Blog #3
Earl Sweatshirt- Riot! Earl Sweatshirt's song "Riot!" is far from a quintessential impressionist piece, but after listening to more classical impressionists (Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel most notably), I realized that the scattering, melodic style that Debussy frequently employs was also very prevalent in the end song off of Earl Sweatshirt's album Some Rap Songs, released in November 2018 . Notably, this is his most-streamed song off of this album, and one of the most-streamed songs in his entire discography. This speaks to how impressive and well-produced his sample of the song of the name by South African jazz artist (and close friend to his father) Hugh Masekela, from Masekela’s 1969 vinyl release Mace And Grenades / Riot is . Traditional impressionist pieces frequently are done on the piano or other classical instruments, but his use of the sample is done in a much more avant-garde fashion, with a rhythm that isn't easily discernable an...