For the rapper and producer known professionally as Earl Sweatshirt, self-awareness was once burdensome. You could feel the weight of his conscience in his music as he wrestled with the massive ...

In today's fast-changing landscape, a new generation of rappers is emerging, the most skilled of which tend more toward thoughtful introspection and well-crafted lyricism than the 10-cent beat with ..

Devotees of Earl Sweatshirt and The Alchemist have been ... slightly somber nature of all the small things, it’s a similar beat even in instrumentation and shit. But just the vibe is a little ...