Yo Gotti spent a quarter-century in the rap industry maneuvering through the ups and downs of the southern sphere of hip-hop within the major label system. After over a two year wait for the follow-up to 2017’s I Still Am the Memphis mainstay has returned with the fully-visualized Untrapped, out via Inevitable II Records/Epic Records, and it was worth the wait.
Yo Gotti first ushered in the new project with the surprise release of “H.O.E. (Heaven On Earth)”, a takedown of the controversial rap vernacular while answering questions from the presidential press pool wearing a MAGA-parodying hat. The rapper followed up that effort with the strong proclamation of “More Ready Than Ever”, a track that perfectly melded 2000s era chipmunk soul sampling with trap-infused drums. Untrappedoffers 15 total songs enlisting Lil Uzi Vert, Rick Ross, A Boogie Wit da Hoodie, Ty Dolla $ign, and more.
