Mar 22, 2021
YahyaHI feel like y’all got a lot of nostalgia connected to Rodeo
It's weird, I been f***in with Trab since OP, Rodeo his most gassed project when it's not even top 3 Trav
felli_varda ♦️Mar 22, 2021
Bernie XNiggas go hard trying to make it seem like the gap in quality between Rodeo and Astroworld is huge when .. it’s really not
- Mar 22, 2021
First 2 posts covered it.
Rodeo was the superbly executed, maximal trap album which set the sound for the next 5 years of hip hop. The production was groundbreaking for its time and the album has aged really well. Even Piss On Your Grave (which has a lot of haters) aged really well -> some would point to KSG and WLR as successors to that song.
AW was Trav's breakout album and imo is another classic. There's no denying Sicko Modes impact on the youth but KTT will hate the record because of the crazy mainstream success. It was kind of annoying to see Trav infiltrate the teenage youth - I guess nobody wants to stan an artist whose main fanbase is 15 year old boys. Still, AW had phenomenal sequencing and spectacular production throughout. Also, its one of those rare records that has like 20+ features on it but doesn't lose sight of its identity. Pretty crazy considering the album length and how many artists worked on it.
For me, Rodeo is a strong 9 and AW is an 8, but they are both classics for different reasons.
- Mar 22, 2021
RIP_ActavisRodeo is his best project but Astroworld was a very worthy successor to it, both are classics in their own right
Astroworld's biggest shortcoming is its over-reliance on gimmicks. It lacks the depth and complexity that Rodeo has in all aspects - production, vocals, drums, lyricism and charisma.
The production across all of Rodeo is so rich and detailed, the entire album sounds expensive and grandiose. Astroworld has some flashes of that throughout, but ultimately devolves (particularly in the last third of the album) into more conventional trap instrumentation.
I always think the use of drums in both albums exemplifies this point the best. Think of how memorable the drums are in the second half of 90210, or how they're intertwined with the bass-heavy building beat of Pray 4 Love.
The craftsmanship behind Rodeo is so much more intricate and as a result the album doesn't have to rely on gimmicks. Whereas Astroworld a lot of the time does resort to gimmicks to impress - the sloppy beat-switches on Stargazing & Sicko, James Blake on the outro of STTBG, Skeletons crude verse, Juice WRLD's inclusion on No Bystanders. These elements are by no means bad, quite the opposite, they are cool moments, but ultimately the album relies too heavily on impressing the first-time round that after digesting the album these surface-level gimmicks point to a album conscious of its own superficiality.
I agree with all of this but I also agree with the other poster, that the difference in quality between AW and Rodeo isn't as big as some people on here try to claim.
Mar 22, 2021dbr is overrated
astro and rodeo eons better
Mar 22, 2021·1 replyWhere is the love for Birds?
Mar 22, 2021·1 replyCultureWhere is the love for Birds?
People are ed. Way overall better than Astro
Mar 22, 2021·1 replyAll his solos are 8/10 or better
Mar 22, 2021
Water GiverAstro > rodeo > birds > dbr > huncho > owl > that trash label album or whatever it was
wow, hard to imagine a worse ranking. congrats
Mar 22, 2021rayrayPeople are ed. Way overall better than Astro
Fax
- Mar 22, 2021k dog 99
All his solos are 8/10 or better
Reading this thread for me thinking this
All of his projects are good
- Mar 22, 2021
Sometimes I feel like ktt should lock Travis threads until utopia
Mar 22, 2021Astroworld is nowhere near as bad as some people on here act like it is
a lot of the hate he gets is just cos he's extremely popular with reddit/hip hop twitter type fans
Mar 22, 2021I’ve never seen bigger cap
- Mar 22, 2021
Astroworld is so boring compared to rodeo and dbr imo
Mar 22, 2021Rodeo was the first demonstration of Trav's unorthodox sound and style, and it's the most groundbreaking of the two because of it. People are still jocking that album's aesthetic and sound nearly 6 years later. 2015 was also a nostalgic era for a lot of people. So many sweet memories hearing Antidote or Nightcrawler at parties
Astroworld is like Rodeo deja vu. Still hard as bricks, but we've been here before so it's less groundbreaking. Both albums have almost no low points, and very high peaks. Both classics imo