocals and his first verse on Burgundy. When Vince pops in with
>What's up, nigga?
>Why you so depressed and sad all the time like a little bitch?
>What's the problem, man?
>Niggas want to hear you rap
>Don't nobody care about how you feel, we want raps, nigga,
we get a noticeably look into Earl's psyche. He was, what, 15 or 16 just having fun making music with his friends before he went to Samoa, and he came back to find out he was one of indie rap's biggest stars. He never even had the time to adjust to his personal life before being launched into his professional life. He was trying to make things right with his mom, be with his grandma while she was passing away, and deal with all the drama going on within the OF crew, and all he was hearing from his fans was "Hey man, when are you gonna put out some new music?" This is a theme that gets brought up multiple times in Doris, and why I think so much of it is so burned-out and lethargic, because that's where Earl was at the time.

I would argue that IDLSIDGO is a departure from that, though. His voice is a lot less monotonous and his verses are a lot more structured and topical for the most part. The beats are more sparse and minimal, but they're more consistent and give him room to find his voice as a rapper. The material is darker because he had broke his leg or something and wasn't eating because he was depressed, but there's more catharsis in Mantra and DNA than anything else in his catalog with the exception of Chum, maybe. It's not a masterpiece, but it was a necessary step for him if he will one day make one. Personally, I think whatever he does next will be his definite opus.