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On “EAST” Earl laments losing his girlfriend, his grandmother and father while reflecting on his dependence on alcohol to cope. He does so over a sample from a song by 20th-century Egyptian singer Abdelhalim Hafez. The track’s title is likely a reference to the time he spent on the East Coast with MIKE and the collective while producing Some Rap Songs.
The loud, overpowering production on this song can be seen to be a metaphor for Earl’s mind state with the production resembling the clouding of his thoughts and articulation of his feelings to some extent.
In an interview with Apple Music, Earl says about East:
"This one is real as hell. There’s very visceral memories and moments on that joint: “Ahki hit the horn and beep/ Mention my sentence strong, we all that we need/But don’t call me brother no more.‘ Them was real life revelations in the back of a fucking cab.”
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