UTOPIA 1 MONTH LATER: INSTANT CLASSIC?

[@Volksgeist]

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[@yoavschmidt7082]

Utopia highkey my fav travis album. Feels like a mix of all 3 of his other projects but more experimental

[@jordanjohnson1255]

I think Travis has the unique ability to create a different opinion about all his albums. Rodeo might be viewed as his “best” but if you ask around everyone has a different favorite album. That’s true artistry

[@Lilmagician]

Utopia was special I’m still listening to this masterpiece ❤️☕️SKITZO IS SLEPT ON AND THANK GOD

[@TJsJukebox]

I am right there with you when it comes to UTOPIA's replay value. Plus, I have not returned to a hiphop record this year in the same way I have returned to UTOPIA. Travis came with a vengeance vocally and lyrically, the production is incredible, and the features all work (even the Yung Lean & Beyonce features).

[@yeshuarc]

I love Utopia, but I wish he didn’t lean on Ye’s influence as heavily. Trav is unique and talented and I feel like he could’ve been more original. Still love it though 🔥🔥🔥

[@jordanjohnson1255]

To that respect I think he took Ye’s Donda sound to another level. He’ll never have Kanye’s lyrical prowess but he can curate the hell out of an album

[@air-inyeegaa5584]

previous generation inspires next generation, it has been like that since always

[@curly-d23]

@@jordanjohnson1255You know that Kanye’s been employing ghostwriters for most, if not all, of his lyrics recently? Maybe Travis should consider doing the same.

[@D4nielP]

Speak for yourself

[@jackblack5382]

“There would be no Travis Scott without Kanye west”-Travis Scott

[@aldrianspalding4157]

How did Kendricks album flop after selling 300k first week? bro is tweaking

[@hanspeter24]

nobody talk bout it anymore u get it?

[@nah8780]

​@@hanspeter24 because it's not an album where you can pinpoint stuff and talk about it with people, it's a personal album and most people don't wanna talk about heavy topics like that in a casual setting

[@aldrianspalding4157]

@@hanspeter24 whos "nobody" nigga, theres a lotta hip hops heads talkin abt it, u get it?

[@baronessvondengler]

Kendrick’s album “flopped”? That’s news to me…

[@Jimmukun_]

Yeah I mean relative to his previous projects I'd say so. Mr Morale was great but far from as approachable as DAMN, and hasn't remained in the hip hop canon like TPAB or GKMC. I dont know where it fits now, I think some more time is needed to see how it ages

[@drockdagawd-p2n]

LOOOVE continues to get underrated. Top 5 on Utopia

[@just_marwan]

FAX

[@Marcelo67511]

MEGA FAX

[@quill1505]

fax

[@Akirasloss]

I disagree 100% with u on meltdown when that shit came on for the first time that shit hit harder than a domestic case . But I agree with u on fein it’s eh. Should have put Sheck Wes on the streaming version

[@donhoti7089]

Till further notice best song on the album ngl

[@byDerick]

10 years later I still get chills from this

[@tyrusquiroz8810]

maybe you'll understand what i mean- Parasail feels like a victory lap for Travis on this record. that hook sounds so legendary and large. that hook is wholly what cements Utopia as a CLASSIC great album in the entire music genre. listen to it again, that whole Parasail hook sounds like it comes from a random album in the 1970s/1980s. sounds so historic/classical

[@blueishcheesecake6038]

Dawg I love "LOOOVE" so much 😭😭. The song feels like something played in a dark and dreary night club in Cyberpunk. And I feel like I'm the only person who really like Kid Cudi's verse, especially how low tone it is.

[@desuperrick]

This album proves how perfectly he is able to cater to everyone, proof is in the numbers. He has the world in his palm. Satisfying the OG fans, new skool hiphop fans, and the mainstream audience. It's a marketing/entertainment masterpiece

[@officialpharsyde]

i think one way to look at Til Further Notice is the end credits of a movie while Telekinesis is the last big scene of a movie. i love Til Further Notice but I do understand what you mean about it feeling overshadowed by Telekinesis.

[@Kam0055]

Can’t believe he has Dave Chapelle on the album with yung lean is crazy

[@superchamploo1155]

People use the term “flop” way to easily. I mean it’s not like I don’t get what you mean but 295k in week 1 is not a flop

[@dinoxauro5394]

i think that’s exactly what he said… it was going to have a big 1st week anyways because it was kendrick’s comeback. but it didn’t perform as well for the following weeks, even tho it’s a hella underrated album.

[@crosscourtwinner]

feel like this album mainly gets replays bc 1 travis and his featured artists are just super popular and 2 there’s also not much else mainstream stuff to listen to

[@ManuelGouveia-e2m]

Dawg I love "LOOOVE" so much . The song feels like something played in a dark and dreary night club in Cyberpunk. And I feel like I'm the only person who really like Kid Cudi's verse, especially how low tone it is.

[@mani6142]

Utopia has its phenomenal moments such as SIRENS, MY EYES, HYAENA, DELRESTO.(i understand the hate. Delresto doesn't work as a song but there's a lot more about it to appreciate) However it falls TERRIBLY short on many aspects especially with the ye "influence" and there should be zero reasons to be defending this. Its far from a classic project.

[@ViktorMiranda1]

I agree with you! I do enjoy the album but I watched a video that explains it well how it was more of a money grab. The majority of the songs are old or were handed down from Donda. Then you look at the bundle rule that Billboard changed right before the release. It’s sad to me. I get the money moves and it’s a good album but nowhere near what Travis is fully capable of.

[@halftendedifiebf1741]

Modern Jam Till further notice

[@Ouyiggh8807]

There's nothing wrong with an artist taking inspiration from another artist.

[@desuperrick]

Honestly, it is a classic album, from Travis perspective tho. Like honestly I bet in a couple of years, we look back and see this album as a starting point of a new wave. Like stated, stuff like Pink Tape, doesn't do much anymore. That yachty tape, was maybe a bit too much in one time, but with this album i think we're going transition into a new era of hip-hop, utopia will serve as the link between modern and future sound. Just like YEEZUS did at it's time, that's the influence. It's not purely the sound, which is sometimes maybe too similar, but it's the transition that Ye brought, that Travis is trying to recreate.

[@danielphmc]

good thing nobody cares about your opinion

[@CTRL.x.ATTACK]

At first I couldn't help the perspective Travis just customized DONDA 2 for himself by biting off of Yeezus' ideas(disappointingly) But... by interacting with it, a pressing question I've always had with the Old Kanye/New Kanye debate unravelled. The 'new' Kanye IMO has always felt _incomplete_ but I obviously couldn't place _why_ . Now I understand that It was the feeling of observing the prototype of future creativity. Travis is just the subtle beginning, soon the true 'new Kanye'(s) will "perfect" the prototype but by then it will be sth completely novel & with a totally different context to the one that created the modern era Ye. Utopia is absolutely worth it.

[@ashtmslf2315]

Honestly this album sounds nothing like Yeezus to me. That album was cold, digital, harsh and abrasive, not really terms I would use to describe Utopia. I really don't get why every time a popular artists makes something more experimental it gets compared to Yeezus

[@CTRL.x.ATTACK]

​​@@ashtmslf2315Good Artists borrow, great ones steal. I have no issues with La Flame giving us a proper heist(it's his signature). However, what people forget about the stealing part is that getting away with it is *the* essential part(at least initially). Here is my *opinion*: (modern jams/circus maximus - YEEZUS), (God's country/telekinesis - DONDA2), (Delresto[echoes] - REINASSANCE), (Meltdown/Skitzo - Her LOSS), (til further notice - HEROES & VILLIAN). ps These songs actually fit Travis better but I can trace their origins too easily, is the point.

[@SM_MEX]

Dude meltdown and f!en are great songs and drake had a fire ass verse on meltdown(the carti verse I have mixed feelings on). Theres absolutely no reason you should enjoy rob49 on topia twins over drake on meltdown💀😭. Overall I thought that the album was great and modern jam and my eyes are some of my favorite songs this year. Alotta yall in the comments all think its mid for some reason and I dont understand that

[@linaboys6788]

Exactly rob49 was probably the worst feature on the album so out of place imo

[@joshua01096]

Finally someone that spoke on Drake's verse on meltdown...still surprised how it got so popular

[@Rosterized]

its the only very mainstream album thats stayed on my rotation for longer than a week this year lol. With how much music comes out these days + on top of listening to your own favourites sometimes you just forget a new huge album you listened for 2 days after release exists lol. Its definitely a problem and seems to only get worse over time. As you add more and more music to your brain only the really good ones stick out to memory

[@ly4riels]

parasail is so underrated bro. it literally made me cried lol.

[@yeetyeetonthestreet-colinm1186]

6:19 damn dude ngl even if fe!n and meltdown are more mainstream, generic songs, they’re still hard ASF 😭 specifically i feel like they are good in their corniness like some recent detroit or new glo beats, tbh i didn’t like meltdown until a few weeks ago during a trip to toronto ofc lol

[@jackblack5382]

Am I the only one who enjoyed how he turned some lost yahndi songs into fire songs?

[@ehrenmelone]

Babe wake up Volksgeist just dropped

[@prod_royLT]

i hated LOOOVE at first now i love it

[@Frotsey]

ur sleeping on love just feel the vibe don’t focus to hard on it

[@doorveshsantbakshsing9607]

Think of FEIN! like a warhol painting. It sounds stupid, but it resonates with certain minds

[@Ouyiggh8807]

Album was beautiful. I dont care if he takes inspiration from ye. Thats literally what everyone works for. Everyone wishes to be an inspiration to others. So if travis sees travis as a mentor, then i have no problem with that.

[@tyrusquiroz8810]

me again :) its so weird that you call Meltdown a snoozefest when it really isn't. if you turn your equalizer up and set the best frequencies up to max, you'll see how hard that song is. its very powerful

[@cbro444]

finally heard someone say it about meltdown & fien... least dense tracks on the album, although the production does go hard af

[@BleuParrish]

Happy there’s a convo abt albums not lasting lately 😮

[@slackstarfish8133]

Highlights the importance of production. Production is literally everything

[@Kundi1003]

Have you ever thought of going into indie artists on the rise, some are really good with unique sounds

[@meowraiu2]

part of why i love pop art is how much of an audience it reaches. having a community to collectively show love with is something special

[@domalistudios94]

Good take but you have to be in the gym or somewhere loud to appreciate Circus Maximus 😂 I heard it before I dove in a pool to swim laps and felt incredible. I think Utopia did something a lot of these albums from others can’t and that’s basically sell like crazy but also introduce just enough of a new sound to keep people coming back. Most of these rap albums got stale because they relied too heavily on the most popular sound of trap but now the market is shifting and Utopia is just ahead of the curb.

[@carp3751]

the album shouldn’t have leaned on unfinished kanye songs and kanye influence as much as it did. i think it would have made it much better and much more unique.

[@prod.scarzzin]

Facts

[@theboyluke]

i didnt like it at first but now i can say its definitely near Astroworld

[@FootOfSociety]

8:20 the fact trav did this for rob and not faygo is Krazy 😂😂😂

[@hompo347]

Lmao all these comments are wrong

[@herb3784]

i’m surprised you’ve never reviewed any of don tolivers album on the channel. would love to hear your thoughts on his discography

[@quill1505]

how could SIRENS been on donda 💀 Donda uses organs. there are ZERO organs from Sirens

[@Kuza_ghano]

Bro u understand music 🤝

[@sxpremeice3820]

Man I completely disagree ab meltdown man. I can understand the drake shit but the production the switch the Travis verses are all great and Topia twins is overrated I can not lie rob49 not good

[@tyrusquiroz8810]

also, i feel like the album has SERIOUS mixing/mastering issues. Meltdown does indeed sound sleepy and elusive, but then if you manually fix the EQ and crank the bass up, you really will listen to another song completely. i think its a phenomenally song - both in production and delivery from both Drake and Travis

[@j_gnzz]

FE!N replay value is high, but i agree it's not the best lmao

[@dealzvisualz]

My favorite song surprisingly in utopia is Gods Country 😭

[@djsidney6814]

Talk about hero’s and villains

[@isaacwilliams398]

Couldn’t agree with your takes here more. Topia twins bangs, meltdown does suck. Album is unreal overall

[@L7Fx]

first time I heard it, obviously Kanye's influence was all over it. I felt some Yeezus vibes in the sense of the dark computerized industrial sound, except modernized and the lyricism was way more toned down and melodic. and then, much to my surprise, the Kanye leaks pretty much confirmed it with modern jam gods country telekinesis all being reworked from earlier versions of other songs. It's a few notches below Yeezus, but I'm able to listen to it all the way through without a single skip. and speaking on Travis's lyricism. He pretty much admits his lyrics are not deep. And I think that's a good thing. He's never trying to be something he's not or try to appease a certain group of people. His voice is literally just an instrument and not for interpretation. It's 100% about the sonic delivery for him. I bet he would speak total gibberish if it sounded captivating.

[@AngelGraz]

Sza just rapping bout wanting to get his back blown, how is future worse😂

[@cloouddyskyy]

utopia was fire

[@plvto1]

I won't ever understand why people think the ye influence in this album is a bad thing, and they keep thinking he's copying. If anything, isn't it good to have more of Ye's sound in other artists? It's baffling to me.

[@linaboys6788]

Exactly

[@rozaywest117]

I hate that my favorite songs on the album are the least streamed

[@davidpatterson6441]

@Volksgeist bro i completely vibe with what you’re saying just like i did with the last video. why can’t we just like something cuz it’s good why we gotta hold it up to some golden standard i do t get it

[@jesuswalksforyou]

didn't you already make this video like a month ago?

[@Volksgeist]

…no?

[@jesuswalksforyou]

fair enough but i stg ive seen this exact video before from you@@Volksgeist

[@curly-d23]

@@Volksgeist You did, actually! You originally uploaded this video on your side channel “Philip”. It’s unlisted now but I’ve got it saved on a playlist.

[@Volksgeist]

@@curly-d23 a month ago?

[@curly-d23]

⁠@@VolksgeistOP probably just misspoke.

[@quill1505]

dave chappell and yung lean. what rapper is getting both of those on a track bro

[@drphilgood8262]

make radiohead videos

[@london8615]

kendrick album did NOT flop.

[@quas3728]

It is.

[@Demonickz]

til further notice is EASILY the best song on utopia and if you dont agree then your ears dont work🙏🏽

[@jackh175]

Great summary of opinions great video 🌵🔥

[@mavmag4418]

Kendricks album did not flop by the end of the year it sold a million.

[@olunawa3376]

i dont agree with the take on circus maximus., LOOOVE and MELTDOWN and Til further notice. honestly the only mid song on there is fein and topia twins and kpop just didnt need to be on there in my opnion

[@OakPtTV]

I liked it but having that terrible aye song off lil uzis album instead of meltdown in the vinyl kinda messed it up for me

[@fadingnoodle]

It’s not the quality it’s the topic

[@ProFrenchFry]

Classic for me

[@davidpatterson6441]

why are all of y’all hating on this album but watching this video, no one here cares about your opinion, it’s a great album and i will be listening for a long time so guess what you don’t have to like it

[@tyrusquiroz8810]

hi i don't know if you read comments, but did you just say Mr Morale as an album flopped? thats so silly bcs thats false. every today, that album has so much replay value and critical success. in no way is it a flop. i guess let's just wait until next year to really see how well Utopia will fare (currently im very happy with how forward thinking the album is, don't sleep on Skitzo and God's Country)

[@TheFuckingKrayz]

I have very mixed feelings about utopia. It is considered a concept album, but it's concept is explored in a few songs, and very lightly. And Travis is also known for trap bangers, which this would underdeliver in that regard as well. I definitely don't think it was worth the wait. Albums like last years Mr moral and tfs I think made much better use of their respective artists hiatus.

[@drugstocope]

Even that wasn’t worth the wait bro.

[@blaghgames5050]

U shouldn’t consider albums as “worth the wait” after a long period of no music from an artist, as that may bias your opinions on it. Just listen to the music, simple as that.

[@dinozubic8544]

Backround song?

[@djazesshorts]

Bro i'm going to be honest i only saved 6 songs from the album

[@TheFictionalRealmofJamal1017]

how did kendrick's album flop???

[@ThatOneAmpharos]

honestly it isnt growing well on me, still is a 7/10 album tho

[@Marcelo67511]

Bro you really sleeping on Looove

[@prairieparty]

if anything, I appreciated Future's verse on Telekinesis; he does concentrate on money and hoes, but it's about how he thought he would be happy with it and dives deeper in to try and find happiness. It perfectly matches the theme of the album

[@devilish8130]

9:58 one of the WORST transitions ive ever heard 😭

[@Marcelo67511]

Why tf are people hating on looove? It’s fucking great

[@anoneemous406]

SZA ruins Telekinesis imo

[@krtk.19]

Few songs like meltdown, fien, topia twins, skitzo, till further notice, kpop just dont fit in the albums theme imo.

[@jonaslavina]

bruh talk ab jpegmafias stuff

[@KennyThaSharp]

It had many unused possibilities and misses

[@Papsvivs]

I gotta disagree. I love till further notice and i definitely feel like it was one of the better songs. 21 couldve been left out tho

[@nutte24]

I think your take on meltdown is kind of harsh but fein is so overhyped

[@shachede6828]

Nah stop it! Utopia didn’t deliver its just better than the crap we are seeing, so we are holding on to it.

[@desuperrick]

Honestly, after also seeing the show in Rome, only skip on the album is Delresto, a boring stream grab using beyonce, trying to reach a new/broader audience, same goes for K-POP tho, but that's catchy and even heard it in subway stations and stuf. But Delresto is just a throw away from Beyonce's last album, boring, repetitive, just used as a break on the album and also during the show (he changed outfits during the whole song)

[@TheJakeBowen]

I don't know how you can try to call this a classic while simultaneously talking about how about half the songs and pretty much all the big feature songs are busts. I like this album more than a lot of the critical reviews, I think its a fun listen for the most part. But it's just not that interesting of an album.

[@drugstocope]

Why do you feel like you have to defend this album with tooth and nail instead of doing an objective criticism? 😅 It’s a good album, all the other ish is extra.

[@BFCZ8NAP]

Utopia felt forgettable, it didn’t evoke emotions like Rodeo and Astroworld

[@bryson0206]

my exact thoughts

[@xraymods4809]

Same, but I think for me a lot of that has to do with nostalgia. I was in a much different headspace back when I listened to those albums…with Utopia I kinda felt off. There are still some great songs but it just didn’t evoke the motions I felt from his other albums

[@cameronUwagner]

Did u not listen to MY EYES?

[@Dma118]

Wrong it’s his most kaleidoscopic album

[@Marcelo67511]

Big L for not liking LOOOOVE

[@azayfhossain5713]

Utopia alr outta my rotation

[@spacecrimebeatz]

There were about 5 songs on Utopia I can come back to. Lyrically still little to absolutely no substance

[@somethangwong1810]

whole lotta yapping

[@Kkayy020]

It was definitely my least favourite project tbh

[@crystaldeer7903]

I might get hate but this is a 9/10 the start already got me hooked in, the middle was meh, and the end was perfect a bit.

[@samhi229]

Personally playing the Uzi album just as much as Travis. If not more. While I can see why uzi’s albums didn’t appeal as much it has NO SKIPS. Even if you don’t like what he did with CS or Werewolf you have to appreciate the attempts and the style that is uniquely Uzi brought to it. Personally I love it. Endless fashion has an insane sample and Nicki kills it. So many personal moments detailing rehab and things and what Uzi has been through. Fun beats great lyrics and Uzi taking chances and expanding his talents. Just wanna rock and Werwolf should NOT work together on an album together thematically kept together with songs like Rehab is amazing. Ordered the Pink Tape Vinyl, Utopia I’ll get at a later date.

[@SM_MEX]

Dude pink tape was mid. There were 6 great songs but then the rest is just a mess and it MOST DEFINETLY has skips. CS is a massive skip and he ruined the original song. Nicki did not indeed kill it with her MAGA line. Werewolf was a good song but def didnt fit on an uzi project and it felt like uzi did nothing much on it at all.

[@halftendedifiebf1741]

Uzi is mid and Pink Tape Shows it again

[@SM_MEX]

@@halftendedifiebf1741 Uzi isn't mid but pink tape is

[@prod.scarzzin]

Pink tape mid

[@SM_MEX]

@@prod.scarzzin ong

[@eddieru]

no

[@jHk1943s]

bro is straight up glazing... also this was literally a kanye album from the writing to the production. travis is just rapping kanye songs -_-