[Certain]

The album actually let me down a little as a whole, particularly since some of the best tracks are some of the oldest.

The guest appearances are not good for the most part. There are more than I remembered. Mac Miller sounds like if someone without talent tried to imitate Earl Sweatshirt on that track. Tyler, the Creator has never been able to hang with the best rappers in his group. Frank Ocean should stick to singing, though he is decent at rapping. Having Frank Ocean's cousin (SK Laflare) open the album was weird, though his verse was OK. Domo Genesis and Vince Staples handle their business on two guest spots each.

Your criticism is fair, though. My bigger one is the beats are kind of murky and don't allow any of the tracks to feel different.

But Earl Sweatshirt has my favorite style of anyone going right now, a few bad decisions on his first studio album notwithstanding.