The fact that the two latter artists are considered some of the best to ever do it probably says a lot about the regard others have for Scott. Guests include The Weeknd, 21 Savage, Kid Cudi, Bryson Tiller - and that’s before we even get on to André 3000 and Kendrick Lamar. Luckily, ‘Birds…’ is peppered with guest spots left, right and centre, and that’s where it becomes obvious what Travis Scott’s real talent lies - as a platform for other artists to shine. One of his biggest criticisms in the past has been that his songs are mostly about nothing (à la A$AP Rocky) and when La Flame isn't being emotional the same applies again here. Both of these are so painfully high school that they'd be unforgivable if Scott wasn't so notorious for being a sensitive soul. "Relieve my heart of malice,” he utters in the Kid Cudi-featuring ‘Through The Late Night’ or “I get those goosebumps every time when you're not around,” he says on ‘Goosebumps’. Lyrically, Scott is an undeniable sadboy and that rings true here in large portions once again. He hasn’t just masked his missteps, he’s completely replaced them with a 53-minute record that rarely loses focus and constantly feels like something that is driving itself. In fact, that’s perhaps not giving Scott his due. Almost a year to the day after that release, the 24-year-old returns with ‘Birds In The Trap Sing McKnight’, and whether purposely or by chance it’s a body of work by someone who sounds like he’s scrutinised his own material and papered over the cracks. It had all the ingredients to build upon ‘DBR’: the auto-tune, the glitched drum loops, the smoky atmosphere, the catchy half-sung, half-mumbled hooks, but for whatever reason ‘Rodeo’ felt half-baked.Īfter spending so much time working with West, a noted perfectionist, it was perhaps odd Scott’s debut album was so clumsy, and ham-fisted. But where ‘DBR’ flourished, ‘Rodeo’ itself - Scott's first proper full-length - seemed to falter. 2014’s ‘Days Before Rodeo’ was full of the post-‘Yeezus’ machinisms that Travis Scott himself was mostly responsible for engineering on West’s 2013 record.
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