New Calfornia Sounds from local rap stars Vince Staples and Earl Sweatshirt
A day before the prodigal rapper issued this new EP, he wrote via social media that the release was “a collection of observations and feelings recorded during the death throes of a crumbling empire.” He doesn’t waste any time, packing the opening track, “74,” with a single, uninterrupted verse that references melting ice, holy wars, smartphone culture, “streets flooding like the pants weren’t touching the sneak” and flying missiles.
“Feet of Clay,” in fact, only contains one chorus among its seven tracks, and it arrives in a two-suite quickie called “Tisk Tisk/Cookies” near the end. The rest of his words arrive in verses and show the artist born Thebe Kgositsile experimenting with structure and meter while pouring forth streams of consequential ideas.
As with the free-jazz innovators of the 1960s, Sweatshirt continually pushes against the notion that rap music requires any formulas at all. Again, who does that?Longtime Earl Sweatshirt collaborator and friend Vince Staples made one of his earliest impressions nearly a decade ago on Earl’s self-titled debut mixtape. In the time since, the two have established parallel and occasionally intertwining narratives.
His new track is a midtempo ballad and appears on the soundtrack to the forthcoming crime thriller, “Queen & Slim.
Also unlike his peer Earl, who seems to have mostly retreated from self-promotion, Staples has moved further into the spotlight: Last week he premiered the second episode of “The Vince Staples Show.” An original series, it showcases the rapper’s skills in front of the camera.
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