Welcome to Album Mode where journalist, Demar Grant and The Cool Table host, Adriel Smiley breakdown and review the latest albums. Each episode features a new album where both hosts dive in-depth about the project and the artist’s path to its release.
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Welcome to Album Mode where journalist, Demar Grant and The Cool Table host, Adriel Smiley breakdown and review the latest albums. Each episode features a new album where both hosts dive in-depth about the project and the artist’s path to its release.
Démar and Adriel discuss Earl Sweatshirt's latest studio album "Live Laugh Love", Earl's unorthodox song structures and whether his complexity is worth it for a regular music listener.
Démar’s rating: 7 / 10 Adriel's rating: 6 / 10
The Love List: FORGE, WELDONE!, CRISCO, TOURMALINE, exhaust
Timecodes:
01:35 - Demar is down on Earl 4:59 - FREE EARL 8:52 - An album with no singles 11:35 - Adriel's favourite Earl song 15:28 - Production on Gamma 21:16 - Is Static a Drill song? 33:31 - Demar on Earl abandoning the songs 39:00 - Lyrics on Crisco are genius level 45:34 - Onelongrunonsentence 50:20 - What does this mean for his career? 57:19 - No Skips? 58:16 - The Cover 59:06 - The Score
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Earl Sweatshirt - Live Laugh Love / 2025 / hip hop, rap, alternative hip hop
Album Mode
Welcome to Album Mode where journalist, Demar Grant and The Cool Table host, Adriel Smiley breakdown and review the latest albums. Each episode features a new album where both hosts dive in-depth about the project and the artist’s path to its release.
