Before Jelly Roll became a mainstream country-rap crossover star, he was grinding in the Nashville underground scene, teaming up with Memphis’s Lil Wyte for gritty, drug-fueled anthems like this one.
“Pop Another Pill” is peak early-2010s trap-rap — dark, repetitive hooks and a druggy haze that defined a lot of SoundCloud-era Southern rap before it had that name. A real time capsule of where Jelly Roll’s sound came from.
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Thomas Dishaw is the creator of Rap Therapy and a lifelong Hip Hop fan with deep roots in the culture. He previously worked at Heaven Studios, where he interviewed many of Detroit’s most influential voices.