Trippie Redd keeps the love letters coming with “A Love Letter To You 4.”

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TOP 5

HONORABLE MENTION. Leray

Coi Leray, you’re on the spot.

Folks will hate to admit it, but “Leray” is an amazing track. I know the majority of it is filled with a kiddy-ass poem by Trippie Redd, but once the song really gets started, I love how its guitar strings, powerful crooning, and deep-ass lyrics do everything in their power to evoke mushiness out of you.

5. Death (Ft. DaBaby)

Sidenote: Trippie Redd is looking more and more like Knuckles from Sonic The Hedgehog, right?

Trippie Redd is a versatile singer who doesn’t mind getting vulnerable in his music, but he’s a menacing rapper at his core. In “Death,” Trippie shows the world his Dennis The Menace side, as both he and featured guest DaBaby trade verses about smoking n***as and stealing chicks over this extremely trippy (No pun intended) beat.

Is music meant to be this violent?

4. Til The End Of Time

I love it when Trippie dabbles in alternative music!

“Til The End Of Time” is an alternative track that features an instrumental that is so white that its favorite show is probably “Cheers.” Over it, Trippie Redd sounds shockingly chill, as he relies mainly on an infectious melody and catchy hook/verses to let his girl know that he’s trying to love on her until Jesus comes back.

Trippie always has that one song that is hella bubbly on his albums.

3. Real Feel

I love it when Trippie Redd tries to play bully on a song!

In “Real Feel,” you get a version of Trippie Redd that is erratic. To be more specific, it sounds like the Canton rapper is trying to pull himself together throughout the song, which leads to disrespectful thoughts, drunk statements, and random threats (Yikes).

2. Love Me More

I love it when Trippie Redd sings like he’s at a Vietnamese Karaoke!

In “Love Me More,” we get a version of Trippie Redd who is as fearless as a Waffle House employee slated to work a late shift in the hood. In the track, he sings his heart out about finding a love that can hold him tight throughout his good, bad, and ugly moments.

While the topic behind “Love Me More” might make folks in the bando throw up, I think the song is too infectious to pass on.

1. Who Needs Love

I love it when Trippie Redd rebels against love!

Remember XXXTENTACION and Trippie Redd’s “F**k Love” track from back in the day? Well, “Who Needs Love” feels like a remix to it.

In “Who Needs Love,” Trippie Redd denounces love and screams at the top of his lungs as he does in “F**k Love.” When it’s all said and done, I enjoy the raw emotions the twenty-year-old shows us throughout this song. I also love how the serene production takes nothing but vocal sledgehammers from Trippie.

Trippie’s ex, Coi Leray, probably wants this song to die slowly.

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SONG BY SONG BREAKDOWN

1. Leray (4/5)

2. Who Needs Love (4.5/5)

3. Love Sick (4/5)

4. Love Me More (4.5/5)

5. Real Feel (4/5)

6. This Ain’t That (Ft. Lil Mosey) (3.5/5)

7. 6 Kiss (Ft. Juice WRLD & YNW Melly) (3.5/5)

8. Til The End Of Time (4/5)

9. U Deserve It (Ft. Chris King & Quan’ta) (3.5/5)

10. Hate Me (Ft. YoungBoy Never Broke Again) (3/5)

11. All For Me (Ft. Smokepurpp) (3.5/5)

12. Sickening (Ft. Tory Lanez) (3/5)

13. The Grinch (3.5/5)

14. Death (Ft. DaBaby) (4/5)

15. RMP (3/5)

16. M’s (Ft. Lil Yachty & Pi’erre Bourne) (2/5)

17. Bust Down Deux (Ft. Youv Dee) (3.5/5)

18. The Jungle Book (Ft. Lil Wop) (3/5)

19. Chosen (3.5/5)

20. Abandoned (Ft. Mariah The Scientist) (3.5/5)

21. Can You Rap (Ft. Chris King) (3/5)

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OVERALL RATING

(C) (70%)

I enjoyed Love Letter To You 4 but didn’t love it… Throughout the album, Trippie Redd sings at the top of his lungs, talks about both love and heartbreak and continues to remind the world that he’s a gun-toting maniac.

No one on this planet will convince me that Trippie Redd is the second coming of Mariah Carey; however, I believe his strongest attribute as a singer is his ability to sing fearlessly and create dynamic melodies. In Love Letter To You 4, Trippie’s singing stands out like a sore thumb, as he mainly lets loose on calm, trap-r&b-inspired, and emotional production. As a result, Love Letter To You 4 feels like a musical drama.

So what did I hate about Love Letter To You 4? There were way too many tracks in which Trippie Redd sounded like a bad freestyler (ie. “RMP,” “The Grinch,” “Ms”). Coincidentally, those same tracks were low in quality and annoying. I also hated the guest appearances on this album (especially SmokePurpp; he sounded God-awful in “All For Me”). I feel like each person featured in a song (Besides DaBaby) tried to show their fearless side, which, unfortunately, resulted in numerous crashes and burns.

Love Letter To You 4 is intense. I love the album’s fearlessness, vulnerable moments, and how entertaining it is. Are there moments in which Trippie does too much? Absolutely. But would you enjoy the project if he didn’t do too much?

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