Stepbrothers is (refreshingly?) devoid of any clear-cut riot inciters but is heavy on catchy tough talk, vivid trap tales and humorous wrestling metaphors (such as Starlito’s “I’m Brian Pillman high” proclamation), all spread over original production and sequenced around some of the film’s funnier soundbites. Just like the movie’s principal characters Dale and Brennan, Trip and Lito came to fuck shit up – but only figuratively, not in the typical, drunken, the-party’s-over-‘cause-we-just-made-fools-tear-the-club-up manner you may have come to expect from artists hailing from the home state of Three Six Mafia. In anticipation of his forthcoming debut, Trip linked up with fellow Tennessean Starlito – his brother from another mother – for the Stepbrothers project, a mixtape inspired by the Judd Apatow film of the same name. Today, about 1.4 million views later, Memphis, Tenn., native Don Trip has the respect of many of the game’s top artists and producers is signed to Miami-based super producers Cool & Dre’s Interscope-distributed Epidemic Records imprint and is busy putting together his debut album, tentatively titled Help is on the Way. When video of a frustrated, unknown father recording a deep and highly emotional track titled “Letter To My Son” hit YouTube about two years ago, it quickly went viral and had many in the Hip Hop community clamoring to know more about the MC with the passionate bars soaked in a syrup-thick southern drawl.
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