MIKE, Earl Sweatshirt, and SURF GANG - POMPEII // UTILITY (April 3rd, 2026) Album

POMPEII (MIKE)
1. The Fall
2. MY WORST (rebuke)
3. Da Bid (feat. Jadasea)
4. NOT 4TW (feat. Anisa Kym)
5. THE POPE
6. AFRO
7. Minty
8. F.E.A.R. (feat. Niontay)
9. Tampering
10. Shutter Island
11. Back LA (feat. Na-Kel Smith)
12. Back Home
13.Kirkland (feat. Earl Sweatshirt)
14. #FREE #MIKE
15. Man of the Month

UTILITY (Earl)
1. this2shallpass
2. :( again :)
3. Home on the Range
4. React
5. Hot Water (Cahuilla)
6. rectangle lens
7. Leadbelly (feat. MIKE)
8. quikk
9. Ew!
10. Earth
11. Chali 2na
12. Sisyphus
13. Locusts (feat. Lerado Khalil)
14. Tour de France
15. Chicago
16. Book of Eli
17. AOK
18. Don't Worry!

 

Ready. Although am still annoyed it’s a split album and not a proper collab album.

 

so, this is just two albums presented together? Or whats the story

 

Seems like a single project worked on with shared collaborators, split between the two rappers. I don't think it would just be two albums if there weren't thematic connections or the shared production with Surf Gang

 

This will be really good.

 

Kinda confused but sure

 

Sure I'm down

 

I don't think it's that weird of a premise at all lol, two frequent collaborators on a project with shared production, just split into two discs

 

Gotta say I love that this got announced less than a month before release, more bands/artists do that please

 

not that unusual. OutKast did it with Speakerboxxx/The Love Below. I'm intrigued for sure.

 

well that's because they were Outkast. Mike and Earl Sweatshirt aren't.... Mikeshirt

 

So the name is the only hangup? Lol

 

No I'm just pointing out that's not a great comparison point

 

I strangely have never listened to MIKE. Or at least I don’t think I have. What’s a good starting point?

 

he’s got a lot out there. I first discovered him with the album war in my pen and was instantly hooked.

I do think you could start with weight of the world and move to more current, disco is maybe my favorite of his. the wiki collab with the alchemist (faith is a rock) is also a good one if you’re a fan of wiki too.

 

I am hit or miss on MIKE's delivery (which is hilarious because of how much Earl was influenced by it) but I really enjoyed Burning Desire. Echoing the Wiki/Alchemist collab as well

 

MIKE is probably my current favourite rapper. Everything he’s done has been top tier modern rap. For a man with such a relaxed flow, he’s got so much energy.

 

Man I am so behind, I haven't even checked Earl's 2025 album out yet and I'm a reasonably big fan of his

Still need to check out MIKE at all

 

so funny to think about people complaining about mumble-rap a few years ago and then fast-forwarding to two of the bigger current "conscious rappers" mumbling at levels previously thought impossible. lmao

 

I love that track. Gimme all the mumbling.

 

Pretty excited to check this out today

 

Yeah, going to throw this on while I paint

 

I'm not sure this project is for me, halfway through the Earl half and every single song and flow sounds exactly the same