! (Trippie Redd album)

! (pronounced “Exclamation Mark”) is the second studio album by American rapper and singer Trippie Redd. It was released on August 9, 2019, by TenThousand Projects and Caroline Records.[2] The album features appearances from Diplo, The Game, Lil Duke, Lil Baby and Coi Leray. The album also originally featured Playboi Carti, but was later removed from the album.[3]

!
Studio album by Trippie Redd
Released	August 9, 2019
Recorded	2018–2019[1]
Genre	Emo rap
Length	38:22
Label	10k Caroline
Producer	Bobby Raps Bryvn Chopsquad DJ Diplo Frank Dukes G Koop G. Ry Hammad Beats Jr Blender KD33 Kyle Stemberger MTK Murda Beatz Nils OZ Staccato Wheezy WondaGurl
Trippie Redd chronology
A Love Letter to You 3 (2018) ! (2019) A Love Letter to You 4 (2019)
Singles from !
"Under Enemy Arms" Released: May 29, 2019 "Mac 10" Released: July 24, 2019

Background

In January 2019, Trippie Redd announced that he had two more projects to be released soon in an Instagram live stream, his second studio album, Immortal and Mobile Suit Pussy, which was reportedly set to be his fourth commercial mixtape, but it then became scrapped. He explained that Immortal would have tracks where deep and romantic concepts are present, while Mobile Suit Pussy would have contained tracks that are "bangers". Later in March 2019 in another Instagram live stream, Redd stated that his second album had "shifted and changed" and was no longer titled Immortal. He later revealed that the album would be titled !, and inspired by former collaborator XXXTentacion's ? album.[4]

Trippie released the lead single to the album "Under Enemy Arms" on May 29, 2019. He confirmed in an interview with Zane Lowe of Beats 1 Radio that the album would be titled ! and was already completed, but that he wanted to add several more features as well as videos.[5]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
The Guardian	[6]
Pitchfork	5.5/10[4]

Rachel Aroesti of The Guardian described the album as "compelling but contradictory emo-rap", noting lyrical contradictions and concluding it "is doubtless part of the genre's forward march – but it's hard to get past the sense that White has sacrificed a coherent artistic identity in the name of progress."[6] Writing for Pitchfork, Andy O'Connor wrote that the "songs touch on being true to oneself at all costs, but these half-baked lessons land flat since Redd himself doesn't really have an identity, musical or otherwise", further commenting, "Most of what happens here couldn't even realistically be considered rapping", calling the verses "dull and unimaginative on top of being restrictive in form" and "nonsense bars". O'Connor concluded that "the most enjoyable moments feel like controlled chaos. Redd [...] does at least sound more composed. That's to his credit as a person but it's not to his advantage as an artist."[4]

Commercial performance

The album debuted at number three on the US Billboard 200 with 51,000 album-equivalent units, of which 7,000 were pure album sales in its first week.[7]

Track listing

Credits adapted from Apple Music.[8]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"!"	Michael White IV Thomas Pentz Philip Meckseper	Diplo Jr Blender	2:15
2.	"Snake Skin"	White Adrian Rupke Matthew Crabtree	Hammad Beats MTK	3:06
3.	"Be Yourself"	White Ozan Yildirim Ebony Oshunrinde James Harris Terry Lewis James Wright	OZ WondaGurl	3:16
4.	"I Try"	White Darrel Jackson	Chopsquad DJ	2:41
5.	"They Afraid of You" (featuring Playboi Carti)	White II Jordan Carter Jackson Robert Mandell	Chopsquad DJ G Koop	2:18
6.	"Immortal" (featuring The Game)	White Jayceon Taylor Rupke Crabtree	Hammad Beats MTK	3:24
7.	"Throw It Away"	White Yildirim Ryan Martinez Bryan Yepes	OZ G. Ry Bryvn	2:45
8.	"Keep Your Head Up"	White Shane Lindstrom Adam Feeney	Murda Beatz Frank Dukes	3:23
9.	"Riot"	White Demetric Franklin, Jr. Kyle Stemberger	KD33 Stemberger	3:13
10.	"Mac 10" (featuring Lil Baby and Lil Duke)	White Dominique Jones Arnold Martinez Wesley Glass Robert Richardson	Wheezy Bobby Raps	2:07
11.	"Everything BoZ" (featuring Coi Leray)	White Rupke Crabtree Brittany Collins	Hammad Beats MTK	3:25
12.	"Under Enemy Arms"	White Rupke Crabtree	Hammad Beats MTK	2:42
13.	"Lil Wayne"	White Dwayne Carter, Jr. Yildirim Nils Noehden	OZ Nils	1:42
14.	"Signing Off"	White Ryan Bogan	Staccato	2:05
Total length:				38:22

Notes

• "They Afraid of You" originally appeared on the album, but was later removed from the album (including physical), and from all streaming platforms.[9]

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2019) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA)[10] 24 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[11] 44 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[12] 25 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[13] 51 Canadian Albums (Billboard)[14] 10 Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[15] 27 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[16] 11 Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[17] 37 French Albums (SNEP)[18] 60 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[19] 79 Irish Albums (IRMA)[20] 20 Latvian Albums (LAIPA)[21] 11 Lithuanian Albums (AGATA)[22] 25 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[23] 10 Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[24] 8 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[25] 51 UK Albums (OCC)[26] 19 US Billboard 200[7] 3 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[27] 2

Year-end charts Chart (2019) Position US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[28] 95

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