Tha Truth

\"Nobody’s speaking for the streets right now—I mean like the street-streets,” says Trae tha Truth in the first moments of *Tha Truth*. In the tracks that follow, the Houston rapper offers raspy, introspective rhymes about the struggle and hustle of the street-streets, from the ratcheting beat of “Tricken Every Car I Get” to heavy, hazy downtempo cuts like “Doin Me” and “Trying to Figure It Out.” The big-name cameos throughout speak to Trae tha Truth’s stature; Future, Rick Ross, Nipsey Hussle, Ty Dolla $ign, and J. Cole all chime in before the album’s half-way point.

Trae Tha Truth is one of the most distinctive voices in Houston rap, even if he never broke through to the degree of his class-of-2005 contemporaries. His latest album features J. Cole, Dej Loaf, Future, and others.