As a huge fan of modern-day rap music, I am proud to bring you a review on what might be one of my favourite blog posts I’ll do as I’ll be reviewing and expressing my thoughts and opinions on my favourite rap artist Travis Scott’s 3rd studio album ‘Astroworld’. As Travis’s 3rd produced album it is inarguably his strongest music he has produced. His skills as an artist helps forms a tacky, humid, psychedelic world with dazzling production and unexpected twists at every turn. After announcing that the album was in production back in 2016, Travis has left his large and growing fan base on edge since then, when the 3rdof August 2018 finally arrived, the rap community was prepared for one of his best albums to be released (and possibly the best rap album ever! In my opinion….)
Many rap gurus don’t respect the way Travis uses auto-tune in his previous albums such as ‘Rodeo’ with his top hit song ‘Antidote’ and his 2nd studio album ‘Birds in the Trap’ featuring his heavily auto-tuned song ‘beibs in the trap’. Many people criticise Travis for using auto-tune in many of his songs and automatically categorise the rapper as an autotuned rapper. However, if many people listened to many more of his songs, they will discover that Travis does not only use autotune but raps about many real-life situations and personal experiences allowing Travis to establish a connection with his fans and the community.
With many Travis fans not expecting to the rapper to release another album any time soon (as they are still listening to Astroworld on repeat till this day including me J) the album immediately opens up with a signature feel of a psychedelic world with the song “Stargazing” leaving fans will chills up and down their spines including myself as it reminds the community on the type of artist he has become over the past 4 years. Travis is becoming more respected as an artist thanks to Astroworld has Travis has taken a back seat in using autotune throughout the album, leaving the album to now be triple platinum certified on the ARIA chart thanks to his hit song ‘Sicko Mode’ featuring popular rapper Drake (I’m sure everybody’s heard this song by now!) as the song has made a name for itself all over the world with many beat switches throughout the song leaving it with a catchy vibes and lyrics such as “Out like a light”
Overall Astroworld is inarguably my favourite rap album since Travis’s first album Rodeo as each song is still on repeat till this day as I believe Travis has really proved himself as a artist and is not just another rapper who ‘raps with autotune’ but allows the community the actual artist he is and can be making references to his first born daughter with wife Kylie Jenner and even made a song on the album “R.I.P Screw” as a tribute to one of Travis’s closer friends DJ Screw who recently passed away. Overall the album has many tracks for those who are into the rap genre and for those who are not… Overall 10/10 for me definitely worth a listen to.
Jake
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