Analysing Some Rap Songs by Earl Sweatshirt

During a three year hiatus from music, Earl lost his father, with whom he had a very broken relationship, and this event caused him to suffer greatly, but it also allowed for him to find new peace in his life. While it may appear to be Earl’s most depressing piece yet, the album is truly a testament to progress and self-betterment.
Background beat by Yippie

[@030oh7]

I'm just happy that earl is still here. Can't take chances after legends like Mac

[@RegalState]

There are so many legends still among us, I'm glad you liked this

[@kurogikuzuzuki9790]

@@RegalState hold on now when did he say he liked the video?

[@dir-gk]

@@kurogikuzuzuki9790 he telepathically read him.

[@jmoore5385]

some rap songs is truly a masterpiece

[@LactationMan]

It's funny, when I first listened to this album I wasn't that crazy about it. However I caught myself hummin the beats and sampled vocals in my day dreams. The beats are unorthodox but for some reason sound familiar. The juxtaposition of earl's monotone vs the crazy beat is like earl fighting against a torrent of a musical barrage, and the only way to win is to conquer the beat with lyrics

[@RegalState]

Extremely good description, and fantastic way of explaining your innate feelings

[@mee8914]

Yup this is definitely aquired but once it clicks it's amazing

[@ahnmensch3115]

Maybe my favourite Rap Album ever. So deep lyrics,such great sounding beats,so influential. And Experimental Stuff is always the way to go. I dont wanna hear the same sounding people on the same hard beats.

[@acjayc]

Experimental Hip-hop feels like the only art-form in hip-hop, left these days. Earl's Some Rap Songs & Danny Brown's Atrocity Exhibition are two great examples.

[@poncuss]

@@acjayc you should listen to By The Time I Get To Phoenix by Injury Reserve if you like experimental rap music. One of the best albums of the last decade

[@acjayc]

@@poncuss Listened to it the day it came out.

[@1tonofclay]

This channel is criminally underrated.

[@RegalState]

Ahahah you are too kind, i'm glad you found value from my work haha

[@danishdanial4953]

One of my personal favorite albums of all time. Its a wonderful trip when listening to this album

[@RegalState]

It is, it's a great journey when you understand all the references he makes especially to his Father, his Friends and his mindset. Was really refreshing to make the video

[@leogreenfield4999]

Took me a while to get into the album's sound, but once I got into it....well it's one of my favorite albums of 2018

[@RegalState]

I think you have to let some projects in general marinate because their ideas aren't easy to digest for anyone. I've been suspect of passing albums in the past and then on replay think it's suddenly genius. So don't feel too hard on yourself, there is a certain beauty in being able to reprocess and understand true value - that's what makes us human for sure

[@leogreenfield4999]

@@RegalState Definitely. Sometimes the rush and the pressure of feeling like there's so much music you need to check out can get in the way of learning to appreciate a good album.

[@RegalState]

@@leogreenfield4999 Couldn't have said it better myself

[@kaivarela6097]

dude your channel is hella underrated

[@RegalState]

Much love man, we're out here for the culture

[@NYBornAndRazed]

Of course I had listened to the album upon release, but it wasn’t until I was listening to it on the daily while self quarantining with COVID over Christmas holiday. I was at home alone, the rest of my family was vacationing in another country. Listening to the album became more a self-confrontation, sharing many similar emotions with Earl. This album means the world to me.

[@MMfish_]

Thank you. This is a beautiful analysis and has brought me a new level of appreciation of this piece of art!

[@mcnuttington7122]

Ay i really loved your last video on earl and this is even better

[@philipmorris2174]

Thank you, man! It's quite hard to understand Earl's songs if your English level is only intermediate for now. After watching your video, I'm really happy I checked the whole Earl's discography because even a couple of words in a line has its own deep meaning and makes vivid images in your head. Your help is invaluable!

[@RegalState]

This is the type of comment that really hits home, I really appreciate that it helped you think about things from a deeper perspective. I also sometimes do find things hard to understand, so I take the time to break it down for myself, and upload it through videos like this, at the same time so other people like you can benefit! Thank you for the support, definitely stick around for weekly episodes!

[@leorrocher]

This is the most constructive and straightforward Some Rap Songs analysis I’ve seen, props 👏

[@whoisevan9250]

i love watching earl sweatshirt analysis videos with pretty visuals

[@mauromaldonado6694]

Omfg I love this so much people really need to listen to this

[@deviin6996]

Wow this is an amazing video. I love this album and I listen to it a lot, & didn’t know some of these things .

[@RegalState]

Appreciate it!

[@ryang8850]

glad this was on my home page

[@RegalState]

Just made an episode on Doris if that intrigues you

[@nicholasn.2883]

This is my absolute favorite album. Favorite album of all time

[@kingjpbeats6832]

Incredible video

[@RegalState]

Appreciate the love, what else do you think I should cover that people want?

[@sdf1000]

fantastic video

[@stunnaboyowen]

this video is a hidden gem

[@nibotykztawas3210]

Amazing video

[@coastercraziness]

What a beautiful album. Earl’s magnum opus. He’s only put out top tier work, but this is absolutely his best

[@abh_mulla3424]

Great content bro

[@RegalState]

My g much love!

[@raecarter8261]

Ik just one subscriber isn’t that much but man you earned mine this is top quality content

[@RegalState]

Nah every one means a lot - really glad you found value from this

[@supgin1616]

this album helped me get through the worst time in my life. i feel like i’ve never been so understood by a piece of music before

[@DonRA33]

Ur Chanel Gonna blow up watch

[@RegalState]

Bro you're too kind man, what parts of this vid made you like it so much?

[@DonRA33]

Regal State Music the way u break it down non biased like🕊🌎nowadays people make too many videos emotionally or decisions emotionally

[@DonRA33]

Regal State Music plus da visuals man ! Keep doing your thing you’re going to big !

[@RegalState]

@@DonRA33 Haha love the support bro, and it's deffo an interesting point - that people make things emotionally

[@littleboy129]

My favourite album of all time

[@Kenpachi324]

It’s so good

[@PlanK_SA]

Give Yippie his credit for the background beat

[@RegalState]

In the description

[@PHB_Hutselen]

NICE VID

[@jasojasojasojasojaso]

whats this backing track?

[@RegalState]

Glad you asked, it's a beat by Lunar kzbin.info/www/bejne/o6HPfKpomK6AaLs

[@mauromaldonado6694]

Can you do all this albums? Pls

[@RegalState]

Mauro my guy! Thank you so much for the love, yes I will they are all on the list - Feet of Clay, Doris etc.

[@mauromaldonado6694]

Regal State Music thank you man 🙏🏽....what your doing is great and really educational

[@RegalState]

@@mauromaldonado6694 Let me know if there are other episodes you like on here, and also please let me know if you DONT like something, it's always good to know what I could do or what different angles I could cover someone from

[@mauromaldonado6694]

Regal State Music will do bro 🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@Baby3l]

Who's that friend that was working against earl?

[@fratello9781]

A friend of earl that was working against earl

[@jan3000x]

What rap songs?

[@scoutwithclout8841]

i feel like a complete dumbass because i don’t understand what some of earl’s lines mean but it seems like everyone else does

[@gregbroyles3240]

im in the same boat

[@dumpling614]

some people think the album is about heroin use

[@televisionwatcher4457]

Most of the songs beat wise are bad but the meaning is very strong

[@andres-er3of]

Honestly i dont like the use of metaphors and poetic language in music. I feel like i cant keep up to what he's trying to say and instead of feeling his words more i dont really feel anything at all.

[@AJR352]

Rap stands for Rythm and Poetry. Rap isn’t the genre for you if you don’t like metaphors and poetic language

[@andres-er3of]

@@AJR352 I strongly disagree. Most of what rappers say in their lyrics arent metaphors or have hidden meanings. Only references and clever wordplay which are entirely different. If anything id say rap is less cryptic than most music and thats exactly what i like about it.

[@andres-er3of]

@@AJR352 also rap doesnt come from rhythm and poetry. It comes from the verb to rap, which means to strike with a quick blow or to utter sharply

[@AJR352]

I don’t have the energy to argue with that since I lost brain cells reading your reply so here

[@andres-er3of]

@@AJR352 bruh youre full of shit. Your acronym was objectively wrong and you jack off to deep meanings in lyrics which you have to fucking analyse for hours just to get a senselss message. If you wanna say something to someone you wouldnt hide it under a hundred metaphors and double meanings because you wanna look smart. You might as well not say anything at all if its "up for interpretation". I've listened to a shit ton of classic rap albums and most of them say shit directly. Cuz thats the essence of hip hop, saying shit to your face, no pussy shit