Is it as good as Long Live Mexico? No.
A trend is starting to form with Lil Keed projects.
Little to no quality music will release for months, particularly music similar to Keed's sound, then Keed comes in and fills the gap. In turn, the project receives more attention and praise than it would receive if there was no drought.
Both Long Live Mexico and Trapped on Cleveland 3 filled a hole, and as a result, Lil Keed is as big as an artist selling 16,000 units their first week can be.
With the quality of Long Live Mexico, features from streaming royalty like Lil Baby, Future and Travis Scott, and the timing of this project's release, Trapped on Cleveland 3 just has to come close to the quality of his last project to shatter his past first-week numbers and prove Keed is more than a Young Thug dread turned sentient.
The subheader answered the question of whether or not Trapped on Cleveland 3 is as good as Keed's breakout project.
Again, it's not.
But Trapped on Cleveland 3 combined with his star performance on Zaytoven's A-Team does more than enough to show what type of artist Keed is and solidify him as more than a one-project wonder.
There are arguably a handful of verses of substance on Trapped on Cleveland 3 (more on this later), yet every Keed song turns into a karaoke session.
This is a testament to Keed's magnetic delivery and hook ability.
For example, "Heartbreaker" is one of the most memorable songs on the project, and it's essentially a collection of hooks. Both verses combined are just eight bars with the most memorable being "she call me Pinocchio 'cause I'm lyin' all the time ".
This practice of bridge verses and quotable hooks turning into good songs is the entire project.
Verses serving as ad-lib space and basic filler are common Keed qualities.
In fact, it's so common that it's hard to hold it against him.
Assessing Keed is most comparable to assessing Jrue Holiday. They both do a lot of things that would make you rip your hair out if anyone else did it, but they do it so commonly while also doing other great things that you become numb to their shortcomings.
"Fuck quarantine and COVID 'cause it slow the money down with the shows" is as personal as Keed gets on the project, but it's hard to kill artists like Keed for not talking about anything.
It's easy to kill Keed for what his lack of content coincides with.
Similar to Long Live Mexico, Trapped on Cleveland 3 is too much music from an artist with little to say. When features like Ty Dolla $ign's verse on "Don't Stop" make it onto the project, the project is too long.
Final Score: Jrue Holiday/10
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