Earl Sweatshirt is one of the most underrated and overlooked artists in this generation of music. His ability to use vivid imagery within his lyricism over unique samples that one may have never imagined could be turned into a rap song is uncanny and frankly, it’s impressive. His most recent EP Feet of Clay is no different. With mostly original production from the man himself along with some assistance from the Alchemist and Ovrkast, Earl creates a bit of a continuation to last year’s strong album Some Rap Songs. Soul samples and off the wall snippets from songs are used uncharacteristically and just when it seems like you may have lost the rhythm, Earl comes right back in for the rescue with his clever flow. The former Odd Future front runner has made such a transformation over the majority of this last decade, switching up from the tomfoolery that could be found within his music as well as running around California with the rest of the wild OF crew. As for now, he has this maturity within the way he speaks as well as the references and experience he brings to his songs, which is something that has been becoming more and more evident as time has passed and his recent projects have matured. Feet of Clay is definitely an EP that you really need to sit down, zone out, and focus solely on for the first listen otherwise you’ll miss out on the tremendous wordplay and artistry that Earl put into this over the last year or so. At first I wished that the project was longer than its short 15 minute run time, but after realizing how heavy it is with so many different layers, it’s so much to digest that it’s still going to truly take at least weeks if not months to completely absorb all of its complexity. It feels beyond amazing to say that Earl is back with some fantastic new music on his EP Feet of Clay, so take some time to ingest this piece of work and see the legend Earl Sweatshirt do what he does best for yourself.
