"E. Coli" | ||||
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Single by The Alchemist featuring Earl Sweatshirt | ||||
from the EP Bread | ||||
Released | November 27, 2018 | |||
Genre | Alternative hip hop | |||
Length | 2:12 | |||
Label | ALC | |||
Songwriter(s) | ||||
Producer(s) | The Alchemist | |||
The Alchemist singles chronology | ||||
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Earl Sweatshirt singles chronology | ||||
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"E. Coli" is a song by American record producer the Alchemist featuring American rapper Earl Sweatshirt. Released on November 27, 2018, [1] it was the only single from the former's extended play Bread, released three days later. [2] It is one of the Alchemist's most popular songs. [3]
An early version of "E. Coli" had been performed live by Earl Sweatshirt in 2015, and had "floated around [...] for a few years online" before the release. [4] [5]
The beat, produced by the Alchemist, is made up of a looped sample from "La Prima Volta" by Italian music group the Lovers. [6] Tom Breihan, writing for Stereogum , describes the production as "broken [and] psychedelic", but "brighter and more concrete" than the production on Sweatshirt's Some Rap Songs . [7] Atwood Magazine describes the song as "hip-hop at its most hypnotic, ambient, and laid-back", and having "an arrestingly catchy string melody, with a melodic and floating bass that sidelines the tight and understated drums." [5]
Jon Blistein, writing for Rolling Stone , describes Earl Sweatshirt's lyrics and performance as "[blending] braggadocio, despair and humor." [8] The lyrics include references to actor Paul Giamatti and Sideways (2004), which Giamatti starred in. [9]
An official music video, directed by Jason Goldwatch, was released in tandem with the song on YouTube on November 27, 2018. [10] The "not-safe-for-work" video splices together scenes from the Japanese TV-series Ultraman with clips from a porn parody of the same series. [11] [12]
As of May 2024, the song has over 145 million streams on Spotify. [13]
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