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Album Review : Trip Lee - Rise

November 3, 2014 By Anthony Peronto in Reviews | Comments closed

Artist: Trip Lee

Title: Rise

Label: Reach Records

Release Date:  10/27/2014

Reviewer: Anthony Peronto

Tracklisting:

• Manolo ft. Lecrae
• You Don’t Know
• All Rise Up (Interlude)
• All Rise Up
• Beautiful Life 2 (Mine)
• Insomniac ft. Andy Mineo
• Something New
• Lazarus ft. Thi’sl
• All My Love ft. Natalie Lauren
• I’m Gone
• Sweet Victory ft. Dmitri Mcdowell & Leah Smith

You would think after releasing his 4th album, The Good Life , Trip Lee would be taking some time off to relax and celebrate. But that was far from the case, as Lecrae’s former disciple was standing at a turning point in his life. Not only was he preparing for pastoral ministry, but he was fighting against a condition that was draining all the energy out of him. Called chronic fatigue syndrome, or CFS, this condition can cause a person to feel so tired that they can’t complete normal activities. With no cause or cure, Trip Lee was diagnosed with this real disorder in 2007. The inspiring thing is that he has released three albums since and has grown into one of the best emcees in the industry. So it was understandable that, after releasing his best album to date, he was “taking a break from music.” But lo and behold, Trip Lee is “back” and releasing Rise .

Before diving into all that Trip Lee has to offer, I can’t ignore the producer that’s equally responsible for the outcome of the album: Gawvi. Formerly known as G-Styles, this Florida-native was best known for his production work with Rhema Soul and various Reach Records’ artists. Now, as one of the biggest producers in CHH, he has been given full reign as the producer of  Rise . This gives the album a certain harmony and consistency, as each song is separate from each other while containing similar stylistic elements. One of those elements is the use of vocals as instruments. Some examples include the vocal patterns off the title track, the baby-talk samples from “Beautiful Life 2,” the simple “heys” on “Insomniac,” to the vocal saxophone on “I’m Gone.” With such a tight production and a persevering and passionate artist, you have something special in the making.

After the cinematic one-two-punch of “Rise” and “Lights On,” comes the first single off the album: “Shweet.” The word itself may be gimmicky and it may sound somewhat similar to Drake’s “0-100,” but the song starts grow on you. From Trip’s flow, Gawvi’s head-nodding production, to the verses about just braggin’ on the Lord, this is just the first of many highlights on Rise . Quickly following is the bangin’ “Manolo,” which is Spanish for “Emmanuel,” and may just take the crown for the best production on the album. Heavy on bass and bells, this song uses the Bible as a metaphorical weapon and hits as hard as an automatic. The next song, “You Don’t Know,” starts off like a Social Club/SPZRKT collab with a slowed-down Christon Gray sample and minimal R&B beat. Then the song explodes into a celebratory song of worship and solidifies itself as the first blindsiding standout on the album. The first-half of Rise concludes with the solid testimonial “All Rise Up,” which gives us a look at the early history of Reach Records and the One who deserves the real applause.

As the temperatures start to drop and you miss the long drives in the sun, a song like “Beautiful life 2 (Mine)” makes you feel like the summer never left. A sequel to the pro-life song off The Good Life , this charming song is the new anthem of fatherhood. And as much as I hate hip hop songs with saxophone samples, especially bad ones (I’m talking to you Jason Derulo!), the catchy “Insomniac” is definitely an big improvement in that type of sound. The interlude-ish “Something New” follows, with Trip explaining his shoe addiction in a way that’s begging to be a full song. The gritty “Lazarus” may just be the albums’ most “typical” song and the misfire “I’m Gone” may fail to merge it’s upbeat production with a serious look at Satan’s schemes, but the end of the album has two standouts. Powerful and relevant, “All My Love” is about how infidelity/pornography can tear apart a soul and a marriage. Equally strong is the closer, “Sweet Victory,” which could’ve followed Tedashii & Lecrae’s footsteps and became another contemporary-sounding song. But Gawvi pulls back on the production, allowing Trip Lee to command the song and lets it build into one of the best endings in a Reach album, period.

Overall: One of the best feelings as a critic is to see an artist growing and putting out their best work every time. Such is the case with Trip Lee, who has once again topped his previous album ( The Good Life ) and released one of the best hip hop albums of the year. In what could be his last album, Trip Lee’s artistry and perseverance are present in every Gawvi-produced song. CHH fans or those with even a slight interest in hip hop should check this out right away.

RIYL: Any Reach Records artists, T.I., Flame, most CHH in general.

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Atlanta-based Christian rapper, author, and pastor William Lee Barefield III is best known to music fans as Trip Lee, modernizing messages of faith with sleekly produced commercial rap tracks. Lee's energetic and spiritually driven albums have regularly found their way into various Billboard charts, with 2012's The Good Life cross-pollinating gospel and rap charts, and subsequent 2014 effort Rise even breaking into the top 20 of the Billboard 200. In 2022, Lee released his sixth studio album The End. and followed the next year with mixtape The Epilogue.

Lee was born in Dallas, Texas where in his teenage years he was a founding member of the Southern Christian rap collective 116 Clique. Lee moved from Dallas to attend various Christian Universities, first in Philadelphia, then in Louisville, Kentucky. He made his full-length album debut in 2006 with If They Only Knew. His second album, 2008's 20/20, featured guest and Reach Records labelmates Lecrae, Tedashii, and Sho Baraka. Not only did it break into the Billboard Top 200, but it also broke into the Top Ten of the Christian albums chart. His success continued with Between Two Worlds in 2010, his first to top the Billboard Christian charts. His second chart-topper, The Good Life, arrived two years later and also broke onto the rap charts. Lee published a book of the same name monlater before announcing his intention to focus his message on ministry. He continued writing and became a pastor. In 2014, he released his fifth album, Rise, his highest-charting Billboard 200 entry (number 16) and his third Top Three Christian chart entry. A second book, Rise: Get Up and Live in God's Great Story, was released in 2015. Lee's mixtape, The Waiting Room, appeared near the end of 2016. In 2022, sixth album The End. was released, featuring guest appearances from Taylor Hill, KB, Wande, and others. The next year, a companion mixtape entitled The Epilogue. came out, this time with contributions from Madison Ryann Ward and Kirk Franklin. ~ Jason Birchmeier & Neil Z. Yeung

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Trip Lee Net Worth

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William Lee Barefield III is a popular hip hop artists known under the nickname Trip Lee. He became successful as a solo artist as well as a member of group called 116 Clique that he co-founded. During his long and fruitful career, Trip Lee amassed a considerable wealth. His total net worth is approximately $2.5 million as of 2023.

How Did Trip Lee Get So Rich?

Trip Lee was born December 17, 1987 in Dallas, Texas. He had a clear goal on his mind since he was a kid. To become a professional athlete or a famous rapper. He achieved the latter. Today, Trip Lee is one of the most recognized artists in Christian hip hop subgenre. His debut solo album came out in 2006, titled If They Only Knew .

He also co-founded 116 Clique , the band that includes legends like Lecrae, Tedashii, and Andy Mineo. Two of their most recent albums are 13 Letters and Man Up. Trip also authored two books, The Good Life and Rise: Get Up and Live in God’s Great Story.

As of 2023, Trip studies at the Boyce College which is the undergraduate school of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. His goal is to pastor one day his own church. He married his long-term girlfriend Jessica in 2009. They have two kids together.

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The ‘flat croissant’ is a pastry abomination. I’m eating them anyway

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I am a serious newspaper food columnist. I am not tempted by the next viral pastry trend. I will not spend money on something simply because it is larger or smaller than it should be, or a hybrid of two things I like.

Also me: I spent an hour in traffic to drive to a bakery in Koreatown because someone I follow on Instagram posted a video of a “flat” croissant.

The flat croissant looks like an optical illusion. A cartoon croissant squashed by a boulder. A magic trick or something out of a Harry Potter newspaper. Imagine reaching your hand into an Osias Beert or Pieter Claesz painting and plucking out one of the lifelike foods on the canvas.

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It’s about 1 millimeter thick and made by a machine that both presses and cooks the croissant. The flattened result yields a surface that brings to mind the beautiful sandstone striations of the Wave in Northern Arizona. It is a pastry abomination that subverts the very idea of a croissant , the prized contrast of delicate pastry shell and ultra fluffy center.

A TikTok search will yield videos with millions of views featuring flat croissants at various bakeries in Korea where the trend first took hold. According to Eater SF , you can also find flat croissants at a bakery in the Bay Area. I was first introduced to the pastry by Jae Hwa Yu, who goes by the name MissPiggieEats on social media. Yu recently posted a video of the croissant, called keu-loong-gi at Coin de Rue, a cheery bakery in the heart of Koreatown.

I expected the croissants to have their own display, or at least a presentation that matched the online fervor. On a recent visit, I found them stacked in the pastry case alongside some white bread and sugar doughnuts.

The woman behind the counter used a pair of tongs to carefully remove one of the croissants ($3) and place it in its own plastic sleeve. She also gave me a small container of whipped cream for dipping.

“Oh no!” she exclaimed. A small corner broke off when she placed the croissant on the counter. “I broke it. I’ll get you another one.”

Like a 3-D croissant, the 2-D version smells buttery. The crust is brittle but not so delicate that it shatters. The entire thing tastes like that one crisp shard you peel off the top of a good croissant.

Pastry chef Rachel Lee said she makes the croissants with a special press her father, owner Hyo Sang Lee, bought from Korea. The unproofed croissant dough is sprinkled with rock sugar and then both cooked through and smashed in the press. The croissants never see the inside of an oven.

Though Lee uses a hot press, I found multiple other flat croissant cooking methods online. Some bakeries flatten the raw croissant dough then bake the croissants under a heavy sheet pan to hold the shape. I also watched countless videos of people making their own versions at home, smashing baked croissants with a rolling pin then toasting both sides in a hot pan.

But none seemed as flat as Lee’s. At most, you can see two layers. All the lamination in the dough is compacted beyond the scope of the naked eye. And when you bite it, it’s as crunchy as a cracker.

“Our customers are already into popular croissants so my dad thought why not try a different texture instead of being cream-filled or something like that,” she said. “And he wanted to do something that wasn’t already familiar around L.A.”

While the bakery has been open for three years, Lee said they just introduced the croissants about six months ago.

“I’ll see people contemplating the 3-D versus the 2-D, but a lot of people get both,” Lee said.

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I cracked the croissant into large tiles, then dipped them in the whipped cream. One end was thicker than the other by maybe half a millimeter, allowing for the tiniest bit of chew to remain.

The more I ate, the more I thought the word “abomination” was too severe an assessment. What if I looked at the flat croissant as the best part of a croissant, maximized? Like a muffin top. The bottom of a chocolate-filled ice cream cone. The crunchy edge of a pan of brownies. The first three seconds of a bite of kouign-amann.

Unless you like the middle part best. Then you should just buy a croissant.

Where to try the flat croissant

Coin de Rue, 1110 S. Western Ave. #101, Los Angeles, (323) 840-3971, www.instagram.com/thecoinderue

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