Earl Sweatshirt Archives

Our year-long essay series on our 100 favorite albums of all time

From prolific underground rap vets to mainstream up-and-comers

50 records from a year that overwhelmed us with great music

Our favorite songs from an eclectic year

Plus yeule, Grails, JOHN, Dominique Fils-Aimé, Final Gasp, Wiki, MIKE and the Alchemist and more

Earl’s new collab with The Alchemist is one of the breeziest in his catalog

Plus Ratboys, Open Mike Eagle, The Cowboys, Nick Cave & Warren Ellis, Pleasure Forever, and jaimie branch

The L.A. rapper reintroduced himself via a hazy and dark debut album

A chronicle of landmark firsts through 50 years of hip-hop

The most personal album of Earl’s career is also his most musically innovative

Eclecticism defined the greatest moments in hip-hop in 2022.

Our favorite anthems, bangers, ballads and rippers of the past year

Plus Converge, Code Orange, Show Me the Body, High Vis, Soul Glo and more

More than a decade after his debut, Earl eases into a succinct but mature set of songs.

Hear Earl’s new 24-minute album in its entirety

New album out January 14

25 albums at the top of our queue.

Hear “Tabula Rasa,” featuring Armand Hammer.

The shortest and sweetest rap records to drop in the last five years.

Pop-up event happening tonight in downtown Los Angeles for the release.