Travi$ Scott Birds In The Trap Sing McKnight
Released: September 2nd, 2016
Must Listen: “Biebs In The Trap” (feat. NAV)
After a series of delays, setbacks, false dates and so forth, Travi$ Scott delivered his long awaited album Birds In The Trap Sing McKnight this month.
If you listened to his last album Rodeo, most would agree that he listened to the mistakes on that album, and made them right this time around. Last go around a few songs ran to long, some had very little substance and a few just didn’t fit. The production on BITTSM also is top notch, and one of the strongest points of the album.
His signature sound is on full display here, but he’s honed it and made it sound bigger and better. Only he can produce music like this, only he can sound as large as he does over his own large soundscape. He of course brings a team of features that excites everyone and compliments what he’s trying to do. Andre 3000, Kid Cudi, 21 Savage, Future and more all float over their respective tracks. Maybe the best feature comes from Toronto’s newcomer Nav who steals the show from Trav on “Biebs In The Trap.” The song is about some white girls who are way into drugs, but neither Nav or Trav cares and they’ll keep supplying as long as the party keeps going.
Halfway through the album it’s obvious where Travi$ Scott’s strength lies. He’s able to craft an album with a ton of features while still remaining at the helm of the project, because he’s letting everyone do what they do best under his umbrella. Andre 3000 introduces a new trap flow on “the ends,” Kendrick Lamar shifts in between pitches while putting on a rap clinic during “goosebumps,” and 21 Savage sounds haunting, unapologetic and annoyed on “outside.”
Scott lays down the foundation for all these tracks with that crazy production of his and that’s why it works so well. It’s easily up there with Days Before Rodeo as one of his strongest projects, if not his strongest. Birds In The Trap Sing McKnight is one big party filled with drugs and women, and Travi$ Scott is the host with some honorable friends coming along. No doubt it’s the best album of the month of September.