![]() ![]() Over 19 tracks, Travis Scott grants yet another out-worldly soundscape, loaded with surprise guest appearances, slick beat switches, and some of the most daring rap songs of the year. Although the album maintains excellent replay value, the styles of Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight do not belong to Scott.īest tracks: “Coordinate”, “The Ends”, “Way Back”, “Through the Late Night”, “Pick Up the Phone”Īfter a five-year wait, Utopia guaranteed a blockbuster experience. Scott sounds like a guest on these songs, despite billed as the main artist. Upon evaluation, it is clear some of these songs were not initially Scott’s, whether that is the airy aesthetic of “SDP Interlude” (Cassie), the bounce of “Pick Up the Phone” (Young Thug), the cheap attempt at R&B on “First Take” (Bryson Tiller) and the dancehall ricochet of “Guidance”, which originally belonged to K Forest. From this point on, the album quickly loses artistic steam The album opens up well, with the first five tracks being some of Scott’s best songs to date (“coordinate”, “the ends”, “way back”). We finally receive memorable collaborations with Kid Cudi, plus Kendrick Lamar and Cassie provides nice touches as well. In the process of chasing catchier songs and accessible production, Birds in the Trap lacks Scotts artistic edge, layered production and creative vocal styles. Although it possesses impressive replay value, Scott watered down his style to tailor to other artists’ approaches. Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight (2016)Įvery artist has a commercialised project Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight is it for Travis Scott. There are no terrible tracks, but the mixtape does not have its own identity and memorable songs that are on other Travis projects.īest tracks: “Hell of a Night”, “Bandz”, “Quintana”, “MIA”, “Upper Echelon”Ĥ. The production on Owl Pharaoah should be highly praised, particularly because most of the mixtape was produced by Scott himself. Sound aside, the vocals have a strong sense of originality that’s gone one to become Travis’s signature vocal style: the deep, evil delivery and straight normal-voiced rapping that is rarely heard in his more recent music. Particularly, there is the Kid Cudi influence with songs like “Dance on the Moon”. However, Scott’s influences are far too blatant, making it clear Scott is still trying to find his own sound. Scott’s debut mixtape is a solid mixtape and contains some of his best songs, some of which are criminally underrated (“Hell of a Night”). □ Read the review to ‘Huncho Jack, Jack Huncho’ Huncho Jack lacks the advanced production, hookwriting and creative song structures that his preceding four projects possess.īest tracks: “Saint”, “Eye 2 Eye”, “Black & Chinese”, “Where U From” As a result, in order to match the aesthetic, neither does Travis. In terms of standard trap songs, there’s enough going on here to maintain interest “Saint”, “Eye 2 Eye” and “Black & Chinese” are clear highlights, however Travis’ collaborative partner, Quavo, doesn’t offer much variety to the table. Based off the type of highly-crafted projects that Travis has given previously, Huncho Jack is simplistic and formulaic. The highly-anticipated collaborative album with Quavo is the least creative project of Scott’s career. ![]() Since then, Scott has ascended to the top of hip hop, releasing four solo albums, one collaborative album and two mixtapes.įrom Owl Pharaoh all the way up to Utopia, here are Travis Scott’s projects ranked worst to best: The first solo Travis Scott song I heard was “Drugs You Should Try It” when I stumbled upon it on my Twitter timeline, leading on to me checking out his Days Before Rodeo mixtape. He did not sound like anything special at the time, nor was the song a notable highlight off the mixtape, so I overlooked the song when it came on. On December 2nd, 2014, “Mamacita” was released as the mixtape’s second single.I first heard of Travis Scott in 2012 when he featured on Meek Mill’s Dreamchasers 2 mixtape on the song “I Get It”. The day before the mixtape’s released, he revealed the tracklist and artwork. On July 11th, 2014, Travis released the lead single, “Don’t Play.” "THIS IS NOT A MIXTAPE FREE ALBUM AND VIDEO FOR THE KIDS." Hours after the project’s release, Travis tweeted: Serving as a prequel to his next project, Rodeo, the mixtape features guest appearances from longtime friend Young Thug, indie rock band The 1975, Big Sean, Rich Homie Quan, Migos, Peewee Longway and mentor T.I. It was released for free on Augby Grand Hustle Records. Travi$ Scott Days Before Rodeo (2014) !!!ĭays Before Rodeo is the second mixtape by American rapper Travis Scott. Hello once again and this time im bringing ![]()
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