Rodeo
| Travis Scott
Rodeo
Rodeo is the debut studio album by American rapper Travis Scott. It was released on September 4, 2015, by Epic Records and Grand Hustle Records. The album features guest appearances from Quavo, Future, 2 Chainz, Juicy J, Kacy Hill, The Weeknd, Swae Lee, Chief Keef, Kanye West, Justin Bieber, Young Thug, Toro y Moi and Schoolboy Q, while the production was provided by Scott himself, alongside several high-profile record producers such as Allen Ritter, Mike Dean, Metro Boomin, Frank Dukes, Sonny Digital and WondaGurl, among others."-Wikipedia
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Pitchfork
Rodeo, a master class in the pyramid scheming of rap industry politics.
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Consequence of Sound
Rodeo proves to be a fitting name, as listeners are left trying to hold onto a mercurial presence that can’t be pinned down.
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Rolling Stone
Some rock stars are better leading bands than going solo.
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Complex
You come because even though the guy is far from a show-stopping rapper and doesn’t even always handle production duties, he has a Kanye-level ear for putting the best producers, engineers, and guests together to create one hell of a fresh-sounding song.
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Hype Beast
While any artist would be hard-pressed to live up to the hype that this debut album was able to drum up in the months before its release, Travi$ Scott did about as best as one could here.
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Hot New Hiphop
for Travi$, a man with a very well-pronounced craft, to give so little in terms of 'himself' on Rodeo is a bit disturbing.
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The Know
Each track has a unique vocal treatment that is at once theatrical and sonically progressive in ways we’re not hearing with rap on the radio or in the clubs.
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The Herald on the Hill
Rodeo is just one of those albums that creates this atmosphere that just sucks you in.
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Pretty Much Amazing
Sadly, Scott doesn't put up much of a fight on Rodeo, despite leading an edgy campaign on the offensive-end
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Vibe
Dig deeper, though, and his lyrical content about partying, pill-popping, lean-sipping and struggle are filled with substance.
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The Boom Box
There's just not that much substance to Rodeo.
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Medium
Rodeo is a truly artistic project. It is a 65 minute, ambitious, boisterous amalgamation of high paced Atlanta trap, woozy, chopped and screwed Houston sounds, and a new wave of auto-tuned crooning.
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True Too
The positive side of Rodeo showed that Travis does indeed have potential.
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Hiphop DX
Be it increased confidence, clout or just spending more time with generation defining musicians, he has found a way to stay true to his sound while all along exploring newfound sonic and musical territory.
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Amino
The reason it is not a 10 is that even though is amazing sonically some verses are completely skippable and it is kinda too long for me.
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The Odyssey
On Rodeo, Travis successfully proves his ability to craft and engineer a finite sound with commercial appeal, even if it’s with the assistance
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USA Today
It’s a disjointed collection of turn-up records about raging and the endless pursuit of altered states.
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Spin
The main issue with the 23-year-old Houston rapper’s proper debut LP is that his motives are impossible to read.
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Sputnik
In its entirety, however, the album lacks change of pace and cohesion.
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Stereo Champions
Rodeo is an experience that thrives off of a sound very different from what many usually expect from Southern rap
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Spectrum-Pulse
Rodeo tumbles towards the same category a lot of this less lyrical music does
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Good Fella Media
If you came to have your mind blown by the bars you’re in the wrong place, but if you’re in for a wild experience enjoy your stay at the Rodeo.
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The Musical Hype
It’s imperfect, but there are enough good moments to make it an interesting listen.
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Music 4 the Masses
‘Rodeo’ caters for all hip-hop fans and even veers down a prog-rock avenue with the occasional wacky instrumental switch-up.
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Mustang Messenger
The record isn’t pitching an artistic vision, it barely even sells the idea of whoever Travi$ Scott is, but what it does sell is an aesthetic.
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The Ratings Game
Travis Scott will be raps next big thing, and this album to me is just the beginning.
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Crack Magazine
Rather than actually coming across like a rapper’s debut, it’s more of a confused mishmash of rap music ephemera from the last 12 months.
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The West Review
It follows the same predictable formula as everything else out there at the moment, every song sounds the same, and Scott’s lyrics and vocals are forgotten in a haze of trap.
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