Birds In The Trap Sing McKnight

Rapper, producer, singer, songwriter, fashion icon – Travi$ Scott is the Swiss army knife of the music scene right now. You name it, he’s done it. After a crazy 5 years which involved writing for Kanye West’s Yeezus and producing Rihanna’s Bitch Better Have My Money amongst others, Scott or, as his fans affectionately refer to him, La Flame has quickly become one of the most exciting artists in the world. After the amazing Rodeo last year, there’s been a hell of a lot of pressure on Scott to deliver with his latest work Birds In The Trap Sing McKnight (BITTSM). With very little promo, BITTM snuck up on a lot of people, however, anyone who has heard it will surely agree that it bangs so fucking hard.

The album itself consists of 14 tracks with a very definitive theme. The usual Travis$ Scott subject matter is all there – alcohol, strippers and drugs. But look beyond that and you’ll see a deeper layered meaning behind the tracks. The tracks themselves were lit from start to finish. Every single track an absolute turn up in its own right. But as usual La Flame manages to add so much variety to his work. He takes you from the drug fuelled, dream like haze that his Beibs In The Trap to the inordinately addictive banger Guidance. When it comes to beats Travi$ Scott stepped his shit all the way up with this EP, especially when it comes to tracks like The Ends and Lose. As always Scott pushes boundaries and his rework of the Kid Cudi track Day ‘n’ Nite which he turned into Through The Late Night definitely works and leaves you in a strange, hazey, drug like stupor for 4 blissful minutes. There’s a great array of features including Young Thug, The Weeknd and Kid Cudi, but Kendrick Lamar’s feature on Goosebumps has to be the best. This album is just so fucking lit all the way through but the highlights of the album for me have to be Beibs In The Trap, Through The Late Night and Guidance.

This album has so much to give and I would advise anyone whether they have or haven’t heard of Travi$ Scott to go out and listen to this project. From the production to the flow and the lyrics everything just works so well. I would say though if you are looking for a deep lyrically dense project this probably isn’t for you but if you just want to turn up then look no further. It is because of La Flame’s consistency in producing eye opening bangers that he is without a doubt my favourite artist out there and this project really does prove that he currently has the Midas touch.

Travi$ Scott – Birds In The Trap Sing McKnight – 9/10