Earl Sweatshirt

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Our 100 Favorite Hip-Hop Albums of the 21st Century

The best rap records of the past 20 years.

Earl Sweatshirt, MIKE and Surf Gang

Earl Sweatshirt, MIKE and Surf Gang announce collaborative album, tour

Hear “Minty // Earth”

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The 50 Best Albums of 2025

A year in records, from folk to jazz, rap to metal, rock to electronic, and beyond.

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The 100 Best Songs of 2025

The best bangers and ballads, rippers and dirges of an exhausting year

Armand Hammer California Games video

Watch Armand Hammer & The Alchemist’s video for “California Games” (feat. Earl Sweatshirt)

Plus upcoming European tour dates

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8 Essential hip-hop albums of summer/fall 2025

Introducing our new hip-hop column, with a selection of must-hear beats and rhymes

Earl Sweatshirt Live Laugh Love review

Earl Sweatshirt : Live Laugh Love

A warmer, more joyful set of hip-hop

Treble 100 All-Time Favorite Albums

Treble 100: The Complete List

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

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The 20 Best Hip-Hop Albums of 2023

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

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The 50 Best Albums of 2023

50 records from a year that overwhelmed us with great music

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The 100 Best Songs of 2023

Our favorite songs from an eclectic year

Loraine James

Best New Releases, September 22: Loraine James, CHAI, and more

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

Earl Sweatshirt Voir dire review

Earl Sweatshirt and the Alchemist : Voir Dire

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

Earl Sweatshirt - best new releases

Best New Releases, August 25: Earl Sweatshirt & The Alchemist, The Armed, and more

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

Earl Sweatshirt Doris

Earl Sweatshirt explored insular shades of gray on Doris

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

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The 50 Best Hip-Hop Debut Albums

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

Earl Sweatshirt Some Rap Songs

Treble 100: No. 64, Earl Sweatshirt – Some Rap Songs

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

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The 20 Best Hip-Hop Albums of 2022

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

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The 100 Best Songs of 2022

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

Outbreak 2023

Death Grips, Denzel Curry to headline 2023 Outbreak Festival

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