Young Scooter

By Jack Barnes

With an irrepressible charisma and an uncommon acuity for emotional storytelling, Young Scooter is one of trap music’s unsung heavyweights. Rocking a percussive cadence over an emotional piano-laden instrumental, Scooter recounts a timeline of his life and legal issues in “Bail Out.“ Tracing a roller coaster of personal accomplishments and roadblocks, the Black Migo Gang chieftain affirms his love for his family, even as he remembers his father leaving home when he was a child, and poignantly relays the struggles of life in the trap: “2008, n*gga, I couldn’t even make bail/2006, I had my son and I was broke as hell/2009, I start increasing my clientele/Real talk I used to sleep in a house full of bills.” Premiered by Complex, “Bail Out” features a verse from YoungBoy Never Broke Again, who speaks on his own trials and tribulations. “Bail Out” is the latest single from Trippple Cross, Young Scooter’s upcoming album. Enjoy this audio stream below after the jump.

The follow-up to 2017’s Jugg King mixtape, Trippple Cross features multiple guest appearances from ATL innovators Young Thug and Future, whose hyper-melodic flights of fancy mesh perfectly with Scooter’s earth-shaking baritone. Last week, Scooter shared the Billboard-premiered “Trippple Cross,” the titanic trunk-rattling title track from the upcoming tape, featuring a helium-voiced hook from Thug and a typically charismatic and hypnotic guest verse from Future, whose hyper-melodic flights of fancy mesh perfectly with Scooter’s earth-shaking baritone. With production from some of the South’s best producers and featuring appearances from Thug, Future, Youngboy Never Broke Again, Casino, and VL Deck, Trippple Cross is a trap event album, re-establishing Scooter as one of the scene’s major players. Distributed by EMPIRE, Trippple Cross releases on February 23rd.