“Album ‘Doris’ is miles ahead of 2010’s mixtape ‘Earl’ and Earl Sweatshirt surpasses nearly all of his contemporaries” (Fact Magazine)

“Best New Music! Odd Future’s Odysseus is finally back and chasing the ghosts out of his head” (Pitchfork)

“One of rap’s most gifted technicians” (XXL Magazine)

Just like Frank Ocean, Tyler, The Creator and The Internet, Earl Sweatshirt has floated to the top of the talent pool of LA-based hip-hop collective Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All. This motley crew has been brutally kicking the shins of the hip-hop establishment for several years now and they offer a welcome alternative to the rappers on the American charts that are full of bling-bling and bitches & ho’s.

Sweatshirt (his mother calls him Thebe Neruda Kgositsile), who was 16 at the time, appeared in ’10 with mixtape ‘Earl’ and exhibiting tons of talent. Also as producer (under the moniker randomblackdude), and an unconventional sandpaper baritone - with which he recited dark, clever and confronting raps in his cheeky laidback style. He turned up in ‘Super Rich Kids’ by homeboy Frank Ocean (on the heavenly ‘Channel Orange’), in ‘Rusty’ by Tyler, The Creator (on ‘Wolf’) and did his thing on ‘Oldie’ (the final track on the fantastic official Odd Future debut album ‘The OF Tape Vol. 2’), prior to releasing ‘Chum’ on the net as forerunner to baptism of fire ‘Doris’, in stores since August ’13.

Hyper-talented, intelligent and a little bit crazy… Earl Sweatshirt is the sort of artist that indisputably makes a difference between all the prefab pop-stars that unavoidably turn up again every year. Don’t miss out!