Spaceghostpurrp - The Truth (Internet, 2011)

Oh, Purrp. It’s been so long since I’ve written about you. Despite dropping one of my favorite projects this year (and last year), I really haven’t covered a lot of Purrp’s music post-Blackland. His career has been something of a rollercoaster, and lately he’s found himself to be the center of Twitter controversy. The funny thing is, Purrp’s message as of late has been more positive than it’s ever been - God of Black is almost certain to be his least cynical album yet from the episodes that have leaked. I’m not mad at that - Basedghostpurrp is every bit the rapper as the evil doppleganger found on Blackland. I’d be lying if I said I haven’t been missing his more raunchy, audacious musical affairs though.

The Truth was one of the first tracks to leak after Blackland, and the reaction was a bit mixed. The fact that he was using almost the same flow as on Been Fweago threw some people off, and it didn’t seem too progressive after that lyrical ability displayed on My Enemie (sic). I was a bit judgemental of it at first too - the beat was one of the hardest he’s done to date, but the rapping wasn’t connecting and the lack of a second verse disappointed me.

But I revisted the Truth later on, after a tough summer, and that shit just socked me right in the jaw (ayo). It made me realize what I’ve always been so drawn to about Purrp, and it’s the completely isolationist vibes that he carries in his music. Purrp is an extremely young man, and for him to have such harsh, pessimistic views on love and the world is a bit frightening. Feelings that, unlike his peers, aren’t merely empty insults and misdirected misogyny, but weathered views of a brilliantly bitter young man. While it’s not completely excusable, it is ridiculously understandable when you know where he’s coming from. 

Purrp does this raunchy sex talk and harsh cynicism better than most rappers right now, and it’s because he immerses himself in his beliefs instead of shouting M.O.B. carelessly to seem ”rebellious.” There’s a genuine honesty in The Truth (no pun intended), and that’s what makes this easily one of the highlights in his young discography. I would say that I hope he doesn’t completely abandon this side of him, but I realize that he’s grown as an artist considerably from the time this was released.