Sep 12, 2020

And I firmly believe he is a big part of the terrible commercialization of hip hop and the McDonald’s collab is truly capitalism imploding on itself....BUT!

I can’t pretend the Rodeo and more importantly Days before aren’t amazing and literal f---ing classics. So many memories with both. The sound was fresh and new and there were amazing moments and artistry on these 2 projects. Owl Pharoah too honestly.
Itt let’s talk about the songs from these projects and how much they b---

 

Sep 12, 2020

This is my favorite example of his strength as a curator. I don't think anyone else ever thought of the idea of combining trap 808s and Thundercat's funky bass together, this blended out much better than I think even he expected.

I don't mind him myself, he's not the iconoclastic groundbreaker most paint him out to be, but that's okay, he doesn't have to be one to begin with. Just let him have fun, and so should you, enjoy the $6.00 meal at a Mickey D's near you and tell em Cactus Jack sent you

 

Sep 13, 2020

Rodeo was unironically my fav album OAT for a while not only cause it was a classic record with life changing songs like 90210, nightcrawler, Maria I’m drunk etc but also cause it made me acknowledge trap as a great genre (used to listen to only a handful of rappers associated w Eminem and other lyrical miracle cornballs before). I guess I hold it up so high still cause it was an intro for great music to me

as squid said I think DBR, Rodeo and even BITTSM was the best Travis era. Never thought he’d become as big as he is now tho good for him.

this is still an underrated classic:

 

Sep 12, 2020

Did you have the time of your life? Let’s have the after party at my place. Do you have some spare change on me? I got hundreds I’ll throw in your face!

This is a top 5 song of the 2010s if you disagree we can Farkle/jmg idgaf

 

Sep 13, 2020

It’s always just felt like a lifeless piece of work where one song bleeds into the other to make one boring experience. I know it was always present, but I feel like this is really where his “dark” aesthetic peaked in a very uninteresting way. Before this, his music felt fleshed out and fun and almost layered a bit more. At this point, Astro world has already been announced before as his next project and was hyped to be an opus of sort. I’ve always felt like this was just filler to lead into Astro world and hold people over.
It’s peak “make that s--- dark” and frankly overall just uninteresting at least to me

 

Sep 13, 2020

he gotta have other people carry his music for him 99% of the time

 

Sep 13, 2020

That McDonalds s--- is literally the McJordan repackaged. But it works. It’s perfectly marketed to sneaker reseller culture. I saw a video of a kid stealing the Travis Scott burger poster. We’ve already seen the power of that type of fast food viral marketing with the Mulan sauce, Popeyes chicken sandwich.

 

Sep 12, 2020

OP/DBR/Rodeo times were sensational

 

Sep 13, 2020

Sidebar, today is the 15th anniversary of Little Brother’s The Minstrel Show

 

Sep 14, 2020

I don’t think it’s strange, he’s terrible but he’s also everywhere. Can’t listen to an album from a rapper I like without Travis showing up to bring the whole project grinding to a halt.

 

Sep 13, 2020

Yeah I agree, the whole things f----- up. I know people are saying it’s been done before but between this and fortnite and the Nike stuff it’s like he’s being forced down our throats from all angles. Capitalism is an odd spot right now and they found the perfect person to market to us (kids specifically).

as a dude who’s into gear also I don’t even want to get started on what he’s done to clothing and sneaker culture

 

Sep 13, 2020

Reseller culture is also a huge problem. I think my grudge with Travis himself is that he brought in clout culture in a sense and kind of ruined things for people who actually care about the culture

 

Sep 13, 2020

This his his worst project imo by far. The time where I really just stopped checking for him. I will say that navs verse is amazing and putp is one of his best songs

 

Sep 12, 2020

f---ing peak. Nobody captures contemporary moments in life quite like Travis. Nobody. So many snapshots of great times come from Rodeo, Birds and Astro.



Gonna sound stupid but until you’ve actually been the highest in the room, with this playing, don’t tell me you understand this song. Travis is one of the most important artists of this generation. Don’t care how commercial he is. What he’s done since 2015 is unfuckingdeniable.

 

Sep 12, 2020

It’s funny, the OG Owl Pharaoh s--- that never saw an official release are actually the Travis songs I enjoy going back and listening to the most

 

Sep 12, 2020

I tried to listen to his music but I don't know, I guess is not for me but I can see why people would love his work.
I do like one song from him though.