In The Number Ones, I'm reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart's beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present. The coolest ...

The Earl Sweatshirt collaborator’s curated, understated mixtape fits a wealth of words into a small space. Even when rapping, he thinks like a producer, as concerned with texture as he is with text.