Today I was supposed to find an author to model my future work on, alas due to time I do not have enough time to do substantial research on an author and get this one done so I figured I could figure it out later, I’m either going to study the art of being an MC or MF or I’m going to study plays and my authors I’m thinking about right now are Aeschylus, MF Doom, or Earl Sweatshirt. So I have some thinking to do but I already listen to Doom and Earl so I feel like studying them would be easier than trying to dig up the original works of Aeschylus, who lived in ancient Greece and is the father of tragedy plays.
I ended up chosing Earl Sweatshirt because his writing is very different from most modern rappers. Earl Sweatshirt writes unlike other rappers becuause he has had very different expericences growing up. He struggles with addiction an depression and sees drugs as something that he should stop. He is an alternative rapper which I enjoy becuase the majoirty doesn’t write about anything impactful. Earl writes about his life and what he has been through and how he deals with it. He talks about his problems and feelings in his songs which in my opinion is more meaningful than talking about tripping on Shrooms or something like that.
Earl Sweatshirt is 25 years old and was born in Chicago, his real name is Thebe Neruda Kgositsile and he was sent to Samoa for being a hellraiser at home, this happened just as his rap group, Odd Future, was becoming popular. At the time Thebe was 16. He wasn’t ready to come back until he was clean becuase he didn’t want to make music like he used too. In 2013 he dropped his first album under the name Earl Sweatshirt called Doris. Then he relapsed and went back to his misanthrope, addict state and made I don’t like shit, I don’t go outside in 2015. After that he got back on the mend and started making strides to be healthier. In late 2018 he dropped his latest album called Some Rap Songs, which was about how his problems don’t define him, and where he has been over the last few years. Recently Thebe is now leaving behind Earl and fixing the problems he has been struggling with for a long time. He now goes outside a lot and hangs out with friends often; however he is staying out of the public image becuase he wants to leave Earl Sweatshirt and all the name stood for behind. The thing that I like about Thebe’s songs so much is that all of his life and feelings are in his music.
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