By Zack Sulkis – Social Media Editor

Trippie Redd’s “Trip at Knight” is a masterpiece of modern rap. The album has many familiar songs fans of rap would recognize through the popularity the album has gained over social media since its release in August of 2021.

Trippie Redd, real name Michael Lamar White II, is an American rapper from Canton Ohio who gained popularity on Soundcloud in the mid-to-late 2010s along with rappers such as XXXTENTACION, and Playboi Carti. 

“Trip at Knight” is the fourth studio album by American rapper Trippie Redd. The album, similar to all of Trippie’s work, it’s a very high energy masterpiece that is best when experienced at a concert. 

The album features popular songs such as Betrayal, Demon Time, Matt Hardy 999, Holy Smokes, and Miss the Rage, and Danny Phantom. Majority of the songs on the album also have features on them from artists such as, Drake, Playboi Carti, Lil Uzi Vert, XXXTENTACION, Lil Durk, Ski Mask the Slump God, Polo G, and more. 

Most of the songs have a very 8-bit sounding beat with lots of bass as well for songs that sound like they can be in anything from a video game to a movie soundtrack. The best example of this is on the song Betrayal (feat. Drake), which is also one of the most popular songs on the album. 

Betrayal has lyrics that have continuous rhyming with no plot but everything about it works so well. Trippie raps, “Paper planes (paper planes), Novocaine (Novocaine) Mary Jane (yeah) Say one thing to me, you Texas toast, no Raising Cane’s I can’t lie, life’s good, man, I can’t complain (yeah) Walkin’ through the hood undoubtedly without a stain.”

The album broke ground for Trippie on its release due to it not being a part of a series. Most of his albums are a part of the “A Love Letter to You” or the “Pegasus” collections. It was refreshing to fans to have an album with a different pace compared to the typical slower sad songs on the “A Love Letter to You” albums, instead it compared more to Trippie’s earlier album.

“Tripp at Knight” didn’t just do well as an album, it did incredibly as a tour as well, selling out shows across the country with high energy mosh pits and featured opening acts Iann Dior, and SoFaygo. 

Rating 4.5 out of 5 stars