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Trippie Redd's rapid rise from anonymous Midwestern Soundcloud rapper to emo rap superstar was driven largely by his gift for infectious sung melodies and how effectively he delivered them with a voice not quite like any of his peers. Looking as much to angsty rock acts as Southern rap pioneers, Trippie's sound was dark, depressive, and emotionally unfiltered. By the time of his 2018 debut studio album, Life's a Trip, his style had evolved with his growing fame, reaching out in different musical directions while retaining the uniquely raw melodic sensibilities that had come to define him. Second album ! continues Trippie's restless attempts to branch out both musically and emotionally, with mixed results. The most compelling moments are also the most unexpected, like the theatrical MIDI horns and string sections that glide through "Under Enemy Arms" or the minimal R&B arrangement and plaintive acoustic guitars in the instrumental of "Keep Your Head Up" that support shifting rap flows and pleading sung choruses. Songs focused entirely on rapping show up here and there, like on the hazy trap of "MAC 10," but ! largely finds Trippie Redd crawling through the shadows of his soul and singing out from the darkness. Due in part to the redundant yet vague emotional content and production, the album becomes tedious quickly. It's hard to tell exactly what demons Trippie Redd is fighting off in mournful, pleading songs like "I Try" and "Signing Off," or if the feelings he's processing are anger, hurt, exhaustion, or indifference. Elsewhere on the album, things get contradictory and confusing. "Snake Skin" spends its entirety making cloudy anti-suicide statements, while the next song, "Be Yourself," suggests suicide as an option for those who can't find their own identity. Trippie hops between lyrical modes recklessly, moving line-by-line through completely unrelated non sequiturs. All the songs aim for intense, tormented statements and end up being about nothing. In this way, ! is more numbing than visceral. After it's done, it's hard to remember anything that was worth latching onto.
© Fred Thomas /TiVo
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Diplo, Producer - Thomas Wesley Pentz, Composer - Philip Meckseper, Composer - Jr Blender, Producer - Trippie Redd, Vocals, MainArtist - Michael Lamar White II, Writer - Igor Mamet, Mixer, MasteringEngineer
© 2019 TenThousand Projects, LLC ℗ 2019 TenThousand Projects, LLC
Trippie Redd, Vocals, MainArtist - Matthew Crabtree, Composer, Producer - Michael Lamar White II, Writer - Igor Mamet, Mixer, MasteringEngineer - Adrian Rupke, Composer - Hammad Beats, Producer
© 2019 TenThousand Projects, LLC ℗ 2019 TenThousand Projects, LLC
James Wright, Composer, Writer - TERRY LEWIS, Composer, Writer - Barry White, Composer, Writer - JAMES HARRIS, Composer, Writer - oz, Producer - Ozan Yildirim, Composer - Trippie Redd, Vocals, MainArtist - Michael Lamar White II, Writer - Igor Mamet, Mixer, MasteringEngineer
© 2019 TenThousand Projects, LLC ℗ 2019 TenThousand Projects, LLC
Chop Squad DJ, Producer - Darrel Jackson, Composer - Trippie Redd, Vocals, MainArtist - Michael Lamar White II, Writer - Igor Mamet, Mixer, MasteringEngineer
© 2019 TenThousand Projects, LLC ℗ 2019 TenThousand Projects, LLC
The Game, Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Jayceon Terrell Taylor, Writer - Trippie Redd, Vocals, MainArtist - Matthew Crabtree, Composer, Producer - Michael Lamar White II, Writer - Igor Mamet, Mixer, MasteringEngineer - Adrian Rupke, Composer - Hammad Beats, Producer
© 2019 TenThousand Projects, LLC ℗ 2019 TenThousand Projects, LLC
oz, Producer - Ryan Martinez, Composer - Ozan Yildirim, Composer - G. Ry, Producer - Trippie Redd, Vocals, MainArtist - Michael Lamar White II, Writer - Igor Mamet, Mixer, MasteringEngineer - BRYVN, Producer - Bryan Yepes, Composer
© 2019 TenThousand Projects, LLC ℗ 2019 TenThousand Projects, LLC
Adam Feeney, Composer - Murda Beatz, Producer - Shane Lindstrom, Composer - Trippie Redd, Vocals, MainArtist - Michael Lamar White II, Writer - Igor Mamet, Mixer, MasteringEngineer
© 2019 TenThousand Projects, LLC ℗ 2019 TenThousand Projects, LLC
Trippie Redd, Vocals, MainArtist - Michael Lamar White II, Writer - Igor Mamet, Mixer, MasteringEngineer - KD33, Producer - Kyle Stemberger, Composer, Producer - Demetric Franklin, Jr., Composer
© 2019 TenThousand Projects, LLC ℗ 2019 TenThousand Projects, LLC
Wesley Glass, Composer - Wheezy, Producer - Martinez Arnold, Writer - Trippie Redd, Vocals, MainArtist - Lil Baby, Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Lil Duke, Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Michael Lamar White II, Writer - Igor Mamet, Mixer, MasteringEngineer - Dominique Johnson, Writer
© 2019 TenThousand Projects, LLC ℗ 2019 TenThousand Projects, LLC
Trippie Redd, Vocals, MainArtist - Matthew Crabtree, Composer, Producer - Michael Lamar White II, Writer - Igor Mamet, Mixer, MasteringEngineer - Coi Leray, Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Adrian Rupke, Composer - Hammad Beats, Producer - Coi Leray Collins, Writer
© 2019 TenThousand Projects, LLC ℗ 2019 TenThousand Projects, LLC
Trippie Redd, Vocals, MainArtist - Matthew Crabtree, Composer, Producer - Michael Lamar White II, Writer - Igor Mamet, Mixer, MasteringEngineer - Adrian Rupke, Composer - Hammad Beats, Producer
© 2019 TenThousand Projects, LLC ℗ 2019 TenThousand Projects, LLC
oz, Producer - Nils, Producer - Ozan Yildirim, Composer - Nils Noehden, Composer - Trippie Redd, Vocals, MainArtist - Michael Lamar White II, Writer - Igor Mamet, Mixer, MasteringEngineer
© 2019 TenThousand Projects, LLC ℗ 2019 TenThousand Projects, LLC
Staccato, Producer - Ryan Ricoh Bogan, Composer - Trippie Redd, Vocals, MainArtist - Michael Lamar White II, Writer - Igor Mamet, Mixer, MasteringEngineer
© 2019 TenThousand Projects, LLC ℗ 2019 TenThousand Projects, LLC
Album review
Trippie Redd's rapid rise from anonymous Midwestern Soundcloud rapper to emo rap superstar was driven largely by his gift for infectious sung melodies and how effectively he delivered them with a voice not quite like any of his peers. Looking as much to angsty rock acts as Southern rap pioneers, Trippie's sound was dark, depressive, and emotionally unfiltered. By the time of his 2018 debut studio album, Life's a Trip, his style had evolved with his growing fame, reaching out in different musical directions while retaining the uniquely raw melodic sensibilities that had come to define him. Second album ! continues Trippie's restless attempts to branch out both musically and emotionally, with mixed results. The most compelling moments are also the most unexpected, like the theatrical MIDI horns and string sections that glide through "Under Enemy Arms" or the minimal R&B arrangement and plaintive acoustic guitars in the instrumental of "Keep Your Head Up" that support shifting rap flows and pleading sung choruses. Songs focused entirely on rapping show up here and there, like on the hazy trap of "MAC 10," but ! largely finds Trippie Redd crawling through the shadows of his soul and singing out from the darkness. Due in part to the redundant yet vague emotional content and production, the album becomes tedious quickly. It's hard to tell exactly what demons Trippie Redd is fighting off in mournful, pleading songs like "I Try" and "Signing Off," or if the feelings he's processing are anger, hurt, exhaustion, or indifference. Elsewhere on the album, things get contradictory and confusing. "Snake Skin" spends its entirety making cloudy anti-suicide statements, while the next song, "Be Yourself," suggests suicide as an option for those who can't find their own identity. Trippie hops between lyrical modes recklessly, moving line-by-line through completely unrelated non sequiturs. All the songs aim for intense, tormented statements and end up being about nothing. In this way, ! is more numbing than visceral. After it's done, it's hard to remember anything that was worth latching onto.
© Fred Thomas /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 13 track(s)
- Total length: 00:36:04
- Main artists: Trippie Redd
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: TenThousand Projects, LLC
- Genre: Hip-Hop/Rap
© 2019 TenThousand Projects, LLC ℗ 2019 TenThousand Projects, LLC
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