“Given its sonic similarities to recent cuts like “Whoa” and “Chum”, Earl Sweatshirt's low-bpm, vaguely serpentine “Hive” doesn't necessarily indicate that he's been in the lab fleshing out new musical directions. Instead, he’s pushing his deliriously inventive talents further, to work through things that continue to define him. Earl’s voice isn’t obscured like it was on Mac Miller’s “I’m Not Real””
