In a press release for the announcement of Tan-Face Children, the 8-track EP executive produced by Shirt and Darvin Silva, was described as being inspired by the Walt Whitman poem "Pioneers!
The project's lead single, titled "Flight Home" was produced by San Holo and released with the announcement that Shirt would be the first rapper to sign to Jack White's record label.
Pitchfork cited the opening track "Snowbeach" as filled with "the same street-smart, razor-sharp flow that Raekwon himself perfected on the fabled "Purple Tape" and gave the record a 6.3 out of 10 rating.
"On Top," the lead single written by Shirt from Flume's debut album, reached its peak at number 57 in Australia on March 4, 2013 and was certified gold.
The beat was produced by Supreme Breed, and Complex called it a "platform for the MC to detail his recent adventures with drugs, sex, and live performances.
"[25] Others released included Chuchi and Jujo" (2015),[26] "Cuba" (2015),[27] "Bengal Tiger" (2014),[28] DJ Rude's "1,000 Dutches" (2016),[29] and "Van Gogh" (2013), produced by San Holo.
[38][39][40] In August 2019, Shirt put out "Straight Men Suck," examining notions of sexism, homophobia, the #MeToo movement, the struggles of LGBTQ communities, and ongoing issues of sexual harassment.
[55] Woman is God (2018) was filmed by Shirt in Freetown, Sierra Leone while the artist spent ten days "exploring the region, having conversations, and witnessing first hand the complexities and perseverance of its people and land.
[57] In 2016, Shirt debuted the song "Summer Not Coming" by playing the record from a speaker on the back of an F-150 pickup truck being driven around New York City.
In 2018, at the invitation of curator Silvia Guerra, for the group show Metaphoria III, which took place at the exhibition center Centquatre-Paris, Shirt performed Theory (2015) for the first time since the work was released.
[58] In November 2019, Shirt debuted The Hardest Verse You Ever Heard (2019) a silent rap performance in the Mies van der Rohe-room of the Seagram Building as part of +POOL's annual NYC gala.
[60] Much of Shirt's visual work makes allusions to and shares concerns with minimalism and post-minimal art, but with added Duchampian references to Black and Brown people in American society.
He did not stop producing the unofficial collaboration line, instead making embroidered and accessory items and releasing limited pieces available free inside Nike and Adidas flagship stores in NYC.
The front page linked to an article on Shirt, "Let Me Break Down The Scene in The City For You," purported to have been written by NY Times hip-hop music editor Jon Caramanica.