Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight [LP]

by Travis Scott

Overview

Titled after one of Quavo's lines from the chirpy summertime 2016 hit co-billed to Travis Scott and Young Thug, this fitfully hypnotizing follow-up arrived after numerous delays, toward the end of the year's third quarter. "Pick Up the Phone" functioned as the lead single off Thug's JEFFERY, and it sensibly reappears here, buried in the latter half, de-emphasized yet not quite a tacked-on bonus. It's easily the track with the most pop appeal on Scott's second full-length. Released almost exactly a year after Rodeo, Birds in the Trap features little development, though the large company Scott keeps is quite different, and Metro Boomin is noticeably absent. Among the present is Andre 3000, who drops by on "The Ends" to recollect the infamous rash of murders that struck his city during his early childhood. The album's deepest verse by a great measure, it has no discernible connection to Scott's surrounding rhymes of cocksure nonsense. That remains the M.O. of Scott, who remains deeply into heavy accessorization and proclamations of dominance, as well as punctuations with affirmative exclamations cast in dehumanizing pitch alteration. Swarming basslines and sluggish beats likewise form the rhythmic foundation, with gauzy and tickling keyboards adding sweetness to Scott's hedonistic hooks. Only on "Guidance," through scuttling drums granted by DF, is there a significant shake-up. This time, Scott co-produced only one track, another Weeknd collaboration, and it easily slips into the album's scheme with its serpentine menace and lightweight lyricism. Among the others on the guest carousel are Kendrick Lamar, Kid Cudi, 21 Savage, and Cassie. They all pass in a slow-motion blur. ~ Andy Kellman

Product Details

Release Date:	11/25/2016
Label:	Epic / Grand Hustle
UPC:	0889853777112
Rank:	284

Tracks

Disc 1

1. The Ends
2. Way Back
3. Coordinate
4. Through the Late Night
5. Beibs in the Trap
6. SDP Interlude
7. Sweet Sweet

Disc 2

8. Outside
9. Goosebumps
10. First Take
11. Pick Up the Phone
12. Lose
13. Guidance
14. Wonderful

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Travis Scott   Primary Artist,Co-Producer,Lead Vocals
Young Thug   Primary Artist,Vocals,Lead Vocals,Featured Artist
Swizz Beatz   Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Cassie   Vocals,Featured Artist,Vocals (Background)
Kanye West   Sampling
Mike Dean   Piano,Guitar,Vocoder,Keyboards,Co-Producer
Frank Dukes   Horn,Synthesizer
The Weekend   Featured Artist
André 3000   Featured Artist
Kid Cudi   Vocals,Featured Artist,Vocals (Background)
Nav   Featured Artist
Cassie Ventura   Vocals
Mel & Mus   Co-Producer
The Weeknd   Featured Artist
Kendrick Lamar   Featured Artist
Cubeatz   Co-Producer
Blac Youngsta   Featured Artist,Vocals (Background)
Quavo   Featured Artist
Bryson Tiller   Featured Artist
Starrah   Vocals (Background)
21 Savage   Featured Artist
Kashief "K. Forest" Hanson   Featured Artist
NAV   Featured Artist
OZ   Co-Producer

Technical Credits

Jason Geter   Executive Producer
Mike Dean   Mixing,Composer,Producer,Mastering,Drum Programming,Executive Producer,Keyboard Programming,Additional Production
Oz   Producer
Boi-1da   Producer
Kasseem Dean   Composer
Frank Dukes   Producer,Drum Programming
Hazzard   Composer
Jason Lader   Vocal Editing
C-Note   Producer
André 3000   Vocal Editing
Andre Benjamin   Composer,Vocal Editing
LaTour   Composer
Todd Cooper   Arranger,Engineer
Oladipo Omishore   Composer
Scott Mescudi   Composer
Melvin Hough   Composer
Anita Marisa Boriboon   Creative Director
Nick Knight   Photography,Creative Director
DaHonorable C.N.O.T.E.   Producer
Jason Goldberg   Assistant Engineer
Brock Korsan   Composer
Hit-Boy   Producer
T-Minus   Producer
Shane Hill   Music Business Affairs
Blake Harden   Mixing,Engineer
James Blake   Vocal Editing
Scott Ramon   Composer
Ernest Greene   Composer
Matthew Samuels   Composer
Carlton Mays Jr.   Composer
Caroline Polachek   Composer
Jordan Lewis   Engineer
Tyler Williams   Composer
Cassie Ventura   Composer
Mel & Mus   Producer
Sickamore   A&R
Kez Khou   Mixing Assistant
Cardo   Producer
Kendrick Duckworth   Composer
Chauncey Hollis   Composer
Ricci Riera   Composer,Producer
Stephanie Yu   Music Business Affairs
Kevin Gomringer   Composer
Tim Gomringer   Composer
Cubeatz   Producer
Sy Brockington   Composer
Abel Tesfaye   Composer
Travis Scott   Producer,Executive Producer
TM88   Producer
Adam Feeney   Composer
Dalia Glickman   A&R
Cashmere Cat   Producer
Tristan Bott   Assistant Engineer,Recording Assistant
Allen Ritter   Composer,Producer,Additional Production
Amir Esmailian   Composer
Anderson Hernandez   Composer
Vinylz   Producer
Rivelino Wouter   Composer
Jacques Webster   Composer
Ebony Oshunrinde   Composer
Zeke Mishanec   Engineer
Larry Jacks   Composer
Roget Chahayed   Composer,Additional Production
Casandra Ventura   Composer
Magnus August Hoiberg   Composer
Raphael Mesquita   Assistant Engineer,Recording Assistant
Quavious Marshall   Composer
Shane Lindstrom   Composer
Daveon Jackson   Composer
Jermaine Pegues   A&R
Sy Ari Da Kid   Producer
Bryson Tiller   Composer
Jahmar Carter   Composer
Ronald LaTour   Composer
Yung Exclusive   Producer
Corey Damon Black   Design,Art Direction
Murda Beatz   Producer
Brittany Hazzard   Composer
Carla Guerrero   A&R
Dexter Randall   Assistant Engineer,Recording Assistant
Brendan Silas Parry   Assistant Engineer,Recording Assistant
Jeffery Williams   Composer
Sean Klein   Assistant Engineer,Recording Assistant
Yex   Producer
Robert Faulstich   Music Business Affairs
Phillip "Duckz" Cromwell   Assistant Engineer
Navraj Goraya   Mixing,Composer,Engineer
Mandell Strawter   Composer
Kashief "K. Forest" Hanson   Composer
Illa Jones   Producer
Firas Quick   Engineer
Darren Fraser   Composer,Producer,Vocal Engineer
Travis Peterson   Composer
Tlauxny   Producer
Daxz   Producer
Boilda   Producer
NAV   Mixing,Composer,Engineer,Producer
Sheyaa Bin Abraham-Joseph   Composer
Phillip "Big Dockz" Cromwell   Assistant Engineer,Recording Assistant
Billy Garcia   Composer
Bryan Simmons   Composer
WondaGurl   Producer
Samuel Benson   Composer
Tauren Strickland   Composer
Sammie Benson   Composer
Teauxny   Producer
Nisi   Producer