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Travis Scott is again behind the boards. With JACKBOYS 2, a fifth solo album and probably a lot of tasks underneath Cactus Jack Information on the horizon, the Houston rapper is leaning into his producer bag now greater than ever.
“I’ve been actually into beat making,” Scott advised Complicated on Tuesday (April 8) earlier than claiming, “Plenty of beats are type of the identical.” These are positively daring phrases coming from somebody with Metro Boomin, Ye, Mike Dean and Pharrell Williams all on pace dial, however he’s not precisely fallacious.
Particularly with the fast-paced nature of the streaming period and Hip Hop followers probably having heard each subgenre underneath the solar, manufacturing has develop into more and more repetitive. “You’re listening to a number of the identical beats and the identical drums,” the “FE!N” artist emphasised. “In order that course of [of beat making] is what makes it thrilling to make the songs.”
Humorous sufficient, you possibly can hop on YouTube proper now and doubtless discover a whole lot of “Travis Scott–sort beats.” For essentially the most half, all of them have the identical 808s, lure drums and closely atmospheric really feel impressed by albums like Rodeo and Birds In The Lure Sing McKnight. Regardless of the ocean of artists making an attempt to emulate his sound, it nonetheless feels very a lot Scott’s personal in a way.
Earlier within the dialog, the “goosebumps” hitmaker talked about he’s “making beats and music for different folks” — and, after all, for himself too. Producing for others is clearly a special type of grind in comparison with dropping music by yourself phrases, so there’s no telling once we’ll truly get to listen to what he’s been engaged on. That mentioned, the ASTROWORLD rapper confirmed his fifth LP, which can even be teased at Coachella 2025, and Sheck Wes’ subsequent album are on the best way.
Whereas we wait, UTOPIA remains to be in heavy rotation with the “UTOPIA: CIRCUS MAXIMUS TOUR” set to choose up in Could with one cease in Qatar, adopted by a slew of dates in Africa and Asia beginning in October.