1400 / 999 Freestyle Explained

1400 / 999 Freestyle
Type:song
Artist:Trippie Redd featuring Juice Wrld
Album:A Love Letter to You 3
Released:November 9, 2018
Genre:Trap,Hip hop, Freestyle
Length:2:55
Label:TenThousand
Producer:
  • OZ
  • Pas Beatz
  • Cujo

"1400 / 999 Freestyle" is a song by American rapper Trippie Redd featuring Juice Wrld. It was released on November 9, 2018 as a track from the former's third commercial mixtape A Love Letter to You 3 (2018). The song was produced by OZ and Pas Beatz, and samples Canadian R&B singer Plaza's 2016 song "Wanting You".

Composition

The song contains a "serene" piano riff and a "mysterious" woodwind sounding synth. Juice Wrld performs the chorus, which appears only in the beginning and end, and the first verse, Trippie Redd performs the second verse. The song sees the rappers rhyming about having sex, as well as drugs and money.[1] Redd also sings about his "oh-so-broken heart" in his verse.[2]

Critical reception

Charles Holmes of Rolling Stone described the rappers as "gleefully rapping for nearly three minutes about nothing" in the song. He then added, "It's gloriously carefree, opting for nonsense that sounds good over any sort of lasting coherence. Nevertheless, Redd's verse is a speedy and furious tumble of syllables that crescendos when the Ohio MC perfectly ends the last six bars with transcendent 'yeah' adlibs."[3] Trey Alston called Juice Wrld's feature an "eye-rolling tough guy act".[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jahmal . Karlton . Trippie Redd & Juice WRLD Join Forces For "1400/999 Freestyle" . . November 9, 2018.
  2. Web site: Tomlinson . Clayton . Trippie Redd - A Love Letter to You 3 . . November 12, 2018.
  3. Holmes . Charles . Trippie Redd Isn't Falling Off Anytime Soon . . November 9, 2018.
  4. Web site: Alston . Trey . Trippie Redd: A Love Letter to You 3 Album Review . . November 16, 2018.
  5. Web site: NZ Hot Singles Chart. Recorded Music NZ. November 19, 2018.