‘It Was All Red’ saw Raf Jacobs crush cloud rap into bass-heavy trap

Raf Jacobs turned up the heat with It Was All Red, the seminal trap drop that proves no one brings the bass to the genre quite like him. Bass-swathed to the point of airwave-quaking distortion, the single enmeshes the aesthetics of cloud rap into a reverberant heavyweight hit that refuses to veer into anyone else’s lane. It’s pure firepower and finesse, wielded with the kind of confidence that doesn’t wait for validation. Abrasive in all the right lyrical places, sticky-sweet in all the rest to catch you off guard, Jacobs clearly knows how to leave listeners hanging on the hook of his sonic signature. The rhythms convulse with the pressure of intent, while his voice slips between swagger and sincerity. The energy is addictive, but it’s the conviction that hits hardest. The rising US-based hip-hop artist has already become known for weaving raw emotion into his atmospheric sound. While the lyricism cuts deep into identity, ambition, faith, and fallout, there’s never a sense of overexposure. Jacobs filters his truths through production that hits with the force of experience, not ego. His work resonates with those stuck between states, those navigating growth, silence, and the spaces where pain pushes transformation. It […]

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