I completely disagree with the mixtape comment. It had a very unified sound. Mixtapes tend to be all over the place and very, very long. This was compressed and unified, a la Illmatic or The Great Adventures of Slick Rick or The Black Album or Hell Hath No Fury or Rip the Jacker or many other short, classic albums. At 44 minutes, 7 seconds, it's longer than most of those.
The beats were varied, from great to good. Which ones didn't you like?
The issue is that Earl Sweatshirt simply has no other mode. He's laconically oozing multiple-syllable rhymes every time out. As I said on the first thread about this album, he has my favorite style going when he's going at it for a track or two. But the monotony doesn't do him favors when listening to 15 tracks at once. The guest appearances are welcome, and most of them are really strong.
I'd give this 8.5 out of 10.
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