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Oh come on Trav. Lifes not that bad!

>no one even mentions Owl Pharaoh

I get this is when Trav was raw (no mic presence, corny lyrics, blatantly taking Cudi's and Kanye's style)

but there are some explosive tracks on there
>Uptown
>Upper Echelon
>Bandz
>Dance on the Moon
>Bad Mood/Shit On You
>Quintana

production is definitely better than any of the vocals - but this was also the album where Travis had the most prod. credits (and least other producers)
OP was also only 4 years ago...dude has come a looong way

That tour was fucking incredible

>that many writers
>not one memorable bar

See

no one ever talks about the vocal processing that he has in all of his recent work.
I honestly think that the way that he uses his voice in his tracks is incredible. it's so easy to write it off as "just auto-tune" but they way the tiny melodic qualities within a single adlib blur into delay and reverb until it's indistinguishable from the beat is just so awesome to me. trap production can get stale really fast but the way that jacque's voice transforms instrumentals into these otherworldly passages while retaining their rhythmic weight and flow is just so enjoyable for me.

goosebumps is such a great example of this, the beat is deceptively simple but is sort of wreathed in all this heavily processed crooning

agree with this

i think one of the most surprising things about this album is how cohesive it is in capturing a single mood. i think of the lyrics less as turn up braggadocio but rather like these sort of ethereal thematic sketches where Jacque's insecurities and escapism blurs with the hazy backing tracks. it really captures that feeling of getting fucked up trying to drown out your loneliness with drugs and alcohol.

I'm glad Rodeo is finally getting the credit it deserves here.