The album's deepest verse by a great measure, it has no discernible connection to Scott's surrounding rhymes of cocksure nonsense. Among the present is André 3000, who drops by on 'The Ends' to recollect the infamous rash of murders that struck his city during his early childhood. 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. It's easily the track with the most pop appeal on Scott's second full-length. '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. 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. Purchase and download this album in a wide variety of formats depending on your needs.
