Just the other night, I was talking about how Doris is my most anticipated non-Chicago hip hop album of the year. With confirmation that the years-in-the-making album will be dropping August 20th, the once-mysterious, always-hyped Odd Future rapper will take his place in the spotlight after all of this passed time following the infamous EARL drop from a few years ago.

“Hive” is the latest song/video to come out in support of Doris following “Guild,” “Whoa,” and “Chum.” Featuring Earl staples Vince Staples and Casey Veggies, the song keeps the beat simple to allow Earl’s complex wordplay breathe with a dual chorus delivery between Earl and Casey and a closing verse by Vince. The video has some shared motifs with “Chum,” like the mysterious plain-faced/masked background creatures littered throughout the video.

Earl’s grown and matured considerably since EARL surprised us all three years ago. More importantly, his rhymes are staying multilayered and elaborate enough for this English major to get excited over. Honestly, who hasn’t put their backpacks back on in excitement over Doris?