![]() Scott’s song with the actual Weeknd, “Pray 4 Love,” also suffers from clumsy production, over-employing Scott’s autotune and causing his voice to clash with the Weeknd’s crystal-clear tenor. “Nightcrawler,” featuring Chief Keef and Rae Sremmurd’s Swae Lee-two of the only figures in rap who have carved out as intriguingly weird niches between raw aggression and melodic intricacy-ends up over-synthesized and sounding more like the Weeknd crooning about glitzy drinking than the wacky quasi-tonality one would expect of such a heady meeting of the minds. Where “Rodeo” struggles, then, has just as much to do with somewhat stale production as it does with Scott’s empty proclamations of depth. The singles succeed because they expertly advertise what Scott is best at, which turns out to be an almost hilariously cliché and even archaic attribute: matching a mantra to a catchy hook and repeating it over and over. Much of the album’s hype is tied up in “Antidote” and “3500,” two exhilarating singles (the former wasn’t initially on the album but received so much positive feedback that it was included) that are by no means anthems of particular lyrical depth. This isn’t a new disparity for Scott he raps and sings uniquely about his intoxicated and intoxicating lifestyle, and that has been enough to catapult him to stardom. It’s not uncommon for rappers to get caught up in the gravitas of an intro and to suggest a higher degree of political engagement or self-awareness than the overall album eventually delivers. And the endless cavalcade of star features-Kanye, Young Thug, Future, 2 Chainz, a believable Young Thug-imitating Justin Bieber, and the Weeknd-primarily serve to mask Scott’s inability or unwillingness to tell stories about himself. On “Pornography,” a surprisingly detailed intro, Scott identifies as “a young rebel against the system / unable to conform or comply to the ways of authority.” Instead of a coherent list of grievances, however, or even a detailed list of the ways in which Scott paves a dissident path (just the drugs?), the next hour consists primarily of the same vague retellings of blurry nights. As usual, Scott falls hard, smokes heavy, pops pills, and is brutally aware of the destructive elements of his existence. Whereas in his earlier offerings Scott seemed content to offer an opaque, often-nihilistic lyrical landscape, “Rodeo” often drowns in the dissonance between Scott’s ostensibly lofty biographical elements and his continued ambiguity. This is unfortunately the case with Travis Scott’s “Rodeo,” the album that has blossomed out of his exceptional tapes “Owl Pharaoh” and “Days Before Rodeo.” Their oft-referenced leaps from underground hype to radio and critical dominance have so invaded the zeitgeist (thanks in part to the rappers’ own mythologizing) that one can easily forget that many immensely talented rappers follow the opposite path. He released his third album, Astroworld, on Augit produced his first Hot 100 number one single, "Sicko Mode".The hip-hop Holy Trinity of Kanye West, Drake, and Kendrick Lamar succeeded in the unlikely task of following up stellar mixtapes with even more exciting major label debuts. The following year, Travis Scott released a collaborative album with Quavo titled Huncho Jack, Jack Huncho under the group name Huncho Jack. His second album, Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight, was released in September 2016, to generally positive reviews. His debut studio album, Rodeo, was released in September 2015 and was led by the hit single "Antidote", which reached the top 20 of the US Billboard Hot 100 chart. This was followed with a second mixtape, titled Days Before Rodeo, in August 2014. ![]() ![]() Scott's first full-length project, a mixtape titled Owl Pharaoh, was self-released in May 2013. In April 2013, Scott signed a record deal with T.I.'s Grand Hustle imprint. ![]() ![]() In November of the same year, Scott signed a deal with Kanye West's GOOD Music, as part of its production wing Very GOOD Beats, after appearing on the label's 2012 compilation album Cruel Summer. In 2012, Scott signed his first major-label deal with Epic Records. Jacques Bermon Webster II (born April 30, 1991), known professionally as Travis Scott (formerly stylized as Travi$ Scott), is an American rapper, singer, songwriter and record producer. Wikipedia Rate this definition: 1.0 / 1 vote ![]()
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