The songs on the project that extend past the usual 2 or so minutes that most Soundcloud rapper adhere to feel completely self-indulgent, Redd repeating the same refrains without a hint of a memorable, catchy melody as he runs up and down the scales completely off-key. The two each throw their voice around with reckless abandon, forgetting that a concrete musical rhythm and structure exists for a reason. Young ThugвЂ™s worst tendencies are right at home on this album, appearing on the track вЂњForever EverвЂќ. This would be a perfectly appropriate comment if ReddвЂ™s vocals werenвЂ™t so hard to listen to вЂ“ Redd seems to take this too far, straining his vocals and every so often extending a note too far with a garbled scream. Trippie Redd is often lauded for his lack of Auto-Tune usage, unlike his contemporaries in the genre, simply presenting his raw, unfiltered vocals that supposedly better express the darker thoughts that pop up in the new landscape of hip-hop. Ultimately, ReddвЂ™s vocal delivery verges on painful to listen to, and his ridiculous lyricism and meandering, directionless moody emo-trap song structures greatly let down the novelty of the act that he is. He references Lil WayneвЂ™s music on the project, and he comes across here as the most obvious offspring of WayneвЂ™s ill-conceived but undoubtedly influential 2010 rock album, Rebirth. Steadily becoming one of the leaders rising to the top of the new class of alternative rock and pop punk-influenced emo rap artists, Trippie ReddвЂ™s debut studio album is a melancholy, raw project framed by ReddвЂ™s unique, strained and distressed vocal delivery.

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