Some Rap Songs is the follow-up to 2015’s critically acclaimed I Don’t Like Shit, I Don’t Go Outside. In the New Year of 2018, Earl promised the release of new music on Twitter, which would bring an end to his close to 4 year absence from the rap game. After performing multiple unreleased tracks during live shows, and following a personally rough year for the rapper, including the death of his father, Keorapetse Kgositsile, Earl indicated on social media that new music was imminent as we neared the closure of 2018. During the first week of November, Earl’s social media pages released three daily videos, each featuring complex visuals and snippets of forthcoming audio, strongly believed to be linked to the forthcoming album, with the final video confirming an upcoming single titled “Nowhere2go.” Earl followed this release up by confirming that it was part of his upcoming project, stating: It’s also the first track getting release cause I’m not a single ass nigga. Its the closest thing I got to a damn single. Via Zane Lowe’s Beats 1. The album was finally announced on Earl’s Instagram account, after having released the second single for the album, “The Mint.”