Trippie Redd & Young Thug, Paperbag Boy → Song Review

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Trippie Redd and Young Thug join forces for the braggadocios, cocky, confident, hard-hitting rap banger, “Paperbag Boy.”

“He talk down on me, then he met his end / I’m capital B, I stomp a fucking ant.” Yikes! Trippie Redd (Michael Lamar White II) is not the one to fuck around with, judging by this threat.  Anyway, what happens when you pair him with Young Thug (Jeffery Lamar Williams) on the same track? Fire, of course.  Also, cockiness, confidence, and giving zero fucks (you read that excerpted lyric, right?).  Both rappers bring mad energy on the single, “Paperbag Boy”. Trippie Redd and Young Thug wrote “Paperbag Boy,” while J-Bone, southboy, trisstt, and rprpxrprp produced it.

Trippie Redd takes center stage at the start of “Paperbag Boy.” The rapper exudes no shortage of confidence – he’s H-I-M! After a short introduction, he performs the chorus and first verse, then returns with the second chorus.  The chorus is the crème de la crème, unsurprisingly.

“Paper bag boy, rubber band man

Paper bag boy, rubber band man

I’m a tycoon, you a damn fan

Suicide doors, I feel alive again (Yeah)

You gon’ die poor, that’s the way it is

You gon’ die, whore, that’s the way it ends (Yeah)

Bitch, it’s only me, I don’t need friends

I’m overly T, bitch, I can’t comprehend.”

Without a doubt, Trippie believes he’s the shit.  Speaking of shit, in the first verse, he’s on some real shit. Bragging, “I’m a real deal stepper, that .50’ll blatt ya,” he adds, “I’m with six bad hoes, blowin’ dope in the black truck.” What more can you say but, holy shit! Young Thug puts his two cents in on the second verse, matching TR’s energy. “Layin’ in a ball player bed, 4 P.M. / I done fucked this ho ‘cause I’m ballin’ out the gym,” he boasts.  Also, memorably, he proclaims towards the end of his verse, “Realize I’m duffle bag boy livin’ now.” Ooh-wee! Trippie Redd gives us the coda, concluding with the unforgettable chorus.  Ultimately, “Paperbag Boy” is a banger. Both rappers are cocky and confident, backed by a hard-nosed backdrop with a trunk-rattling beat.  No new territory is covered – we’ve heard such flexes many times – but the track still goes hard.

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