The same headspace is required to both enjoy and revisit “How You Feel” and “Underwater FlyZone.” Whereas some of his other millennial rap cohorts sprinkle in the sad boy aesthetic, Trippie goes all out rendering the replay value of these tracks. The songwriting itself isn’t too shabby and the faltering vocals double down on Trippie’s candidness but listeners need to be almost exclusively in an angsty teen state of mind to enjoy thoroughly. He drives home a rap/rock vibe that has become wildly popular amongst newcomers but Trippie is hardly following a trend, the sentiments of sorrow are genuinely felt.

As if these first two cuts weren’t pop punk enough, “Wish – Trippie Mix” is the holy grail of emotional pop-punk-scream-rap. “These people don’t want me alive, no/They wanna play games with my life” are chanted at punk rock levels with a wobbly Auto-Tune filter thrown over the top. “Taking a Walk” ushers in some more up-tempo production courtesy of the legendary Scott Storch but Trippie is still firmly in his bag on feelings. His young artistry shines through as he paints life pictures across all genres – not just with hi-hats and thundering 808s. But that’s no mistake or lapse of judgment on Trippie’s part. The opening track “Together” unfurls with a somber harmony of guitars and sentimental croons more akin to a My Chemical Romance reference track than the intro to a popular rapper’s project. In fact, on paper, his rollout for this album was more traditional than the rest of today’s internet rollout norms (he had a banging lead single, album art reveal, and (almost) unwavering release date).

Which perfectly paved the way for the 14-track “official” debut to firmly removes him from the category of SoundCloud rappers that lack the discipline to ever drop a full-length album.

To make matters even more feverish, “Dark Knight Dummo,” his Travis Scott-featured, Life’s a Trip leadoff single which was released in December 2017, has had the streets and tweets ablaze for seven months straight. Meticulously dropping a grand total of eight projects in two years cultivated the Ohio native a hoard of Cool Teen™ fans who have been zealously waiting for his first official LP to rock their world. Since 2016, Trippie Redd has been a name-to-know in the colorful-dread, face-tat, SoundCloud underworld, thanks to his relentless release of EPs and mixtapes.

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