{"id":974196,"date":"2019-12-27T14:12:41","date_gmt":"2019-12-27T21:12:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=931697"},"modified":"2019-12-27T14:12:41","modified_gmt":"2019-12-27T21:12:41","slug":"rosalia-makes-the-case-that-she-can-do-it-all-on-highest-in-the-room","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/music-news\/rosalia-makes-the-case-that-she-can-do-it-all-on-highest-in-the-room\/","title":{"rendered":"Rosal\u00eda Makes the Case That She Can Do it All on \u2018Highest In The Room\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The release of Travis Scott<\/a>\u2018s posse album JACKBOYS<\/em><\/a> was marketed as an event. Harmony Korine shot the album cover. Scott hyped the release on his Instagram and Twitter with limited edition merch \u2014 guaranteeing attention from a large corner of the internet. There were cryptic videos of the Cactus Jack Records collective that looked like a low budget A24 promo. A compilation album populated by Scott\u2019s artist (Don Toliver, Sheck Wes, Chase B) and frequent collaborators (Quavo, Young Thug) followed. At just seven tracks, though, the promised meal was, in reality, more of an appetizer.<\/p>\n

The biggest and most welcome on the JACKBOYS<\/em><\/a> \u201cpack\u201d \u2014 Scott\u2019s words, not mine \u2014 is an update of \u201cHighest In The Room,\u201d his smash hit loosie, featuring Rosal\u00eda<\/a> and Lil Baby<\/a>. Both artists aren\u2019t in Scott\u2019s ever-expanding orbit, which means their presence contrasts and bolsters what makes the Houston artist one of the most stylistically captivating stylists of the last decade. Over the haunting OZ & Nik D production, Rosal\u00eda rips Scott\u2019s original melody, but instead of the robotic sheen of AutoTune and reverb mushing her words together (like it tends to do Scott), her high chirp only intensifies. Halfway through Rosal\u00eda\u2019s verse, the entire beat drops out and her voice contorts into a shriek that sounds far more urgent than anything else that transpires on the next six songs.<\/p>\n

Lil Baby\u2019s contribution is far less vital, but still feels like a victory lap for the Quality Control rapper after his sudden rise to stardom. The intro to the Atlanta rapper\u2019s verse initially seems thrown off, but even then he manages to rhyme \u201cVegas, table, Bentayga, paper, later, tomato, Decatur, tater, and Lakers\u201d together without skipping a beat.<\/p>\n

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Is the \u201cHighest In The Room\u201d remix partially a streaming play featuring one of the most popular rappers in Atlanta and the music industry\u2019s current (if not controversial) Spanish artists? Probably. Does it still bang? Absolutely.<\/p>\n