The Good: Buoyed by production from Pharrell Williams, Terrace Martin, Mustard, WondaGurl, Mike Dean, and Da Honorable C.N.O.T.E, Rap or Go to the League finds 2 Chainz prioritizing an autobiographical narrative over heavy-handed flossing, overconsumption of controlled substances, and snub-nosed flex. Anything done in the past was just a means to this particular win. This time he just happens to be in championship shape. This is the backstory of a man who has played the long game in every game and always had his sights set on the chip. ” The message is abundantly clear: this album - like 2 Chainz’s life - is not about the short-lived glory of being a gangster. He caps the song with a somber note that cuts straight to the cost of wading a little too deep into the streets: “ If you doing something to make your parents have to bury you, you may want to slow down. Recounting news of the death of his partner Lil’ Fate’s son immediately frames 2 Chainz as a man for whom tragedy is familiar but impossible to digest when confronting the grief of a fellow father and friend. The title Rap or Go to the League is a reference to the career choices often bandied about as the only viable options for young men seeking to escape opportunity deserts and the accompanying circumstances of generational poverty.Īrriving two years after his 2017 studio album, Pretty Girls Like Trap Music, and one year removed from The Play Don’t Care Who Makes It EP, Rap or Go to the League opens with a tale of loss girded by a weeping soul refrain from Marsha Ambrosius. The Lowdown: On his fifth studio album, 2 Chainz steps into the rap arena as Tauheed Epps - the trap adjacent mastermind behind two stage personas and the mortal man listeners have been keen to meet since the inception of Playaz Circle.
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