Can confirm, this was on REPEAT during my 2014/15 high school years! Sloppy Toppy and Mamacita are absolute classics from my old friend group and DYSTI, Backyard, The Prayer, Dont Play, and Skyfall are all classic Travis to me!
Backyard & Grey are literal timeless songs for me, just takes me back to being a hs freshmen in 2014. When the mixtape dropped these were automatically my favorites by far, even back then as a 14 yr old kid I could see the potential Travis had, and it all came full circle when he lived up to the expectations in 2018 with Astroworld, I just wish I could go back to the LaFlame Era man, this mixtape will always hold a special place in my heart🤞🏽
DBR came out my freshman year of HS and I can say it truly changed the way I viewed and listened to music. I used to be that person that would heavily focus and favor traditional/lyrical rap like Kendrick, Cole, Joey, Nas etc… But when I listened to this for the first time, the dark/eerie production and Travis’ ability to use auto tune and his voice as an instrument blew me away. Now in 2023 some songs may sound a little outdated and less refined, but back then it was like nothing I’d ever heard before sonically. It helped me understand the importance of production and melodies, and made the music from artists like Thug and Future finally click for me (at the time they were considered “mumble” rappers). Although I do think Rodeo is his best work and it’s my personal all time favorite album, I love the experimental rawness on DBR. It has songs like DYSTI and Skyfall which are both in my personal Top 5 favorite Trav songs. Anyways great reaction, I can’t wait to hear Utopia and see your guys’ reaction to it as well!
DBR is one of those “Time Machine” albums for me. It takes me back to a happy time in my life and I love to listen to every single song. So many different moods so it’s makes for a great listen, or you can just put Sloppy Toppy on repeat, that works too
Always had a fond appreciation for this mixtape as songs like zombies, skyfall, and dysti are very much early versions of things travis would perfect later on rodeo, but that rawness of what he was doing on here always bring back good memories of this era of travis and the songs overall are really good. Oh and in case y'all were wondering Quintana pt 1 was on the mixtape you mentioned that came out before this one, Owl Pharaoh
I love how y’all really take in the music and look at it objectively. Like even if you may not like a song as much you can highlight the strong points of a track and who it may cater to and what the artist was trying to achieve. Best page
To mention Kevins take on what Utopia should be in the beginning of the video: Astrothunder had real bass played by Thundercat, one of the main reasons why I love that song so much. I'd like more collabs like that. Lost Forever, if it's on Utopia, might be a favorite for Kevin
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Prank your dad and play him an album you absolutely hate and see how long it takes for him to catch on
"Drugs You Should Try It" is my favorite Travis Scott's song of all time.
i love how raw and honest travis was in this project. just a kid tryna show everyone his talents, will always love this record.
The day we’ve all been waiting for
Can confirm, this was on REPEAT during my 2014/15 high school years! Sloppy Toppy and Mamacita are absolute classics from my old friend group and DYSTI, Backyard, The Prayer, Dont Play, and Skyfall are all classic Travis to me!
I’m gonna listen to the album for the first time with you right now dad.
Backyard & Grey are literal timeless songs for me, just takes me back to being a hs freshmen in 2014. When the mixtape dropped these were automatically my favorites by far, even back then as a 14 yr old kid I could see the potential Travis had, and it all came full circle when he lived up to the expectations in 2018 with Astroworld, I just wish I could go back to the LaFlame Era man, this mixtape will always hold a special place in my heart🤞🏽
DBR came out my freshman year of HS and I can say it truly changed the way I viewed and listened to music. I used to be that person that would heavily focus and favor traditional/lyrical rap like Kendrick, Cole, Joey, Nas etc… But when I listened to this for the first time, the dark/eerie production and Travis’ ability to use auto tune and his voice as an instrument blew me away. Now in 2023 some songs may sound a little outdated and less refined, but back then it was like nothing I’d ever heard before sonically. It helped me understand the importance of production and melodies, and made the music from artists like Thug and Future finally click for me (at the time they were considered “mumble” rappers). Although I do think Rodeo is his best work and it’s my personal all time favorite album, I love the experimental rawness on DBR. It has songs like DYSTI and Skyfall which are both in my personal Top 5 favorite Trav songs. Anyways great reaction, I can’t wait to hear Utopia and see your guys’ reaction to it as well!
That raw Travis we all want to hear again
DBR is one of those “Time Machine” albums for me. It takes me back to a happy time in my life and I love to listen to every single song. So many different moods so it’s makes for a great listen, or you can just put Sloppy Toppy on repeat, that works too
Always had a fond appreciation for this mixtape as songs like zombies, skyfall, and dysti are very much early versions of things travis would perfect later on rodeo, but that rawness of what he was doing on here always bring back good memories of this era of travis and the songs overall are really good. Oh and in case y'all were wondering Quintana pt 1 was on the mixtape you mentioned that came out before this one, Owl Pharaoh
I was there at the original rodeo Travis was talking about! He won the gold medal in the barrel race. Absolute monster
The Prayer is one of my favourite intro tracks of all time, think it sets the vibe so perfectly and it’s just a banger of a track
Sloppy toppy reaction was exactly as how I expected 💀
I love how y’all really take in the music and look at it objectively. Like even if you may not like a song as much you can highlight the strong points of a track and who it may cater to and what the artist was trying to achieve. Best page
Travis just doesn’t miss. Used to listen to this album everyday on the bus in 2014
this is everything i needed and more. love you guys and travis
god i love this mixtape so much, your reactions are always the best 💪💪
To mention Kevins take on what Utopia should be in the beginning of the video: Astrothunder had real bass played by Thundercat, one of the main reasons why I love that song so much. I'd like more collabs like that. Lost Forever, if it's on Utopia, might be a favorite for Kevin