This should have made it on to a mixtape or something because it’s way too good to just be a SoundCloud throwaway. In similar vein to “BACC”, Scott bounces back and forth from Auto-Tune to rapping and the ascending beat consistently surprises from start to finish.
The most lowkey and psychedelic of the Travis–Thugga collaborations, “Skyfall” is dark, eerie and fits the tone of the mixtape perfectly. It is a departure from Scott’s gloomy tendencies, though maintains melody for its duration. “Pick Up the Phone” is notoriously a Young Thug song loaned to Travis Scott (it was originally a collaboration between Thug and Starrah), clear from the song’s bubblegum production and vibrant spirit. Top 30 30. Pick Up the Phone (w/ Young Thug ft. The rest of the details are left to the listener. The passage “Seems like the life I feen’s a little distant” is submerged in simplicity yet achieves its purpose portraying a fragment of Scott’s mental state. Featuring Thundercat on bass and John Mayer on guitar, Scott is granted a chance to breathe through all the album’s mayhem. When revisited and digested, it is one of the experimental standouts of Scott’s long-awaited Astroworld. Upon first listen, “AstroThunder” is two minutes of filler. Overplayed, maybe, but Verse 3 shows that Travis can really rap. The song is a youthful anthem, driven mainly by its quotable hook. “Antidote” was the breakout single for Scott before the release of Rodeo. However, the song brings out the best of Travis’s adlibs and includes memorable verses from T.I. “Upper Echelon” is a loud trap banger, released early in Scott’s career which had not yet birthed his unique sound. With three albums, two mixtapes and eighty-seven commercially released solo songs to pick from, here are Travis Scott’s thirty best songs of his career. Known for his infectious melodies, substance in production and countless adlibs, Travis Scott’s experimentation in the trap genre has harvested albums such as Rodeo and the prototype of Scott’s sound, Days Before Rodeo. In the current era of diluted trap music, no one has pushed the boundaries as much as Travis Scott.
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