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Although the mixtape was never finished or released, Earl eventually joined Tyler's rap group Odd Future. His debut studio album, Earl , was self-released March 31, as a free digital download on the Odd Future website. Most of the album was produced by Tyler, The Creator. Earl was named the 24th-best album of by Complex. Despite overwhelmingly positive reviews, various sources indicated that Sweatshirt had stopped making music with Odd Future.

Posts from Tyler, The Creator's Twitter andFormspring accounts seemed to indicate that Sweatshirt's mother would not grant permission to release any of Sweatshirt's music; although Earl later expressed in an interview that his mother sent him to Samoa not because of his music or lyrical content, but because of his getting into trouble. Earl attended Coral Reef Academy, a therapeutic retreat school for at-risk boys, located outside of the Samoan capital of Apia.

At Coral Reef Academy, Earl earned back privileges, and ultimately the opportunity to return home. At the beginning of his enrollment, he had very little freedom and was unable to even use the bathroom unsupervised, but he eventually became a positive role model shown as an example to new students.

On February 8, , rumors spread around the internet that Sweatshirt had returned to the U. He also later confirmed on his new Twitter account that he had returned to his home in Los Angeles. Three hours passed and Sweatshirt reached 50, followers and did release a new song on his website, entitled "Home", in which he ends the song with " On March 20, a video released on the official Odd Future YouTube page featured Earl in a cypher-style music video rapping along to his verse from "Oldie" with the other members of the crew.

He turned down several other larger offers due to his priority of remaining close to Odd Future. Earl Sweatshirt was also featured on MellowHype's third studio album and major label debut, Numbers on the track "P2". On November 2, Earl released his first solo single since his return from Samoa, titled "Chum". On November 12, he announced in a tweet that his second studio album will be titled, Doris.

On December 4, Earl released the official music video for "Chum". Earl also confirmed the next single to be titled "Whoa" featuring Tyler, The Creator. The song was released to iTunes on March 12, , along with the music video being released, which was directed by Tyler.

Production was primarily handled by Sweatshirt under the pseudonym randomblackdude and production duo Christian Rich. In September , Complex named Sweatshirt the tenth best producer in hip hop.

Upon its release, Doris was met with universal critical acclaim from music critics, including perfect scores by The Guardian and Los Angeles Times , which praised Sweatshirt's rhyme schemes and lyrics along with the gritty underground production.

On October 10, , Earl confirmed that he had completed the album to follow-up Doris. Their website and blog via Tumblr is incredibly well put-together and ran by the members themselves. Furthermore, their manager Chris Clancy, a former Interscope executive takes an unconventional approach to managing their careers; which can be demonstrated by their recent deal with Sony RED Distribution. The deal allows them to have their own label and keep full creative control.

Tyler and Odd Future are so different and so offensive but yet so artistic and genius at the same time. Tyler is evidence that the craziest ideas end up being the best ideas. Odd Future? Just do what the fuck you like.

And fuck impressing others. Post by: Rosie J — music marketer StudioDiva. How They Came Up. When he was 7 years old he loved to create his own album covers with imaginary tracklists. He started making beats at the age of 12 using Reason and Fruity Loops. His mom bought him a keyboard when he was 14 and he taught himself how to play.