On his latest album Sick!, Earl Sweatshirt is clairvoyant; aware of himself and his surroundings. Having become a father, he is responsible for a life other than his own. This altruism is reflected throughout the album's 10 tracks. Beyond newfound fatherhood, Thebe Kgositsile watches a world burn from the ground up due to police killing Black people, riots, and Covid-19 quarantining society over the last two years. The world has changed and he has changed with it, but neither will ever be the same again. For the first time, he steps out of the darkness that has hidden him throughout his career. He leaves his comfort zone, peeling back the layers of his enigmatic lyrics to expose his wound. Earl closes the door on nearly a decade of guilt, using his new album as a vehicle for acceptance.
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