The Rundown: Earl Sweatshirt, Doris

The long-awaited debut from the Odd Future rapper.

Earl Sweashirt, Doris - Earl Sweatshirt emerged from education exile in Samoa to finally put out his debut LP, Doris, a continuum of mid '90s backpack rap. While Earl pushed the labyrinthine flows of Odd Future cohorts with cuts like "Whoa" (featuring Tyler, the Creator) and "Centurion" (featuring Vince Staples), he hit a personal note with the cut "Chum."(Photo: Sony Music)
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Earl Sweatshirt, @earlxsweat - Tweet: "now that I am home I can get healthy and get this album out to y'all while it's still fresh." Odd Future rap rookie Earl Sweatshirt announces that he's canceling the remainder of his live performances due to physical and mental exhaustion. But the good news is he plans to use his time off tour to not only get better, but finish up his second LP.(Photo: Roger Kisby/Getty Images)"20 Wave Caps" featuring Domo Gensis - This creepy paced track, with it's warped carnival organ notes, is reminiscent of mid-'90s "back-pack" rap groups like the Juggaknots and Company Flow. Especially with Earl and Domo chopping syllables to no end and dealing non-sequiturs from the bottom of the deck. (Photos: Earl Sweatshirt via Twitter; Taylor Hill/WireImage/Getty Images)

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The Rundown: Earl Sweatshirt, Doris - A year after returning from being exiled to a school in Samoa, Odd Future's Earl Sweatshirt finally puts forth his debut LP. For young O.F. fans, this journey would be the usual hazy trip into heavy (and surreal) rap verbiage. But for vintage hip hop music heads, Doris is a serious continuum of mid '90s über undergroup rap ala the entire Rawkus Records roster. Check out this song-by-song break down of the long-awaited album. (Photo: Courtesy of Sony Music)

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