Baltimore rapper Trap Pap has teamed up with his brother Spl Haiti for his latest single “Counter That” which samples the Warren G and Nate Dogg track “Regulate. The duo keeps it close to home as they cycle through the highs and lows of life on the streets of their home city.
Along with the single comes a new music video to accompany the release, which shows the brothers hanging out and partying with their friends. Most of the video takes place in a large fenced-in yard with a basketball hoop in the background. Aesthetically, the video and music have the confrontational feel of gangsta rap, but with a contemporary twist in the use of autotune and trap style beats.
Trap Pap’s flow has a slightly higher timbre than Spl Haiti who keeps his raps a little lower in the chest, but their rhythms and rhymes complement each other nicely making the transition between their verses nice and smooth. As the duo keeps it in the family, it feels clear that this is more definitively a collaboration rather than full-out feature. Though the song flies by with in two and half minutes, there’s a lot to love when it comes to charisma, confidence, and strength that these brothers radiate.
As they keep the party vibes going with their crew and counter any unnecessary drama about money, women, or anything else outside of the clique, they make it clear that they’re gonna be “thuggin’ till the end”.
“Counter That” is available now on major streaming platforms like Spotify and Apple Music. Find this and more excellent music on the Alchemical Records Multigenre Mixture playlist on Spotify and YouTube.
Charlie Maybee is a dancer, musician, educator, and writer based in Charleston, South Carolina who currently teaches with the Dance Program at the College of Charleston. His primary work as an artist is with his performing collective, Polymath Performance Project, through which he makes interdisciplinary performance art that centers tap dance as the primary medium of expression and research. He also currently plays rhythm guitar for the Charleston-based punk band, Anergy, and releases music as a solo artist under the name Nox Eterna.
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