Godspeed ends in the present, and by the time you finish listening, it’s clear why the ending isn’t cheerful.ĭon’s last words on Godspeed are “they say music is therapeutic.” This perfectly sums up the entire album. This album is given to us like a small autobiography equipted with flashbacks and current events. There isn’t a happy ending, because one doesn’t exist yet.

Finally, on the third and final verse of this powering offering, Trip speaks to his unborn daughter who just so happened to arrived right when Godspeed dropped. He reflects on a relationship that didn’t work on the first verse (“They say hindsight is 20/20 and you don’t appreciate until it’s gone.”), while his mother is the subject of the middle verse. Three verses that read like open apology letters, each sadder by the line. The album’s closer is “Losing Streak.” Rarely do albums close on a depressing note, but Don Trip breaks this tradition. He’s sharing the stories of his past, revealing the fight just to keep a roof over his head (“Eviction Notice”) and how to deal with a bad breakup (“Medicine”). He’s putting everything he’s got into his verses. Like he’s praying someone hears him and his life changes. Instead, he raps like he’s still trying to get a deal.

Unlike G-Eazy, Don Trip doesn’t explore how fame changed him became it didn't last long enough. Questions without answers in music tend to stick with me. “I traded privacy for success, but is it worth it?” The last point is one you can infer about every rapper ever, but not every rapper reveals as much. He’s a hustler (who isn’t?), greatly values his mother, and has legit fears like anybody else. Walking away from the last track, the album helped me understand Don’s mentality. Up until that point, I couldn’t tell you anything about Don’s life except that he rapped and has a son.

Don Trip was once mocked by Peter Rosenberg for having the personality of a dead frog, but Godspeed is where he found himself.

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