What Writers Can Learn From Earl Sweatshirt Part 3

What Writers Can Learn From Earl Sweatshirt Part 3 | Voir Dire Lyrical Analysis

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10 ай бұрын

In this video, I analyze Earl Sweatshirt's writing approach on Voir Dire so that writers like you and me can learn from it and improve our own writing styles and creative projects. This was a super fun video to do and I'm loving the new album that he and The Alchemist put out - this definitely won't be the last time I talk about it!
What are your thoughts on Voir Dire? What other interesting things have you noticed about Earl's writing style? Let's talk about it in the comments!
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Also, few people have asked me to give feedback on their writing so if that sort of thing interests anyone I'd be happy to give thoughts and support! Send anything you'd like over to unknownreviews777@gmail.com
And lastly, thank your insights, support, and contributions to this community! Much love!
Background beats:
"Protection" prod. by a. cyanea (aka me!) at 0:09 and 8:20
"The End" prod. by MORETH • [Free For Profit] Earl... at 2:05 and 6:30
"Soul" Prod by NIKO • (Free for Profit) Alch...
at 4:05
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@8n8nxxi 10 ай бұрын

that’s what “big words” are for. not to flex your intelligence (as people afraid of them often claim to protect their pride), but to say the same thing faster by using a word packed with more nuance than the most basic synonym that needs 10 other words padded around it to convey the same specificity. people really let the education system make them hate sound symbols😂

@incognitiveincognito 10 ай бұрын

The idea of shifting your view of words and such is exactly what opened up my writing. Woods, ELUCID, Earl, DOOM, and Boldy all changed the way I viewed writing to some extent because of how they can put things together like no one else can in their own unique ways.

@unknownreviews7259 10 ай бұрын

100% I had the exact same experience - ESPECIALLY with Armand Hammer. Sir Benni Miles probably single handedly changed how I approach all of my raps now. their style of writing is so versatile, detailed, AND flexible while still being accessible at the same time. doesn't get any better imo

@NateCody 10 ай бұрын

this has been one of my favorite serieses on yt

@unknownreviews7259 10 ай бұрын

thats such a kind thing to say. means alot to me fr!!

@kidxtreme2812 10 ай бұрын

Hard pfp bro🔥

@NateCody 10 ай бұрын

@@kidxtreme2812 thanks, it's one of my fav albums

@hiyoowihamainza949 10 ай бұрын

Nice work. I also took his "re-allocate me my own fucking land" to be a sort of anti-ownership sentiment. A historical analysis (excavation) shows that ownership of land taken by force (i.e., colonialism) is now only being partitioned to those whose land was stolen in the first place. I felt like Noname would've loved that line.

@benlem 10 ай бұрын

love these so much man, thank you

@nicocorbo4153 10 ай бұрын

another great video dylan :) keep it up

@prod.lanista 9 ай бұрын

DAMNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN was waiting for it so badly

@tokyogoon 3 ай бұрын

Thank you for this series. I’m glad Marci been included in this as well.

@Cam-Obi 9 ай бұрын

Love your analyses. They are very inspiring while I’m in and out of my own writing zone. This is a unique series snd it seems you’re the only doing this on youtube. One request i have is could you start including audio snippets of the songs that you reference? It would be super helpful for songs that i never heard before. And would stop me from having to pause the video and go and listen, sometimes forgetting to return altogether

@ystrdy6162 10 ай бұрын

oh i was waiting for this

@unknownreviews7259 10 ай бұрын

glad I could get it done for you! hope you enjoyed!

@McJar 10 ай бұрын

love the breakdown!

@unknownreviews7259 10 ай бұрын

thank you!!

@anjovimusic 10 ай бұрын

Love your takes man! That area about emphasizing words is interesting to me because it can be easy to pick a word because it fits a ryhme scheme, but even if the word is close enough (like excavate/dig up/unearth/etc) depending on the line, it can lead to the line becoming unnecessarily headscratchy with no pay off for it. It's subtle, but yeah, the shit that impact's listeners can be super subtle I find. Even when listening to some lines, it can be "WTF, why is it so awkward? it's clear when i seperate the line, but sounds like word soup when it's being rapped". Always enjoy your stuff.

@thecybersaurusrex2591 10 ай бұрын

Amazing breakdown, love every single one of your analyses.

@unknownreviews7259 10 ай бұрын

thank you so much!!!!!

@iittssddaannii 10 ай бұрын

thank you for this video brother! love from portugal!

@unknownreviews7259 10 ай бұрын

portugal! one of my bucket list places to visit someday! much love and thank you for the support!

@lolshr3khappiness640 10 ай бұрын

I would love it if you did an analysis on Ka

@Ed-ss1uh 10 ай бұрын

Great video

@stevk0_- 10 ай бұрын

would you be interested in ever doing some of these deep dives into mac miller's writing, maybe how it changed over the years or something?

@TheKommunity5150 10 ай бұрын

love your breakdowns content like this is so important but so hard to find. are you planning on doing anything from billy woods and Kenny segal's new project the storytelling on soft landing and NYC Tapwater is insane

@unknownreviews7259 10 ай бұрын

thanks man I really appreciate it! Yeah I’d love to make another video on maps - I did a reaction but always wanted to do a breakdown. It’s on my list (but my list is so long at this point 😭). Hoping I can get to it soon! Also soft landing is my fav track off the album after Agriculture!!

@arigrey8499 10 ай бұрын

Most underated channel on yt

@unknownreviews7259 10 ай бұрын

thank you!!!

@jamesblhollands 10 ай бұрын

Vwaahhh deer is how you pronounce it

@jigsaw1252 5 ай бұрын

I wanna learn how to write like earl on the voir dire album 🔥🔥

@peamut547 10 ай бұрын

Man, I would love for you to do a video like this for Pharoahe Monch. Not enough videos are made about that dude.

@subjectofthemoon 10 ай бұрын

❤️❤️❤️

@unknownreviews7259 10 ай бұрын

💜💜

@soaked189 10 ай бұрын

King krule lyrics hit me different too

@Will-bn9km 2 ай бұрын

Can you do a video on Joey Badass or Capital STEEZ? I feel like they both also play with the English language in cool ways especially at such young ages

@carlos.serone 10 ай бұрын

Great vid! Do you have your beats available anywhere? That one at the start was so good

@unknownreviews7259 10 ай бұрын

thank you so much!! original music will be out soon! I'm hoping by the end of the year. there's a verse to go along with that beat too - can't wait to share it with you all :)

@carlos.serone 10 ай бұрын

@@unknownreviews7259 amazing!! can’t wait to hear it

@xavierm.9429 10 ай бұрын

I thought your analysis was great, Earl's one of my favorite writers. Would love to know what you think about MAVI's music

@unknownreviews7259 10 ай бұрын

Thank you!! I’ve got a ton of requests to cover MAVI - I’ve really got to get around to it. Any song in particular you think is good for analysis?

@xavierm.9429 10 ай бұрын

@@unknownreviews7259 Self care, Town Crier, and Miracle Baby are a few of my favorites. There's something so hypnotizing to me about his delivery and flow. Especially on Miracle Baby, it almost feels as if there isn't a single syllable out of place. But, aye man, I've been enjoying your channel. Keep up the good work.