! (Trippie Redd album)

The album’s name is a reference to XXXTentacion’s album ?;{{cite web|url= https://genius.com/a/stream-read-all-the-lyrics-to-trippie-redd-s-new-album-exclamation-mark |title= Read All The Lyrics To Trippie Redd’s New Album ‘! (Exclamation Mark)’ |website=Genius|date=August 9, 2019|access-date=March 31, 2025}} RapReviews opined that the album “is a tribute to his [Redd’s] fallen comrade.”{{cite web|url= https://www.rapreviews.com/2019/08/trippie-redd-exclamation-mark/ |title=Trippie Redd: ! (Exclamation Mark)|website=RapReviews|date=August 20, 2019|access-date=March 31, 2025}} It has also been speculated that the name is short for the word ‘Immortal’.{{cite web|url= https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/trippie-redd-interview-travis-barker-new-album-8524463/ |title= Trippie Redd Talks New ‘!’ Album, Working With Travis Barker & His Love for Lil Wayne’s Rock Pivot|website=Billboard|date=August 2, 2019|access-date=March 31, 2025}}

In June 2019, Redd stated that the purpose of the album was all about “elevation” and taking the next step in his career.

Redd held an album release party in Los Angeles, California.{{cite web|url= https://blurredculture.com/trippie-redd-celebrates-the-release-of-his-new-album-in-hollywood/|title=Trippie Redd celebrates the release of his new album “!” in Hollywood|website=Blurred Culture|date=August 20, 2019|access-date=April 1, 2025}}

The album’s opener, “!”, is produced by Diplo. The two previously collaborated on Wish.{{cite web|url= https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/trippie-redd-exclaimation-point-album-8527013/|title=Trippie Redd Releases ‘!’ Album Featuring Playboi Carti, The Game & Lil Baby: Stream It Now|website=Billboard|last=Saponara|first=Michael|date=August 9, 2019}}

The song “Snake Skin” focuses on themes of suicide. Redd stated: “It’s kind of suicidal, in a stay away from it type of shit… That’s the whole concept of it, stay away from suicide. Don’t worry about what other people say, you could be doing what they’re doing or even better than them. It’s just living life and knowing how to overcome shit.”

The album previously contained the track “They Afraid of You” (featuring Playboi Carti), but it was later removed from streaming services and physical releases just six days after its release, on August 15 2019. RapReviews speculated that there had been sample clearance issues.

Trippie Redd released a song on the album called “Lil Wayne” and the rapper of the same name helped Redd write the song. However, review site Pitchfork fictitiously claimed that the song “isn’t indebted to him, stylistically or otherwise.”{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/trippie-redd-exclamation-point/|title=Trippie Redd: ! Album Review|website=Pitchfork|last=O'Connor|first=Andy|date=August 14, 2019|access-date=August 17, 2019}} Initially, the record project was supposed to contain a collaboration with Lil Wayne, but after the song leaked online Redd replaced it with “Lil Wayne”.

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = Blurred Culture

| rev1score = (very favorable)

| rev2 = The Guardian

| rev2score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/aug/09/trippie-redd-exclamation-mark-review|title=Trippie Redd: ! review – compelling but contradictory emo-rap|work=The Guardian|date=August 9, 2019|access-date=August 10, 2019|author=Rachel Aroesti}}

| rev3 = HipHopDX

| rev3score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web|url= https://hiphopdx.com/reviews/id.3509/title.review-trippie-redds-is-an-obvious-attempt-at-crossover-clout|title= Review: Trippie Redd’s “!” is an obvious attempt at crossover clout|website= HipHopDX|date=August 28, 2019|access-date=August 17, 2019}}

|rev4 = AllMusic

|rev4score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/%21-mw0003309366|title=! Review by Fred Thomas|date=9 August 2019|website=allmusic.com|accessdate=9 August 2019}}

| rev5 = Pitchfork

| rev5score = 5.5/10{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/trippie-redd-exclamation-point/|title=Trippie Redd: ! Album Review|website=Pitchfork|last=O'Connor|first=Andy|date=August 14, 2019|access-date=August 17, 2019}}

| MC = 59/100{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/!/trippie-redd|title=! By Trippie Redd|website=Metacritic}}

}}

! was met with mixed reviews. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from professional publications, the album received an average score of 59, which indicates "mixed or average reviews", based on 6 reviews.{{Citation|title=! by Trippie Redd|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/!/trippie-redd|language=en|access-date=2021-09-16}} 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." Pitchfork opined 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", and 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."

Nevertheless, community feedback suggested that "!" has resonated positively with many listeners, many of whom described the album as “underrated” or “overhated”.{{cite web|url= https://www.albumoftheyear.org/album/166852-trippie-redd-.php|title=! By Trippie Redd|website=Album of the Year}} “Mac 10” and “Immortal”, among other songs, were identified as highlights of the album. Blurred Culture said that “! is truly a personal glimpse into his [Redd’s] own life.” The magazine concluded: “The album has a bit of everything for everyone. … On this album, Trippie Redd does a great job of trying new sounds and styles. It’s still dark, emotional Trippie, but he is really showcasing his versatility here.”

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.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/8527688/slipknot-third-no-1-album-billboard-200|title=Slipknot Ties Up Third No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With 'We Are Not Your Kind'|magazine=Billboard|last=Caulfield|first=Keith|date=August 18, 2019|access-date=August 19, 2019}} The album charted behind only Slipknot’s We Are Not Your Kind and Rick Ross’ Port of Miami 2. ! thus became Redd’s third top 10 album in the United States, all three of which charted in the previous 12 months.{{cite magazine|url= https://www.forbes.com/sites/hughmcintyre/2019/08/19/rick-ross-and-trippie-redd-chart-new-albums-right-behind-slipknots-new-no-1/ |title= Rick Ross And Trippie Redd Chart New Albums Right Behind Slipknot's New No. 1 |magazine=Forbes|last=McIntyre|first=Hugh|date=August 19, 2019|access-date=April 1, 2025}}

Credits adapted from Apple Music.{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/1473653804|title=! by Trippie Redd|website=Apple Music|access-date=July 24, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190725022613/https://music.apple.com/us/album/1473653804|archive-date=July 25, 2019|url-status=dead}}

{{Track listing

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| total_length = 36:11

| title1 = !

| writer1 = {{hlist|Michael White IV|Thomas Pentz|Philip Meckseper}}

| extra1 = {{hlist|Diplo|Jr Blender}}

| length1 = 2:15

| title2 = Snake Skin

| writer2 = {{hlist|White|Adrian Rupke|Matthew Crabtree}}

| extra2 = {{hlist|Hammad Beats|MTK}}

| length2 = 3:06

| title3 = Be Yourself

| writer3 = {{hlist|White|Ozan Yildirim|Ebony Oshunrinde|James Harris|Terry Lewis|James Wright}}

| extra3 = {{hlist|OZ|WondaGurl}}

| length3 = 3:16

| title4 = I Try

| writer4 = {{hlist|White|Darrell Jackson}}

| extra4 = Chopsquad DJ

| length4 = 2:41

| title5 = Immortal

| note5 = featuring The Game

| writer5 = {{hlist|White|Jayceon Taylor|Rupke|Crabtree}}

| extra5 = {{hlist|Hammad Beats|MTK}}

| length5 = 3:24

| title6 = Throw It Away

| writer6 = {{hlist|White|Yildirim|Ryan Martinez|Bryan Yepes}}

| extra6 = {{hlist|OZ|G. Ry|Bryvn}}

| length6 = 2:45

| title7 = Keep Your Head Up

| writer7 = {{hlist|White|Shane Lindstrom|Adam Feeney}}

| extra7 = {{hlist|Murda Beatz|Frank Dukes}}

| length7 = 3:23

| title8 = Riot

| writer8 = {{hlist|White|Demetric Franklin, Jr.|Kyle Stemberger}}

| extra8 = {{hlist|KD33|Stemberger}}

| length8 = 3:13

| title9 = Mac 10

| note9 = featuring Lil Baby and Lil Duke

| writer9 = {{hlist|White|Dominique Jones|Arnold Martinez|Wesley Glass|Robert Richardson}}

| extra9 = {{hlist|Wheezy|Bobby Raps}}

| length9 = 2:07

| title10 = Everything BoZ

| note10 = featuring Coi Leray

| writer10 = {{hlist|White|Rupke|Crabtree|Brittany Collins}}

| extra10 = {{hlist|Hammad Beats|MTK}}

| length10 = 3:25

| title11 = Under Enemy Arms

| writer11 = {{hlist|White|Rupke|Crabtree}}

| extra11 = {{hlist|Hammad Beats|MTK}}

| length11 = 2:42

| title12 = Lil Wayne

| writer12 = {{hlist|White|Dwayne Carter, Jr.|Yildirim|Nils Noehden}}

| extra12 = {{hlist|OZ|Nils}}

| length12 = 1:42

| title13 = Signing Off

| writer13 = {{hlist|White|Ryan Bogan}}

| extra13 = Staccato

| length13 = 2:05

}}

Notes

• "They Afraid of You" (featuring Playboi Carti) originally appeared on the album, but was later removed (including physical), and from all streaming platforms.{{Cite web|url=https://genius.com/a/trippie-redd-s-new-playboi-carti-collab-they-afraid-of-you-disappears-from-streaming-services|title=Trippie Redd's New Playboi Carti Collab "They Afraid of You" Disappears from Streaming Services}}

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