
Detroit, Michigan rapper Rafa commemorating 3 years of his eponymous mixtape by surprise-releasing his 5th EP. Coming up as a member of the WRLD Tour Mafia a few 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 earlier this year in the form his debut tape Dog$hit & Ammunition. Self-titled was a pivotal point in his career & Good Girls Don’t Exist from last spring was a superior EP. R.A.F.A. (Rockstars Are Fucking Awesome) broke down the meaning of his moniker & Madman got a little more reckless, making me curious as to what Lil Dogshit was gonna become.
“More of Us” has a cloudy Detroit trap vibe to it for an intro talking about leveling up on fuckboys & not trusting anyone out here whereas “Left on a Lick” promises to continue repping WRLD Tour in the afterlife. “Heat” produced by WTM Miles returns to a cloudier Detroit sound to talk about seeing through every single one of these pussies while “Uncle Sam” kicks the hoes out of the studio to focus more during sessions.
As for “Hate Me Too”, we have Rafa pointing out how weird it is for this bitch to be hanging out with the opps lately just before the cloudy Detroit trap crossover “Godzilla” talks about piling money to the ceiling these days. “Randy Savage” references the late WWE Hall of Famer, former 6-time WWE world champion & WWE Intercontinental Champion of the same name while “Rick Jeans Zip Weird” criticizes the zippers of Rick Owens jeans.
“We Ok” starts the final leg of Lil Dogshit with an eerier Detroit sound talking about shooting anyone who crosses the line with him while “<3 WTM CSB” cloudily suggests that just because you’re on a run at the moment doesn’t mean you have to stop stacking your bread up. “Paradise” keeps things cloudy instrumentally talking about not wanting any co-signs & “Still Tour” ends the EP by brushing off the desire of wanting to make amends with a couple people he fell out with.
Tough to say if I’d put Lil Dogshit above R.A.F.A. (Rockstars Are Fucking Awesome) because that & self-titled are both my personal favorite entries in Rafa’s solo discography, but what I can tell you is that I enjoyed it more than Madman only 5 months earlier. The production carries over the cloud rap/Detroit sound fusions that the previous EP emphasized this spring & making it a point for 22 minutes that nobody spittin’ like him.
Score: 4/5
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