Detroit rapper Rafa is back with his 3rd EP. Coming up as a member of the WRLD Tour Mafia a couple years ago, he would also begin a solo career of his own starting on Thanksgiving 2020 with his debut EP Not for Household Use & followed it up in the form his full-length debut Dog$hit & Ammunition. Last we heard from him was almost a year & a half ago when he put out an eponymous EP that I still consider to be his strongest solo effort to this day, but is applying pressure with Good Girl’s Don’t Exist since DaeMoney dropped Rockstar Lifestyle 2 earlier this month.
The title track is a cloudy opener clarifying that there are no such thing as good girls to him whereas “Waste No Time” is an acoustic trap hybrid ripping his heart out & putting it on display. “Luv a Do” dives into the Detroit trap sound throwing some synthesizers into the fold going ape shit like he was hanging around Nigo just before “Money Virus” melancholically admits he don’t know how to live & is unable to trust his homie.
“Cash Rules” fuses rock with trap saying he’s never met another woman like the one he wrote this song for while the “Interlude” takes the atmospheric route hoping to be a billionaire like one of my top 10 producers Ye since making money is a hobby for him. “200 Days (Malala)” talks about coming a long way & previously doing stuff ass-backwards over a dreamy trap instrumental prior to “On Me” featuring Rally & Samuel Shabazz dabbles with plugg being able to tell the love ain’t there.
The untitled penultimate song continues to draw near the end of the EP by bringing rage beats into the picture acknowledging that there are so many things for him to figure out, but then “A$AP & Riri” finishes Good Girls Don’t Exist by talking about being too busy getting rich & refusing to let a hoe have his kid going for an entrancing vibe instrumentally. “Matchin’ Tracks” cloudily starts the deluxe advising to stay down until you up while “Understanding” hops over a sample-woven trap beat addressing someone he can’t live life without.
“I Luv WRLD Tour” psychedelically bridges the halfway point of the bonus track run representing the crew that he stay running with while “Rafa Bieber” pulls inspiration from the trillwave scene once more talking about handling the trials & tribulations by his lonely. The final bonus cut “Surf Gang” featuring Rally wraps up the deluxe on some plugg shit bragging over being more lit than propane itself.
It’s only a couple weeks after Slae put out Rockstar Lifestyle 2 & here we have Rafa continuing to elevate the WRLD Tour Mafia by putting out an an EP that I actually believe tops Not for Household Use almost 3 & a half years ago by now. His sound is growing & lyrically, he has to be right behind DaeMoney as my favorite member of what has to be one of the most exciting up-&-coming groups in the Detroit trap scene.
Score: 3.5/5
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