West Coast alternative rapper Earl Sweatshirt and legendary producer The Alchemist have been working together for over a decade, with Earl appearing multiple times on the Alchemist-produced Domo Genesis mixtape No Idols.

The two would drop several tracks together throughout the 2010s and early 2020s, including 2013’s “Uncle Al,” 2014’s “45,” 2019’s “Mtomb,”
several tracks across Earl’s 2021 album SICK!, and, perhaps most famously, 2018’s “E. Coli.”

After years of online speculation and scavenger hunts, Earl and Al released their debut collab project VOIR DIRE in August 2023.