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Titled after one of Quavo's lines from the chirpy summertime 2016 hit co-billed to Travis Scott and Young Thug, this fitfully hypnotizing follow-up arrived after numerous delays, toward the end of the year's third quarter. "Pick Up the Phone" functioned as the lead single off Thug's JEFFERY, and it sensibly reappears here, buried in the latter half, de-emphasized yet not quite a tacked-on bonus. It's easily the track with the most pop appeal on Scott's second full-length. Released almost exactly a year after Rodeo, Birds in the Trap features little development, though the large company Scott keeps is quite different, and Metro Boomin is noticeably absent. Among the present is André 3000, who drops by on "The Ends" to recollect the infamous rash of murders that struck his city during his early childhood. The album's deepest verse by a great measure, it has no discernible connection to Scott's surrounding rhymes of cocksure nonsense. That remains the M.O. of Scott, who remains deeply into heavy accessorization and proclamations of dominance, as well as punctuations with affirmative exclamations cast in dehumanizing pitch alteration. Swarming basslines and sluggish beats likewise form the rhythmic foundation, with gauzy and tickling keyboards adding sweetness to Scott's hedonistic hooks. Only on "Guidance," through scuttling drums granted by DF, is there a significant shake-up. This time, Scott co-produced only one track, another Weeknd collaboration, and it easily slips into the album's scheme with its serpentine menace and lightweight lyricism. Among the others on the guest carousel are Kendrick Lamar, Kid Cudi, 21 Savage, and Cassie. They all pass in a slow-motion blur.
© Andy Kellman /TiVo
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Travis Scott, Associated Performer, Main Artist - Jacques Webster, Composer, Lyricist - Andre 3000 - Vinylz, Producer - André Benjamin, Composer, Editor, Lyricist - Daxz, Producer - Ebony "Wondagurl" Oshunrinde, Co-Producer - ANDERSON HERNANDEZ, Composer, Lyricist - Oz, Co-Producer - Ebony Oshunrinde, Composer, Lyricist - Jahmar Carter, Composer, Lyricist - Jordan Lewis, Recording Engineer - Zeke Mishanec, Recording Engineer - Sean Klein, Assistant Engineer - James Blake, Editor - Jason Lader, Editor - Mike Dean, Mastering Engineer, Mixing Engineer
(P) 2016 Cactus Jack Records, LLC under exclusive license to Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Travis Scott, Associated Performer, Main Artist - Jacques Webster, Composer, Lyricist - Hit-Boy, Producer - Kid Cudi - Mike Dean, Composer, Guitar, Lyricist, Mastering Engineer, Mixing Engineer - C Note, Producer - Chaucey Hollis, Jr., Composer, Lyricist - Swizz Beatz - Carlton Mays, Composer, Lyricist - Cashmere Cat, Producer - Jordan Lewis, Recording Engineer - Magnus August Høiberg, Composer, Lyricist - Roget Cahahayed, Composer, Lyricist - Mike Dean #MWA - Scott Ramon Seguro Mescudi, Composer, Lyricist - Brittany Hazzard, Composer, Lyricist - Kasseem Dean, Composer, Lyricist - Larry Jacks, Jr., Composer, Lyricist
(P) 2016 Cactus Jack Records, LLC under exclusive license to Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Travis Scott, Associated Performer, Main Artist - Jacques Webster, Composer, Lyricist - Blac Youngsta - TM88, Producer - Sam Benson, Composer, Lyricist - Zeke Mishanec, Recording Engineer - Bryan Simmons, Composer, Lyricist - Jordan Lewis, Recording Engineer - Brendan Silas Parry, Assistant Engineer - Mike Dean, Mastering Engineer, Mixing Engineer - Kez Khou, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2016 Cactus Jack Records, LLC under exclusive license to Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Travis Scott, Associated Performer, Main Artist - Jacques Webster, Composer, Lyricist - Cardo, Producer - Cubeatz, Co-Producer - Scott Ramon Seguro Mescudi, Composer, Lyricist - Zeke Mishanec, Recording Engineer - Brendan Silas Parry, Assistant Engineer - Oladipo Omishore, Composer, Lyricist - Mike Dean, Mastering Engineer, Mixing Engineer - Ronald LaTour, Composer, Lyricist - Kid Cudi - Tim Gomringer, Composer, Lyricist - Kevin Gomringer, Composer, Lyricist
(P) 2016 Cactus Jack Records, LLC under exclusive license to Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Travis Scott, Associated Performer, Main Artist - Jacques Webster, Composer, Lyricist - NAV, Producer - Navraj "NAV" Goraya, Composer, Lyricist, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Blake Harden, Recording Engineer - Raphael Mesquita, Assistant Engineer - Tristan Bott, Assistant Engineer - Mike Dean, Mastering Engineer, Mixing Engineer
(P) 2016 Cactus Jack Records, LLC under exclusive license to Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Travis Scott, Associated Performer, Main Artist - Jacques Webster, Composer, Lyricist - Cassie - Ricci Riera, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Cassie Ventura, Composer, Lyricist - Blake Harden, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Tristan Bott, Assistant Engineer - Dexter Randall, Assistant Engineer - Ernest Greene, Composer, Lyricist - Mike Dean, Mastering Engineer, Mixing Engineer - Caroline Polachek, Composer, Lyricist
(P) 2016 Cactus Jack Records, LLC under exclusive license to Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Travis Scott, Associated Performer, Main Artist - Jacques Webster, Composer, Lyricist - Murda Beatz, Producer - Cubeatz, Co-Producer - Shane Lindstrom, Composer, Lyricist - Mike Dean, Mastering Engineer, Mixing Engineer - Mike Dean #MWA, Co-Producer - Tim Gomringer, Composer, Lyricist - Kez Khou, Assistant Engineer - Kevin Gomringer, Composer, Lyricist - Ebony Oshunrinde, Composer, Lyricist
(P) 2016 Cactus Jack Records, LLC under exclusive license to Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Travis Scott, Associated Performer, Main Artist - Jacques Webster, Composer, Lyricist - 21 Savage - Murda Beatz, Producer - Cubeatz, Co-Producer - Mike Dean, Composer, Lyricist, Mastering Engineer, Mixing Engineer, Piano - Shayaa Joseph, Composer, Lyricist - Firas Quick, Recording Engineer - Shane Lindstrom, Composer, Lyricist - Oz, Co-Producer - Philip "Dockz" Cromwell, Assistant Engineer - Mike Dean #MWA - Tim Gomringer, Composer, Lyricist - Kevin Gomringer, Composer, Lyricist - Kez Khou, Assistant Engineer - Larry Jacks, Jr., Composer, Lyricist
(P) 2016 Cactus Jack Records, LLC under exclusive license to Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Travis Scott, Associated Performer, Main Artist - Jacques Webster, Composer, Lyricist - Cardo, Producer - Kendrick Lamar - Cubeatz, Producer - Kendrick Duckworth, Composer, Lyricist - YeX, Producer - Ronald LaTour, Composer, Lyricist - Blake Harden, Recording Engineer - Jordan Lewis, Recording Engineer - Tim Gomringer, Composer, Lyricist - Jason Goldberg, Assistant Engineer - Kevin Gomringer, Composer, Lyricist - Tristan Bott, Assistant Engineer - Mike Dean, Mastering Engineer, Mixing Engineer - Daveon Jackson, Composer, Lyricist - Kez Khou, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2016 Cactus Jack Records, LLC under exclusive license to Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Travis Scott, Associated Performer, Main Artist - Jacques Webster, Composer, Lyricist - Bryson Tiller, Composer, Lyricist - TEAUXNY, Producer - Illa Jones, Producer - Sy Ari, Producer - Sy Brockington, Composer, Lyricist - Firas Quick, Recording Engineer - Mel & Mus, Co-Producer - Kame House,, Recording Engineer - Travis Peterson, Composer, Lyricist - Philip "Dockz" Cromwell, Assistant Engineer - Mandell Strawter, Composer, Lyricist - Mike Dean, Mastering Engineer, Mixing Engineer - Melvin Hough II, Composer, Lyricist - Rivelino R. Wouter, Composer, Lyricist
(P) 2016 Cactus Jack Records, LLC under exclusive license to Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Young Thug, Associated Performer, Main Artist - Travis Scott, Associated Performer, Main Artist - Young Thug & Travis Scott, Associated Performer - Jacques Webster, Composer, Lyricist - Adam Feeney, Composer, Lyricist - Quavo - ANDERSON HERNANDEZ, Composer, Lyricist - Mike Dean, Composer, Keyboards, Lyricist, Mastering Engineer, Mixing Engineer - Vinylz, Producer - Frank Dukes, Producer - ALLEN RITTER, Composer, Lyricist - Jeffrey Williams, Composer, Lyricist - Mike Dean #MWA, Co-Producer - Quavious Marshall, Composer, Lyricist - Brittany Hazzard, Composer, Lyricist - Zeke Mishanec, Recording Engineer
(P) 2016 Cactus Jack Records, LLC under exclusive license to Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Travis Scott, Associated Performer, Main Artist - Jacques Webster, Composer, Lyricist - Cassie - Vinylz, Producer - Cassie Ventura, Composer, Lyricist - Frank Dukes, Producer - Mike Dean, Keyboards, Mastering Engineer, Mixing Engineer - ALLEN RITTER, Composer, Lyricist - ANDERSON HERNANDEZ, Composer, Lyricist - Blake Harden, Recording Engineer - Adam Feeney, Composer, Lyricist - Dexter Randall, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2016 Cactus Jack Records, LLC under exclusive license to Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Travis Scott, Associated Performer, Main Artist - Jacques Webster, Composer, Lyricist - Darren "dF" Fraser, Producer, Recording Engineer - K. Forest - Kashief "K. Forest" Hanson, Composer, Lyricist - Zeke Mishanec, Recording Engineer - Darren Fraser, Composer, Lyricist - Sean Klein, Assistant Engineer - Blake Harden, Mixing Engineer - Mike Dean, Mastering Engineer
(P) 2016 Cactus Jack Records, LLC under exclusive license to Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Travis Scott, Associated Performer, Main Artist, Producer - Jacques Webster, Composer, Lyricist - T-Minus, Producer - The Weeknd - Abel Tesfaye, Composer, Lyricist - Boi-1-da, Producer - Mike Dean, Composer, Keyboards, Lyricist, Mastering Engineer, Mixing Engineer, Programmer - Mike Dean #MWA, Producer - Matthew Samuels, Composer, Lyricist - Blake Harden, Recording Engineer - Dexter Randall, Assistant Engineer - Tyler Williams, Composer, Lyricist - Kez Khou, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2016 Cactus Jack Records, LLC under exclusive license to Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Album review
Titled after one of Quavo's lines from the chirpy summertime 2016 hit co-billed to Travis Scott and Young Thug, this fitfully hypnotizing follow-up arrived after numerous delays, toward the end of the year's third quarter. "Pick Up the Phone" functioned as the lead single off Thug's JEFFERY, and it sensibly reappears here, buried in the latter half, de-emphasized yet not quite a tacked-on bonus. It's easily the track with the most pop appeal on Scott's second full-length. Released almost exactly a year after Rodeo, Birds in the Trap features little development, though the large company Scott keeps is quite different, and Metro Boomin is noticeably absent. Among the present is André 3000, who drops by on "The Ends" to recollect the infamous rash of murders that struck his city during his early childhood. The album's deepest verse by a great measure, it has no discernible connection to Scott's surrounding rhymes of cocksure nonsense. That remains the M.O. of Scott, who remains deeply into heavy accessorization and proclamations of dominance, as well as punctuations with affirmative exclamations cast in dehumanizing pitch alteration. Swarming basslines and sluggish beats likewise form the rhythmic foundation, with gauzy and tickling keyboards adding sweetness to Scott's hedonistic hooks. Only on "Guidance," through scuttling drums granted by DF, is there a significant shake-up. This time, Scott co-produced only one track, another Weeknd collaboration, and it easily slips into the album's scheme with its serpentine menace and lightweight lyricism. Among the others on the guest carousel are Kendrick Lamar, Kid Cudi, 21 Savage, and Cassie. They all pass in a slow-motion blur.
© Andy Kellman /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 14 track(s)
- Total length: 00:53:44
- Main artists: Travis Scott
- Composer: Travis Scott
- Label: Cactus Jack - Epic
- Genre: Hip-Hop/Rap
(P) 2016 Cactus Jack Records, LLC under exclusive license to Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
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