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Earl Sweatshirt & Vince Staples Lay Down A New Track 'Inside The Beat'

Lenny Kravitz, Grace Jones, Lauryn Hill, Lion Babe, Thundercat, SZA & More Rock The Afropunk Festival 2015 in Brooklyn, NY.Earl Sweatshirt & Vince Staples Go Into The Studio To Record New Music In The Latest Edition Of 'Inside The Beat' From NOISEY.

Earl Sweatshirt and Vince Staples record new music and talk about their individual approaches to rhyming + working together on Inside The Beat from NOISEY. Vince gives a little insight into his origins and his first time meeting Earl. Earl discusses his reverence for Vince's approach to the rap game and breaks down deadly Staples is in the studio; Earl advises rappers of how problematic it could be to allow Staples to be last on a track. Earl and Mac Miller - also present in the studio - talk about Staples as a freak of nature who doesn't breathe between bars and forces them to bring their best to the table when he's around. The footage - a proper display of their camaraderie as much as their work ethic - features Vince busting holes in a droning track produced by Earl with a haunting, wavy melody and super low bass line built for the toughest of subs. Check the footage below to get the whole story from Vince Staples and Earl Sweatshirt in this edition of Inside The Beat from NOISEY. Stay tuned for more.