Lil B opened up the floodgates for Odd Future, and now rap has a huge Internet culture. Earl Sweatshirt culturefloodgatefuture Change image and share on social
I think rap music is rap music. I mean, are there heavy writing aspects of it? Absolutely. In a sense, is it poetry? Yeah. I've heard that so much, growing up in a house with poetry. But I think people like to use that as a shortcut for who's good and who's not. It's like the word 'lyrical' - 'lyrical' is the worst word in the entire world. Earl Sweatshirt absolutelyaspectbad share on social
It just happens to be that people like to associate poetry and rap music. I think that idea is kind of corny. Earl Sweatshirt associatecornyidea Change image and share on social
People think artists like 50 Cent don't have charisma, but it's just a different kind of charisma, a bully charisma, which is kinda frowned upon. Earl Sweatshirt artistbullycent Change image and share on social
Odd Future's like a network as opposed to like a rap group. Earl Sweatshirt futuregroupnetwork Change image and share on social
It would be ridiculous to say I don't want to sell records, but I trust my taste. Earl Sweatshirt recordridiculoussell Change image and share on social
At first, I was just trying to sound like DOOM and Eminem, and then I dug out my own voice, I guess. Earl Sweatshirt digdoomeminem Change image and share on social
My friends have to remind me that it's OK to own the fact that you're good at something. I think it'll just come with getting older. Earl Sweatshirt factfriendgood Change image and share on social