Rodeo
by Travis Scott
  • Record Label: Epic
  • Release Date: Sep 4, 2015
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  1. andrewerdna
    Sep 10, 2015
    10
    Blown away by Travi$ on this one. As every artist grows and changes, so does their music and this is a work of art. Not so impressed with the production wished Travi$ wouldve handled it a little more. Other than that, Album of the Year, with great features. My favorite from the album is Maria, Im Drunk ft. Justin Bieber and Young Thug!
  2. masanga2k14
    Sep 13, 2015
    10
    Travi$ on this one is giving an impeccable piece of work. This album is the perfected form of what many Atlanta artists such as Future have only attempted to do by creating high art ignorance. This album is cohesive and when in a inebriated stated the album dark and wavy sounds are only enhanced. This music is definitely that of the new generation as it is dark and the deep bass onlyTravi$ on this one is giving an impeccable piece of work. This album is the perfected form of what many Atlanta artists such as Future have only attempted to do by creating high art ignorance. This album is cohesive and when in a inebriated stated the album dark and wavy sounds are only enhanced. This music is definitely that of the new generation as it is dark and the deep bass only consistently follows the vibes of a drug endued party.… Expand
  3. tpab
    Mar 7, 2016
    9
    This album is autotune done right. A creative theme plus great rapping and production creates an excellent project and also his best project surpassing days before rodeo and owl pharaoh
  4. Connorcox1997
    Mar 14, 2019
    10
    Travis Scott's debut album Rodeo is a fantastic start to his career. The beats are extremely dope, the production is great, and the features on this album did their thing. I absolutely loved all the songs on the album. Rodeo is an excellent start to Travis Scott's career. I Highly Recommend it.
  5. arnmlr6
    May 7, 2016
    8
    Not a perfect album, but it's damn near close. First and foremost the production on this project is phenomenal; I don't think there's a beat on this album that doesn't use the trap sound in the most professional or creative way possible. The lyrics are catchy, the narrative is interesting and clever, and the albums mood, feel, and aesthetic is extremely rich. One of my favorite albums ofNot a perfect album, but it's damn near close. First and foremost the production on this project is phenomenal; I don't think there's a beat on this album that doesn't use the trap sound in the most professional or creative way possible. The lyrics are catchy, the narrative is interesting and clever, and the albums mood, feel, and aesthetic is extremely rich. One of my favorite albums of the year by far and I cannot wait for Travi$ Scotts next one.

    Favorite Tracks: Antidote, Oh My Dis Side, Nightcrawler, Flying High, Piss on Your Grave    … Expand
  6. Skovronski
    Sep 15, 2015
    9
    Travi$ Scott se reinventa novamente. A estrela solitária de Houston finalmente tem sua chance de explodir, e ele agarra ela com toda sua força. E apresenta para o público um ótimo trabalho. Em alguns momentos soou como Yeezus, Days Before Rodeo e em outros Owl Pharaoh, mas nada que seja repetitivo. Ele acerta nas produções e nas participações. Todos estranharam a participação de JustinTravi$ Scott se reinventa novamente. A estrela solitária de Houston finalmente tem sua chance de explodir, e ele agarra ela com toda sua força. E apresenta para o público um ótimo trabalho. Em alguns momentos soou como Yeezus, Days Before Rodeo e em outros Owl Pharaoh, mas nada que seja repetitivo. Ele acerta nas produções e nas participações. Todos estranharam a participação de Justin Bieber no começo, mas após a canção, todos notamos o seu potencial para rimar, ele pode ir longe. Uma das colaborações mais aguardada pelos fãs de Kanye West & Travi$ Scott finalmente ocorre. A faixa 'Piss on Your Grave' originalmente obtinha participação de outra lenda, Paul McCartney. Pelo nível de ambos artistas, eu esperava algo memorável, mas não é uma faixa decepcionante. Enfim, falo agora sobre a melhor faixa do álbum '90210', com produção de DJ Dahi e participação de Kacy Hill, o trio colabora para realizar uma excelente faixa.

    Um ótimo álbum para um debut.

    9.0/10    … Expand
  7. kidcwithaperiod
    Dec 2, 2015
    7
    Travi$ Scott is an artist I've had mixed feelings about in the past. I didn't like most of his previous work, such as Days Before Rodeo and the singles dropped inbetween that project and Rodeo itself but I was incredibly surprised by the final product.

    The majority of tracks on this record are great, such as Antidote, Maria, I'm Drunk, Pray 4 Love, Nightcrawlers and 90210. The features    Travi$ Scott is an artist I've had mixed feelings about in the past. I didn't like most of his previous work, such as Days Before Rodeo and the singles dropped inbetween that project and Rodeo itself but I was incredibly surprised by the final product.

    The majority of tracks on this record are great, such as Antidote, Maria, I'm Drunk, Pray 4 Love, Nightcrawlers and 90210. The features on the record are also surprisingly decent, with features from Quavo of Migos, 2 Chainz, Swae Lee, The Weeknd and Toro Y Moi which are all pretty nice.

    The main two issues I have with the album are the track 'Piss On Your Grave ft. Kanye West' and the album cover itself. Normally, I wouldn't allow a piece of artwork that accompanies the album itself to factor into my like/dislike of an album but the cover art here is so repulsive that it made the album unappealing to me prior to listening and still makes me have mixed thoughts about purchasing the album physically just due to how much I dislike the cover art.

    Overall, Travi$ Scott came through with an incredibly surprising first studio album but like his previous records, there's numerous flaws in his work which bring the album down a few points.    … Expand
  8. Youngmetro
    Nov 6, 2017
    9
    An amazing album that plays out like a movie and has some of the most unique production i heard . Travis combines the Atlanta trap sound with cloud rap influences to make a unique sound.Combined with the personal lyrics ( while nothing technical wise crazy ) provides a feeling this is a mini documentary of shorts about Travis rise . Combined with all that makes this album feel like itAn amazing album that plays out like a movie and has some of the most unique production i heard . Travis combines the Atlanta trap sound with cloud rap influences to make a unique sound.Combined with the personal lyrics ( while nothing technical wise crazy ) provides a feeling this is a mini documentary of shorts about Travis rise . Combined with all that makes this album feel like it could be dropped today ,and still not only be as good and unique but maybe even more so.… Expand
  9. elhenzo
    Apr 1, 2017
    9
    Favorite tracks: 90210, Pray 4 Love, Nightcrawler, Antidote, Maria I'm Drunk, Wasted, Piss on Your Grave, Oh My Dis Side, 3500, Impossible, I Can Tell, Ok Alright, Never Catch Me
    Least favorite track: Pornography
  10. fifi3
    Jul 28, 2019
    8
    Rodeo takes trap into places it never dreamed of being before, and establishes himself as one of the premier talents of his generation. A truly magnificent piece of work that ages like fine wine. The production is unreal, the concept is well done and Travis also adds a lot of character to the project with his underrated lyrics. Rodeo is an indisputable classic of the generation and aRodeo takes trap into places it never dreamed of being before, and establishes himself as one of the premier talents of his generation. A truly magnificent piece of work that ages like fine wine. The production is unreal, the concept is well done and Travis also adds a lot of character to the project with his underrated lyrics. Rodeo is an indisputable classic of the generation and a coronation of Travis as trap's greatest of all time.… Expand
  11. Jensen67
    May 23, 2017
    8
    I initially wrote Travis off as just another Future type rapper when I first heard him but then I decided to give him a fair shot with this album and damn it's actually really good and quite diverse when compared to the stereotypical auto tune rapper.

    Best songs: 90210 / Oh My Dis Side / Pornography
  12. jmo
    Aug 12, 2018
    8
    Travis Scott Delivers a Modern Trap Classic taking the basic formulaic genre trap and bringing it into a moody dark sensational album. The Album gets off to a fast start a dark trap banger showing the story of Jacques Webster narrated by the Grand Hustles' T.I. Following that, we have an even darker song titled "Oh My Dis Side" halfway through the tempo switches to a more upbeat excitingTravis Scott Delivers a Modern Trap Classic taking the basic formulaic genre trap and bringing it into a moody dark sensational album. The Album gets off to a fast start a dark trap banger showing the story of Jacques Webster narrated by the Grand Hustles' T.I. Following that, we have an even darker song titled "Oh My Dis Side" halfway through the tempo switches to a more upbeat exciting track talking about how Travis made it to this point in his life. The Song also has an excellent verse from Migo's Quavo. Travis Continues his mastery flow and production throughout the entire album delivering something unimaginable and surprising due to his average, half-baked mixtapes he's released before Rodeo. Travis Delivers a dark artistic Trap project filled with amazing production and decent but average lyricism.

    Lyrics 7.5/10
    Production 8/10
    Vocals 8/10
    Features 8/10
    Overall 8/10

    Favorite Tracks 3500 (feat. 2 Chainz & Future), Oh My Dis Side (feat. Quavo), 90210 (feat. Kacy Hill), Maria I'm Drunk (feat. Young Thug & Justin Beiber, Nightcrawler (feat. Swae Lee & Cheif Keef)

    Worst Tracks: Wasted (feat. Juicy J), P*ss on Your Grave (feat. Kayne West),    … Expand
  13. ImNotLincoln
    Jul 1, 2019
    9
    I personally loved this album, I feel Travis really put the "art" into trap music on Rodeo and yet was still able to appeal to a wide audience as well as experienced music listeners who were looking for a little more from him. His production here really shines and while you can tell he takes a lot of influence from southern rap music and Kanye West, it's never at the point where he isI personally loved this album, I feel Travis really put the "art" into trap music on Rodeo and yet was still able to appeal to a wide audience as well as experienced music listeners who were looking for a little more from him. His production here really shines and while you can tell he takes a lot of influence from southern rap music and Kanye West, it's never at the point where he is copying them, or blatantly ripping off their ideas. Travis is able to put his own spin on it and his auto tuned vocals sound great all across the album. This is not a flawless album, Travis is not the most spiritual lyrical miracle rapper on the planet but he delivers enough substance and personality in his bars that it outweighs his setbacks on this album. Piss On Your Grave is a cool song but it doesn't really fit in with the rest of the songs here, I don't know why Kanye wanted it to be on Rodeo, if he had released it as a single It still would sounded better. It seems like he was influenced heavily by Death Grips Jenny Death album, which was released at the end of March that year, it's likely as they've been influences to him before. Otherwise than those blemishes this is a fantastic album, and in my opinion it's one of the best trap rap albums ever made and a must listen for any who think trap can only be mindless club songs made by talent less bums.
    9/10    … Expand
  14. BSKI
    Aug 7, 2019
    10
    A beautiful and intricate album, you have the dirty and grimy vocals of Travis Scott that keep the dark vibe of the album going whilst keeping the trap aesthetic and you also have the AMAZING production behind this album. Songs like 90210, Ok Alright, Oh My Dis Side and basically every song on this album feature amazing instrumentals which is what keeps Travis as one of the most diverseA beautiful and intricate album, you have the dirty and grimy vocals of Travis Scott that keep the dark vibe of the album going whilst keeping the trap aesthetic and you also have the AMAZING production behind this album. Songs like 90210, Ok Alright, Oh My Dis Side and basically every song on this album feature amazing instrumentals which is what keeps Travis as one of the most diverse trap rappers. His instrumentals and vocal melodies are artistic and expressive and on Rodeo he is at his peak. Rodeo is the best TRAP album that has been ever created so far and it'll be along time coming before an album like this will be topped.… Expand
  15. JohnPaulG
    Oct 6, 2019
    10
    Best Album by Travis, Such emotion as shown in this album and till this day i love all the songs and can relate to that.
    90210 is the best song travis ever sang.
  16. akshayshawarma
    Oct 27, 2019
    9
    9.3/10

    Best Tracks: Maria I'm Drunk, 90210, Oh My Dis Side, Apple Pie, Pray 4 Love, Pornography Worst Tracks: Never Catch Me, Ok Alright, Flying High Best Features: Young Thug, The Weeknd, Kacy Hill, Future, Justin Bieber, Swae Lee Worst Feature: Toro y Mio After some solid mixtapes like Owl Pharoah and Days Before Rodeo providing further insight into Travis Scott's catchy    9.3/10

    Best Tracks: Maria I'm Drunk, 90210, Oh My Dis Side, Apple Pie, Pray 4 Love, Pornography
    Worst Tracks: Never Catch Me, Ok Alright, Flying High

    Best Features: Young Thug, The Weeknd, Kacy Hill, Future, Justin Bieber, Swae Lee
    Worst Feature: Toro y Mio

    After some solid mixtapes like Owl Pharoah and Days Before Rodeo providing further insight into Travis Scott's catchy autotune style, He was considered nothing but an artist that you could play in the radio or strip club and put his discography as background music, But in late 2015 Travis proved every music outlet wrong by comprising a masterpiece of an album containing dark trap bangers about his Houston upbringing like Oh My Dis Side and Nightcrawler but also some lyrical ballads about Travis's shady association with crime and drugs. The best part of this album is probably the amazing trap production, mostly produced by Travis himself as he got his big break from producing with Kanye West on the GOOD Music compilation song tape, also known as Good Friday. His production increases here incorporating more elements into songs like smooth beat switches and fantastic drums and 808's. The features also shine here with melodic verses from The Weeknd and Swae Lee to hard trap banger formatted verses from legendary trap artists like 2Chainz and Future. Every feature on here is perfectly placed, especially old school legend T.I and his intro and outro to the album depicting Travis as a young rebel who bends the laws and exceeds society expectations on the intro track Pornography and the original version outro track: Apple Pie. Travis is also at his best with his autotune as his voice is instrumental and the instrumental is his voice, adding onto the young Houston rebel who bends rules theme. The lyrics aren't anything amazing but they are still pretty solid talking about topics like being an outlaw, drugs, strippers and the crazy events that Travis encountered upon his lifetime. 90210 is his most lyrical track talking about the dangers of the 90210 zipcode alley in Houston and talking about how fame impressed his fantasy after the beat switch. In conclusion, Rodeo is a trap masterpiece and i sone of the best albums ever made    … Expand
  17. okbuddyjosh
    Jan 23, 2020
    10
    Travis Scott in his debut album shows that his dreamy and dark production style can brings a lot to the trap scene. 5 years after this album was released it is still the greatest trap album of all time. After two relatively lower quality EP's, this album shows just how much potential LaFlame has. The production is incredible, Travis' lyrics are meaty and important, and there are fewTravis Scott in his debut album shows that his dreamy and dark production style can brings a lot to the trap scene. 5 years after this album was released it is still the greatest trap album of all time. After two relatively lower quality EP's, this album shows just how much potential LaFlame has. The production is incredible, Travis' lyrics are meaty and important, and there are few mediocre to bad tracks. The album opens up with Pornography which introduces us to the type of person Travis is through T.I.'s monologues and the lyrics themselves. Following the intro track, is Oh My Dis Side, one of the first of Travis' many two parters, and the second part features great verse from Travis and Quavo. Another high point on the album is 90210, my favorite song on the album. The first part is dark and psychedelic and features Kacy Hill belting over Travis' melodic singing/rapping. The first part melts into the second part where Travis displays his lyrical ability with an an amazing verse full of quotables. The are many other high points on the album such as the trippy Nightcrawler, the catch Antidote, and a great second verse on I Can Tell. There are few songs that don't sit well with me which is why this album is perfect.… Expand
  18. Jetskigucci
    Jul 24, 2020
    10
    Man, this album aged beautifully. In the hip hop world, rodeo is viewed as a classic piece that was the beginning of how trap music is today. The wide variety of styles and moods of the album really shows Travis’s artistic ability. The feature list is incredible, with Kacy Hill’s vocals gliding through 90210 or The Weeknd crooning on Pray 4 Love or Swae Lee and Chief Keef’s hazy club trapMan, this album aged beautifully. In the hip hop world, rodeo is viewed as a classic piece that was the beginning of how trap music is today. The wide variety of styles and moods of the album really shows Travis’s artistic ability. The feature list is incredible, with Kacy Hill’s vocals gliding through 90210 or The Weeknd crooning on Pray 4 Love or Swae Lee and Chief Keef’s hazy club trap sound on Nightcrawler. Not only is this album very influential for music now, it was ahead of it’s time. In 2015, trap music wasn’t a thing yet and rap was growing in different ways. After this album, a new path for rap was born and artists since then have followed this way of rap immensely. Another important aspect of this piece is that no song sounds alike and the sound in this album has grown from Travis Scott’s previous project, days before rodeo. This variety in styles of rap throughout the album makes this album easy to enjoy for a variety of listeners, as there’s different songs for everyone that all come together in a cohesive special package. If you look at this album in Travis’s discography and compare it to his former and latter albums, this album defines his sound that he elbowed into the super star he is today. Next, after talking to listeners today after 5 years since the release, the album has immense replay value and is still very popular today. Lastly, while talking with other listeners we all agreed that after 5 years of this album being out, there’s nothing like it. No one has released something close to this album with this much influence and importance. All in all, this album defines the change of rap music in the 2010’s and is a 10/10 in my eyes.… Expand
  19. dandowski
    Mar 23, 2021
    10
    Rodeo é considerado um dos melhores álbuns de trap de toda a história e com certeza um dos mais bem realizados e influentes da decada. Travis nesse projeto coloca a prova que o Auto-Tune pode ser usado como outro instrumento agregador para a música
  20. RegenT_A_1300
    Dec 20, 2022
    10
    really good, inspirational, only thing weighing it down from an 11 is that denzel isn't there, xoxoxoxoxoxoxo
  21. Jarrett
    Sep 10, 2015
    9
    People who have no understanding of audio production will never grasp why Travis Scott is so talented. Its deeper than rap. This is art. Definitely impressed with this young man's craftsmanship.
  22. SouthBeachLebro
    Sep 9, 2015
    10
    The best elements of days before rodeo and owl pharaoh while being mastered with the best producers in the game made Rodeo the certified classic that it is
  23. Whatsversace
    Sep 9, 2015
    10
    This album to be honest I felt was the ultimate cohesion of yeezus, days before and owl pharaoh I felt this album did exactly what it set out to do and is a strong contender for album of the year at this point. Travis definitely upped the ante on this album and put the game on notice
  24. nirvanafreak
    Sep 10, 2015
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. RODEO BY TRAVIS SCOTT
    Rating:82/100
    Favourite Tracks: Antidote, Piss On Your Grave (feat. Kanye West), Maria I'm Drunk (feat. Justin Bieber & Young Thug), Oh My Dis Side (feat. Quavo), Night Call (feat. Swae Lee & Chief Keef)
    Least Favourite Tracks: 3500 (feat. Future & 2 Chainz)
    It took me a few days to figure out how I felt about the new Travis Scott album. For a few days it was sat in my iTunes and then when i finally decided to dive into it i couldn’t really figure out if I hated or loved what I’d heard so I left it a few days and when I listened to it again it just clicked. I love it. The beats are super atmospheric throughout, its really cohesive, he makes great use of samples and the dark synths highlight the records (often depressingly) dark mood. Travis Scott’s vocal contributions don’t really impress me that much but I can get through them and there’s plenty of features to keep things rolling (even if they are a bit peculiar.) I wouldn’t say any of the songs are bangers (except maybe ‘Antidote’) but they’d still do well on the radio. The only song I actually dislike is ‘3500’, it’s like 7 minutes (why???) and it barely changes. I really liked ‘Piss On Your Grave’ I can’t see why it was getting hate, the raw drums and Jimi Hendrix sample sound great. Kanye West is fine on it as well I wasn’t expecting him to spit some fire and he didn’t. I guess Travis could have done Kanye’s part himself to the same effect but it would be a bit outrageous if he wasn’t on the album.
    Will I Return To It: Yea
    Try This If You Like: Kanye West    … Expand
  25. Swae
    Sep 26, 2015
    10
    Rodeo is one of the best albums this year. Travis killed it on this album hope the albums he can release in the future will be the same quality as Rodeo.
  26. RonTron
    Sep 4, 2015
    8
    This is Yeezus done right. As a fellow HHH, we're surrounded by simplistic artists like Future, Migos, etc and by "real" hip hop like Kendrick and J. Cole. Travis Scott has struck a cord, albeit closer to simplistic rap, between the two genres. The album broods with absolutely beautiful instrumentals like Pornography and 90210 to deep cuts like 3500 and Piss on Your Grave. However, thereThis is Yeezus done right. As a fellow HHH, we're surrounded by simplistic artists like Future, Migos, etc and by "real" hip hop like Kendrick and J. Cole. Travis Scott has struck a cord, albeit closer to simplistic rap, between the two genres. The album broods with absolutely beautiful instrumentals like Pornography and 90210 to deep cuts like 3500 and Piss on Your Grave. However, there is one exception to the album. There are no "bangers". This isn't Days Before Rodeo in the slightest, with the exception of Drugs You Should Try. The features are all fitting, and the album rides smoothly without getting too boring. If you're a fan of Travis for his signature autotune sing song rap, listen to this immediately.… Expand
  27. saulb25
    Sep 6, 2015
    9
    This is an album that will get mixed reviews. It doesn't appeal to everyone. I really enjoyed this album and I can say it will be on rotation for a while. (Blah Blah Blah Travis Scott bites other artist... blah blah blah he sounds like this and that....just enjoy the music and if you don't there are many other artist you could listen too)
  28. JACK15q
    Mar 7, 2020
    9
    This album is amazing, Its the best trap album of all time. It has good beats, lyrics and flow.
  29. Hendo250
    Mar 29, 2021
    10
    this album is a 10 this album is a 10 this album is a 10 this album is a 10
  30. Nnnathalie
    Sep 5, 2015
    9
    If you liked " My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy ", you will love this album. Worth listen for the incredible " dramatic " Mike Dean synthetizers. Best song : Pray 4 Lovd
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 15 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 15
  3. Negative: 1 out of 15
  1. RapReviews.com
    Oct 27, 2015
    70
    Somewhere beneath all the hype and production he does shine through.
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  2. Clash Music
    Oct 23, 2015
    60
    Yes, the production is razor sharp, the beats are skewed and often very loud which makes them feel important, but in reality, it's all a façade; an image.
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  3. The Source
    Oct 20, 2015
    70
    Rodeo deftly accomplished one thing: Scott's sound is cemented. [#267, p.93]
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