- Courtesy of On The Grind Management
- YP
The final track on YP’s brand-new BackWood Jones mixtape begins with a blunt, somber line: “Hopefully I don’t die.” It sounds like a child is singing the hook, and the gentle voice makes YP’s stark look at drug dealing on “Hopefully” even more unsettling than it otherwise would have been. YP burrows into the world of a street hustler pushing a pharmacy of illegal drugs, and his frank, evenhanded bars shine light on a protagonist headed towards darkness. YP’s performance is great, but that tender voice on the chorus is a striking reminder of just how young some corner kids are and just how quickly they can lose their innocence.
