Stereogum — Producers/MCs the Alchemist and Oh No met back in 2010 and formed hip-hop psych project Gangrene. Since then, the duo has a slew of albums and EPs and brought together Earl Sweatshirt and Future Islands’ Samuel T. Herring for the latest Grand Theft... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — In addition to the Made In America-presented Mary J Blige show that happened last week and the second TBA one-day NYC show, the Jay Z-curated Budweiser Made In America festival returns to Philly Labor Day Weekend. It happens September... more info

Stereogum — I always had a vague sense that Tyler, The Creator and Vince Staples didn’t get along, mostly because Staples rapped on a whole lot of Earl Sweatshirt and Mike G tracks back in the day but never joined Odd Future. But the two of them sure looked ha... more info

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L.A. Times - Entertainment — In the germinal stages of a musical movement, it's hard to know whether a particular sound will live for a month, a year or a decade. Whether a new scene will influence a neighborhood, a city or the world, whether the ideas morph into something bigge... more info

Stereogum — When Odd Future came onto the scene six years ago, the L.A. rap crew came off as a tight unit. Since then, the different members have grown into solo artists, and their paths seem to cross only incidentally. No Odd Future members guested on Tyler, Th... more info

The Independent — Releasing your album online unexpectedly is the in thing right now. It started with Beyoncé, was carried on by Drake, and then copied by Kendrick Lamar, Earl Sweatshirt and Tyler, the Creator. Now, it’s ASAP Rocky’s turn. more info

Stereogum — Earl Sweatshirt’s new album I Don’t Like Shit, I Don’t Go Outside is a dark, twisty, insular piece of work, not exactly the sort of thing that lends itself to late-night TV. But Sweatshirt still popped up on last night’s episode of Jimmy Kimm... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Earl Sweatshirt recently dropped his great under-30-minute new album, I Don't Like Shit, I Don't Go Outside, almost out of nowhere, and now he's back with 10 more minutes of music -- completely out of nowhere. It's one long... more info

Stereogum — Anyone still just name-checking Earl Sweatshirt as a “member of Odd Future” hasn’t been paying much attention to the young rapper’s rise over the course of the past few years. 2013’s Doris and his recent I Don’t Like Shit, I Don’t Go Ou... more info