We can credit its innovations, call out its imitations, and recognize it as Rodeo that pushed Travis Scott toward hip-hop stardom—bold, flawed, and signal in shaping the lane he would later own.
Excellently said! This album remains a pillar of what it means to curate an album with features and have the right producers for everything. It's an auditory cinematic experience and it doesn't need a concept or skits to create a throughline. The pictures are painted through the music itself and the various atmospheres and soundscapes it creates. With it being a decade old, it doesn't sound "dated" to me which shows it was ahead of its time.
Excellently said! This album remains a pillar of what it means to curate an album with features and have the right producers for everything. It's an auditory cinematic experience and it doesn't need a concept or skits to create a throughline. The pictures are painted through the music itself and the various atmospheres and soundscapes it creates. With it being a decade old, it doesn't sound "dated" to me which shows it was ahead of its time.