earl sweatshirt's some rap songs has been the album to really get my creative juices flowing lately while also comforting me during a not-unusual winter depression. it's been part of my life since i was 15, but lately i've felt especially connected to it in my adulthood. it's a moving self-portrait that's complemented so, so well by his 9-minute short nowhere, nobody. you should give it a listen if you haven't already, and if you have, listen closer
