Earl Sweatshirt Brings Us Another Wild, Warbled Rap Song With 'The Mint'

Earlier this month, Earl Sweatshirt dropped back inside view — right after a clever fake-out on Vince Staples' FM! — with the lucid, multicolored "Nowhere2go." We right now know, thanks to a new Instagram post, that it was the genuine starting of a new era: Earl's new album, Some Rap Songs, is due out November 30.


To continue the celebration, he's dropped a tape machine-hissing word avalanche called "The Mint" with some help from New York rapper Navy Blue. Like "Nowhere2go," "The Mint" sounds liberatingly unfettered, more proof from Earl about what he's been thinking about while in his time away.


"Lotta blood to let, peace to prepare, give a fuck about a check," Earl raps to wind down the creaky, piano-led track. He's bloodletting here, sure, however he's also backtracking and giving a little bit clarity about the past two years of his life, a time he mentioned he spent depressed on "Nowhere2go." "Two years I have been missing, living life / You was wilding, daily was trash," he says.


Earl also unveiled the blurry cover art for Some Rap Songs and made the album accessible for pre-order at his website. You could check out the artwork below, then listen to the song above.