UTOPIA

dallinb

Roo

Gunnar

**💭 Thoughts:** Travis Scott’s *UTOPIA* was one of 2023’s most anticipated releases, being five years after his most iconic and infamous project, *ASTROWORLD*. This album let me down to be honest. It’s a very inconsistent listen, with some skips, some decent songs, and some really good songs. Overall, I’ll probably only be revisiting around a fourth of the tracklist, and end up forgetting or never replaying the rest. **🎶 Tracklist Review** 1.) HYAENA 🟢 2.) THANK GOD 🟡 3.) MODERN JAM 🟠 4.) MY EYES 🟣 5.) GOD’S COUNTRY 🟡 6.) SIRENS 🟢 7.) MELTDOWN 🟢 8.) FE!N 🟢 9.) DELRESTO (ECHOES) 🔵 10.) I KNOW ? 🔵 11.) TOPIA TWINS 🔵 12.) CIRCUS MAXIMUS 🟡 13.) PARASAIL 🟢 14.) SKITZO 🟢 15.) LOST FOREVER 🟡 16.) LOOOVE 🔵 17.) K-POP 🔵 18.) TELEKINESIS 🟣 19.) TIL FURTHER NOTICE 🟣 ──────────────────── **🤔 Track Rating Scale** 🟣 Favorites — My favorite song(s) on the album 🔵 Loved — Really enjoyed it and will revisit often 🟢 Liked — Enjoyed it, but it’s not one I’d revisit often 🟡 Mixed — Has some good moments, but also some bad, most likely won’t revisit 🟠 Disliked — Didn't enjoy it much, won’t be revisiting 🔴 Hated — Will skip every time ⚪️ Interlude, etc — Not rated as an actual song ──────────────────── **🏅 Ranking Scale** 10 — Perfect 9 — Exceptional 8 — Great 7 — Good 6 — Decent 5 — Average 4 — Below Average 3 — Poor 2 — Bad 1 — Awful 0 — Unlistenable

itsyaboyJR

i love the production but Travis lyrically is lacking a ton

CHAZZJAZZ

Listen, I’m not complaining, I really like this project. I think it’s great. But. I feel like Travis raps in a loop with nothing interesting to say. I feel like that’s what holds this project from the glory it could’ve been (a Grammy.) I totally still think though that this deserved a Grammy, the production and features on this project are amazing. The whole album has an amazing loud and powerful sound with great delivery… sometimes. Travis Scott can tend to just be too nonchalant on the tracks when the bass booming while he acts like it’s not a hype part of the song. That’s what I feel like keeps this from a high 8. Because that flaw is very, very repetitive. Also to mention, a good quarter of the project is made by Ye but yet he doesn’t even have a feature or not even that much production credit, to a point to where it feels like Travis just ripped a bunch of songs that sounded like Yeezus without notice. Besides that it’s a great project, but it could’ve literally been amazing, yet it was held back by Travis Scott not really pushing the boundaries of his rap and original sound as a producer.

pautumnz