Earl: The Master of Two Minutes(with the bars)

This was a discussion between Thebe Kgositsile(aka Earl Sweatshirt) and his mother Professor Cheryl Harris held at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles California. The topics discussed were random really, from earls new album, his mom getting social media, and life in general.
earl: y'know the internet seems to be a much more... they tend to change topics really quickly now, and I feel like one thing that might be frustrating to everyone that's like my age right now is how your computer will like assess you, like very quickly. all of y'all smart phones, computers, have a read on your personality. the things you like to say, which song you gon play at like 11, so yeah, its much more vicious
cheryl: its faster
earl: its faster and a lot of things that constitute the complete human experience get lost on the internet with the rapid flicks the wrist y'know what I mean.
cheryl: but you've become the master of two minutes
earl: but that's, what you mean? oh because... the bars?? you switched from the internet to bars... but yeah that's part of the reason why actually, as people, I started to care less about the third verse as peoples attention spans started to get shorter and shorter and that's fine its cool
cheryl: I know we had a debate about that when you first told me that you had these two and a half minute songs
earl: oh for "some rap songs"?
cheryl: yeah for some rap songs and I was like "I don't know man is that actually gonna give people enough" and before you talked to me and explained it, well first of all I had to stand down cause it was his project, but the second thing was I remembered back when I was young, way back, on the songs we listened to Motown songs were all two and a half minutes and the way we learned them was we just put them on repeat, and that really helped me understand that there was a connection, right, and that even though it was something different, the times were different, understanding that, first of all, if the music is good, it doesn't matter how long it is, and secondly we actually do want framed repetition
earl: the concept of the loop, you keep coming back. uhm yeah, two minute songs, uh.
cheryl: so what have you been listening to lately?
earl: what have I been listening to, I've been listening to a whole lotta billy woods, I showed you that guy
cheryl: yeah, he's great
earl: ive been listening to, what have I been listening too... ive been listening to what we made points at the alchemist ive been making a lot of music
cheryl: you've been listening to your own music
earl: yeah ive been listening to my own music
Cheryl: well that's a good thing, that's a good thing
earl: what you've been listening to??
cheryl: ive been listening to a lot of classics.
(then I stopped filming cause my arms were tired sorry if you wanted to hear what cheryl was listening to but she mentioned a fondness for Motown and that's classics so I can assume it was things from that era)

[@bigmamaprawns]

Earl posted the full conversation on his channel go check it out here kzbin.info/www/bejne/najKeop9a7tmp80

[@nickthenang]

My girlfriend also calls me the master of two minutes

[@ashtonmallory6392]

Nick Carey she calls me that two

[@Lurrer]

@@ashtonmallory6392 me two!

[@ThatDeadGuy234]

@@ashtonmallory6392 *Too

[@deecee1853]

My mother calls me that

[@alicadito3354]

Dee Cee lmao. wait.. what?😳

[@LouieV6]

For those that don't know, the woman Earl's talking to is his mom.

[@yehor_ivanov]

milf

[@BIGBARLIN]

@@yehor_ivanov c'mon bro

[@TheSoccerguy1231]

Milf

[@Ruleno.9]

Chris Gonzalez c’mon bro

[@sellassielee9028]

"You know the real deal" -mama sweatshirt

[@tedthecommenter5364]

FULL VERSION?

[@rodan5052]

Always been my motto for doing music with no 3rd verse needed...people don’t have an attention spans that long and you lose their interest. That’s been the demise of rappers having long songs that just drag it out! Like GZA mentioned make the beat short and lyrics twice as strong!

[@C_The_Guy]

Rob Daniels yeah but for those of us who still have decent or reasonable attention spans, 2 min songs end way too quickly. maybe that might be cool for a party song or something, but like some real lyrical, bar heavy song, a third verse is appreciated from me.

[@rodan5052]

c no doubt man! I appreciate that! ✊🏽 Im attentive to artist if they have substance in their songs and intellect....a song I could rewind and catch something I missed because I was caught off guard. That’s just me though. Also depends on who you like as an artist. There’s albums I can listen to in it’s entirety front to back without a skip and I’ve listened to albums that are cool but won’t make ya playlist because not every song had consistency. The difference with what Earl has done with his music now compared to other artist is its fitting for concert shows and time management, sort of a compilation of 20 songs while other artist might need to cut a 3-4 min song down to maybe one verse and spin into the next song, especially if they have many albums you’re only gonna only hear a few bangers they had

[@EMDANAL]

2pac had 3 verses sometimes 4 verses. radio versions with different verses no problem.

[@smelly1444]

Thanks for the uploads Cheetah!

[@bigmamaprawns]

The dialogue has been posted in the description

[@sunstar9863]

why not add captions you lazy fuck

[@maxp8497]

@@sunstar9863 because

[@xaji402]

Thank you so much for shearing this video and also for put in the description what they said. I really appreciated it. Greetings from Costa Rica

[@seltonquadros6557]

Thank you for uploading these

[@burningshoelace659]

i don’t even know what going on but i just smiled bc i like seeing earl just doin stuff

[@kidsintuxedos1310]

billy woods

[@quanathan]

i need dialogue

[@tsewkeelem2427]

quanathan yea

[@lakeitron]

Nah fuck that I could listen to a 10 minute song if it was by Earl. Solace be on loop all day

[@kennyjokes]

So this ain’t a wild title lol?

[@benconnor3206]

Kinard Henson nah that’s his mother and she’s a poet as well as a teacher

[@kennyjokes]

@@benconnor3206 nah I mean Earl: The Master of Two Minutes

[@thesea6417]

Why weren’t they talking about the background picture? Thought maybe it’d be a Revelation sermon or something.

[@benjaminreichman1]

What is this from??? Who is he talking to??? Is there a full version??? I need details!

[@bigmamaprawns]

It's his mom, they are discussing his new album but it drifted off into mostly a conversation about life

[@yvngarmz5984]

Cheetah Death where can i find the full conversation???

[@bigmamaprawns]

@@yvngarmz5984 not sure but it's out there somewhere I saw someone recording the whole thing

[@yvngarmz5984]

Cheetah Death oh did u record this live?? I thought you just uploaded after finding

[@bigmamaprawns]

@@yvngarmz5984 yes I recorded it live it was held at the museum of contemporary art in Los Angeles

[@dgayle2348]

If y'all was rocking with this nigga since 2011 you know how big this is.

[@GrabbinPeelz]

where can I find this diagram in the presentation

[@bigmamaprawns]

clarencelarkincharts.com/charts/Clarence_Larkin_Charts_1.html

[@lukapitkanen3333]

He listens to billy woods? Collab soon pls

[@pizzakilla4870]

Turn that shit up

[@briskadvocate6029]

Earl's sweatshirt is fly lol

[@ramonahodges7786]

Thx

[@darionduncan9206]

King

[@nimanixo]

He’s so smart

[@Unstable_Luis]

what's your ig?

[@kalmridertv]

I can’t understand what earl is saying

[@bigmamaprawns]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/najKeop9a7tmp80 The full discussion is posted on his channel now it has much better audio

[@Jay-uv5xg]

Who did he say he was listening to

[@guyincogneeto9034]

Jesus Christ the jackson 5

[@ennisshabab9557]

Billy woods

[@adrians4211]

Billy woods, another legend

[@tugginmypudda2068]

Nigga what bars

[@Sosa-hv2rz]

Wtf Is Dis , Dis Nigga Earl Goin Hollywood

[@tacb...0]

billYY

[@HUSTLER-AT-HEART]

Nice

[@IIcultivatorII]

“Your phone knows you. Knows the music your gonna want”. Well ya I mean you type shit in and it finds relatable subjects. Very smart :/ (sarcasm)

[@KayVerbruggen]

I don’t think that’s what he means, he’s not talking about literally searching for it. He’s talking about suggestions based on the way you use your phone. On iOS for example if you swipe down on the main menu it shows you Siri suggestions. These are based on your time/location and which apps you use the most in those situations.

[@homeofnobles]

@@KayVerbruggen A.I.

[@midwestmonstaz3655]

It’s incredible to see the 2 minute attention span theory in real time. Not being mean I’m just saying you can see the conversation run dry after she stops talking about Motown and how music can go on repeat but we get bored of the same information after 2-3 minutes so loops become more interesting than the lyrics. *Incoming long rant* I can see what he’s trying to say about smartphones and computers being more aggressive. In that you’re only 11, but computers have already mapped out your interests and personality, so they push more of the same things you like and it’s harder to explore or stumble across other great music without the hassle of being forced the same things you already know. For example I like some Drake songs, but I don’t want to hear every song he’s ever made. Then it stems into Nicki Minaj, that stems into cardi b, which stems into migos, which then stems into lil pump and so on and so forth. You can’t like something or search something without it branching off into other stuff related to what you were kinda interested in for a hot second.

[@stevenacevedo28]

wtf is this about

[@Joeindimension]

Earl sound drugged out, not coherent, nervous, dumb. He used to have good music back in the day, god bless him.

[@homeofnobles]

bruh I hope one day you realize you've been missing out. Earl is truly getting better with time

[@Joeindimension]

@@homeofnobles Some Rap Songs was okay, can you agree his music sounds more psychedelic/experimental now? I miss his album Earl and Doris. His music now sounds like he's on acid.

[@homeofnobles]

@@Joeindimension well you gotta realize that he put out Doris as a teenager...he's 25 now and has obviously went through more shit in his life. I have also tended to like more obscure music the older I get so I'm not surprised that earl has went into this direction. also, he was clearly an MF DOOM fan at a young age so it makes sense. it just means that you yourself may or may not acquire the taste.

[@Joeindimension]

@@homeofnobles yup yup

[@givenchymamajama3859]

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