At the end of 2019, I compiled a slapdash list of my favourite albums of the 2010s. This album was on that list. I am not sure that, listening to it now, I would keep it on that list, but it is still a damn great album that deserves recognition for revolutionizing trap and mainstream music.
Let's start by saying that in a lot of ways, this album sounds ugly. It's a lot of blaring synths, almost foghorn-like, coupled with either similarly blaring vocals or tonally dissonant ones. And I think the album's ugliness and dissonance are its strengths. The entire album feels like it's bleeding an afterparty; the musical choices are laid on so thick that they practically drill into your skull. It's a very moody album.
The mood of this album is mostly helped along by its guest stars, who, like I said, do their part to either add to the ugliness or the dissonance of this album. (In Young Thug's case, he does both.) While I'm not exactly a huge fan of every song on here, and definitely think some could be better/some guest stars could be cut, the whole thing plays out like an experience. A journey that Travis Scott has taken us on. And that's what every great album should do.
8/10
Best Tracks: "3500" (ft. Future, 2 Chainz), "90210" (ft. Kacy Hill), "Pray 4 Love" (ft. The Weeknd), "Nightcrawler" (ft. Swae Lee, Chief Keef), "Piss on Your Grave" (ft. Kanye West), "Antidote"
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