Several months after Trippie Redd released MANSION MUSIK, his fifth studio album, the rapper issued the fifth and reportedly final volume of his mixtape series A Love Letter to You. In contrast to his previous albums harder sound, and the rage subgenre he helped launch around 2021, A Love Letter to You 5 finds Trippie in pop/emo-rap mode, embracing lush, sparkling guitars and aching lyrics that are more often sung (sometimes belted out) than rapped. Though not as long as the fourth volume of the series, 5 is still lengthy and exhausting, but there are moments which show that Trippie is quite good at this sort of thing, like the radiant highlight "Last Days." Lil Wayne guests on the 2000s-era rap throwback "Im Mad at Me," and other guests include the Kid LAROI, Skye Morales, and Roddy Ricch. The mixtape reached number 13 on the Billboard 200. ~ Paul Simpson
Rovi
ヒット作を連発するオハイオのラッパーによる人気ミックステープ・シリーズ第5弾。メロディアスなトラック上でむせび泣くように歌い、ラップする冒頭の"Take Me Away"を筆頭に愛にまつわるさまざまな事柄を綴ったスロウ~ミディアム系の曲が並ぶ。リル・ウェインとのド派手な"I'm Mad At Me"、キッド・ラロイ参加のエモーショナルな"Wind"あたりがハイライト。
bounce (C)Masso 187um
タワーレコード(vol.478(2023年9月25日発行号)掲載)