Travis Scott – Birds In The Trap Sing McKnight (2016) [Qobuz FLAC 24bit/44,1kHz]

Travis Scott’s critically acclaimed sophomore release debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top 200 and Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop. In addition to inciting widespread fan fervor, “Birds In The Trap Sing McKnight” has drawn overwhelming critical and tastemaker support across the board. Over the course of 14 tracks, Travis threads together an engaging, enthralling, and epic patchwork of anesthetized and apocalyptic production, mind-numbing raps, and glorious hooks punctuated by an A-list cast of collaborators. Kendrick Lamar delivers hard-hitting and hypnotic bars in the middle of “Goosebumps” just before a signature chantable chorus. “The Ends” veers between a haunting hum and a verse-for-verse tandem of our protagonist and Andre 3000 of OutKast.

Titled after one of Quavo’s lines from the chirpy summertime 2016 hit co-billed to Travis Scott and Young Thug, this fitfully hypnotizing follow-up arrived after numerous delays, toward the end of the year’s third quarter. “Pick Up the Phone” functioned as the lead single off Thug’s JEFFERY, and it sensibly reappears here, buried in the latter half, de-emphasized yet not quite a tacked-on bonus. It’s easily the track with the most pop appeal on Scott’s second full-length. Released almost exactly a year after Rodeo, Birds in the Trap features little development, though the large company Scott keeps is quite different, and Metro Boomin is noticeably absent. Among the present is André 3000, who drops by on “The Ends” to recollect the infamous rash of murders that struck his city during his early childhood. The album’s deepest verse by a great measure, it has no discernible connection to Scott’s surrounding rhymes of cocksure nonsense. That remains the M.O. of Scott, who remains deeply into heavy accessorization and proclamations of dominance, as well as punctuations with affirmative exclamations cast in dehumanizing pitch alteration. Swarming basslines and sluggish beats likewise form the rhythmic foundation, with gauzy and tickling keyboards adding sweetness to Scott’s hedonistic hooks. Only on “Guidance,” through scuttling drums granted by DF, is there a significant shake-up. This time, Scott co-produced only one track, another Weeknd collaboration, and it easily slips into the album’s scheme with its serpentine menace and lightweight lyricism. Among the others on the guest carousel are Kendrick Lamar, Kid Cudi, 21 Savage, and Cassie. They all pass in a slow-motion blur. ~ Andy Kellman

Tracklist:
01 – The Ends (feat. Andre 3000)
02 – Way Back (feat. KiD CuDi & Cashmere Cat)
03 – Coordinate (feat. Blac Youngsta)
04 – Through The Late Night (feat. KiD CuDi)
05 – Biebs In The Trap (feat. Justin Bieber & Nav)
06 – SDP Interlude (feat. Cassie)
07 – Sweet Sweet
08 – Outside (feat. 21 Savage)
09 – Goosebumps (feat. Kendrick Lamar)
10 – First Take (feat. Bryson Tiller & Sy Ari Da Kid)
11 – Pick Up The Phone (feat. Young Thug & Quavo)
12 – Lose (feat. Cassie)
13 – Guidance (feat. K. Forest & Roy Woods)
14 – Wonderful (feat. The Weeknd)

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