“It’s been five years since Travis Scott released Astroworld. Since then, he released a collaborative project with his label Cactus Jack Records and a few random features and singles—but he seemed to be taking his sweet time with his fourth album. It’s not hard to see why, as Astroworld elevated him to a household name similar to the likes of Drake. He has a McDonald’s meal, a concert in Fortnite, ”
“Few artists dream on the same scale as Travis Scott. Once a prodigy under the tutelage of Kanye West, the Houston rapper became the ringleader for a wave of screwed and psychedelic hip-hop primed for buck-wild live shows. His last album, 2018’s ‘Astroworld’, was a blockbuster amusement park that broke free of West’s influence and made Scott one of the most marketable figures in hip-hop. He rode it”
“In an attempt to give the world a true blockbuster rap album, the Houston rapper delivers a shiny, empty spectacle loaded with pop superstars who rarely make an impact.”
“He's a brilliant curator, but doesn't have anything interesting to say”
“rap superstar gets lost amid sublime soundworld”
“**💭 Thoughts:** Travis Scott’s *UTOPIA* was one of 2023’s most anticipated releases, being five years after his most iconic and infamous project, *ASTROWORLD*. This album let me down to be honest. It’s a very inconsistent listen, with some skips, some decent songs, and some really good songs. Overall, I’ll probably only be revisiting around a fourth of the tracklist, and end up forgetting or never replaying the rest. **🎶 Tracklist Review** 1.) HYAENA 🟢 2.) THANK GOD 🟡 3.) MODERN JAM 🟠 4.) MY EYES 🔵🥈 5.) GOD’S COUNTRY 🟡 6.) SIRENS 🟢 7.) MELTDOWN 🟢 8.) FE!N 🟢 9.) DELRESTO (ECHOES) 🔵🥉 10.) I KNOW ? 🔵 11.) TOPIA TWINS 🔵 12.) CIRCUS MAXIMUS 🟡 13.) PARASAIL 🟢 14.) SKITZO 🟢 15.) LOST FOREVER 🟡 16.) LOOOVE 🔵 17.) K-POP 🔵 18.) TELEKINESIS 🔵 19.) TIL FURTHER NOTICE 🔵🥇 ──────────────────── **🤔 Track Rating Scale** 🔵 Loved — Thoroughly enjoyed it and will revisit often. 🟢 Liked — Enjoyed it, but it’s not one I’d revisit often. 🟡 Mixed — Enjoyed it somewhat, but some aspects held it back for me; most likely won’t revisit. 🟠 Disliked — Didn’t enjoy it very much; won’t be revisiting. 🔴 Hated — Didn’t enjoy any part of it; no desire to revisit ever again. ⚪️ Interlude, etc. — Not rated as an actual song. ──────────────────── **🏅 Ranking Scale** 10 — Perfect 9 — Exceptional 8 — Great 7 — Good 6 — Decent 5 — Average 4 — Below Average 3 — Poor 2 — Bad 1 — Awful 0 — Unlistenable”
“Listen, I’m not complaining, I really like this project. I think it’s great. But. I feel like Travis raps in a loop with nothing interesting to say. I feel like that’s what holds this project from the glory it could’ve been (a Grammy.) I totally still think though that this deserved a Grammy, the production and features on this project are amazing. The whole album has an amazing loud and powerful sound with great delivery… sometimes. Travis Scott can tend to just be too nonchalant on the tracks when the bass booming while he acts like it’s not a hype part of the song. That’s what I feel like keeps this from a high 8. Because that flaw is very, very repetitive. Also to mention, a good quarter of the project is made by Ye but yet he doesn’t even have a feature or not even that much production credit, to a point to where it feels like Travis just ripped a bunch of songs that sounded like Yeezus without notice. Besides that it’s a great project, but it could’ve literally been amazing, yet it was held back by Travis Scott not really pushing the boundaries of his rap and original sound as a producer.”
“A great album, very consistent to say the least and a great listening experience overall. The combination of spacial sounding tracks, melancholic vent-like tracks and hype to fully blend into this great project. I know this is majorly a Ye throwaway project, most of his songs coming from the Donda and God's Country era: - THANK GOD - Devil's Ivy (God's Country) - MODERN JAM - I Am A God Travis Scott production (Thank God For Drugs) - GOD's COUNTRY - God's Country (God's Country/Donda) - DELRESTO (ECHOES) - Delresto (Donda) - TELEKINESIS - Future Sounds (Donda) Alongside other Ye-produced tracks, but it shouldn't strip away the identity of the album like it does now. Overall great album.”
“Really solid album from Travis with a lot of bangers. I feel it’s quite heavily inspired by Kanyes ‘MBDTF’ with a good few of the tracks using similar production and Travis going down a more experimental route with the album. Only reason the albums not higher rated is that there’s quite a good few misses on the track list, but still another really good album in Travis’s discography. Top songs are “HYAENA” “MODERN JAM” “MY EYES” “I KNOW?” “CIRCUS MAXIMUS” ft Swae Lee & The Weeknd “TELEKINESIS” ft Future & SZA “MELTDOWN” ft Drake”
“I wanted to get more into other rap artists. This entire album’s atmosphere is so cool. I love the production. There’s so many great songs.”
“The first half is a party but the back half is the come down, whether or not that works is up for debate”
“i love the production but Travis lyrically is lacking a ton”
