Oh, did I mention I'm listening to this right now:
It's not all infuriatingly whiny... "Grief" certainly is... (Honestly, Earl - nobody's lifting your flows, and nobody's trying to be you, you're not 2Pac, so shut the fuck up and enjoy life already) .... But that particular song is delivered in kind of a new register for Earl. It's a scratchy awkward teen voice. It's not a pretty sound. The other songs don't piss me off quite as much.
Anyway, I still think pretty much all of OF (except for Frank Ocean) needs to show some serious improvement in production if they don't want to hit a giant fucking brick wall. Their sound has not changed ... It's still working, but I promise you, you'll have a few déjà vu moments where you swear Earl's rapping over a Doris beat.
It can't touch the year's top releases. Not one bit. But it's worth having. No doubt my opinion will change several times... but I think that much will remain the same. It's a must hear, whether you like it or not.