{"id":806748,"date":"2020-04-24T07:25:26","date_gmt":"2020-04-24T13:25:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=989261"},"modified":"2020-04-24T07:25:26","modified_gmt":"2020-04-24T13:25:26","slug":"kid-cudi-and-travis-scott-release-the-scotts-to-fortnite-fanfare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/music-news\/kid-cudi-and-travis-scott-release-the-scotts-to-fortnite-fanfare\/","title":{"rendered":"Kid Cudi and Travis Scott Release \u2018The Scotts\u2019 to Fortnite Fanfare"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sun and moon. Yin and Yang. East and West. Socrates and Plato. Kid Cudi<\/a> and Travis Scott<\/a>. From the start, the latter\u2019s career has been inextricably tied to the former. Lore has it that the \u201cScott\u201d in Travis Scott was inspired by Cudi\u2019s real name, Scott Mescudi. Over the years, Travis has gone to great lengths to detail his admiration for the man he\u2019s molded much of his musical legacy after.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn my whole career, all I wanted was acceptance from Kid Cudi,\u201d he told Rolling Stone<\/em><\/a> in 2016. \u201cI don\u2019t care about nothing else! This dude saved my life. He kept me from doing a lot of fucked up shit to myself, kept me on the right path. That\u2019s why I make music, that\u2019s why I go hard for the fans.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Scotts\u201d isn\u2019t the duos first collaboration, but it\u2019s easily the one that arrived with the most fanfare. Hours before its release, the track was teased during Scott\u2019s chaotic takeover of Fortnite. Produced by Take A Daytrip, Dot Da Genius, and Plain Pat with co-production from Travis and Mike Dean<\/a>, \u201cThe Scotts\u201d feels like a symbolic passing of the torch. Instead of Travis paying homage to a Cudi song of yore (e.g. 2016\u2019s \u201cThrough The Late Night\u201d), the equation is flipped: Here, Cudi follows in his disciple\u2019s sonic steps.<\/p>\n

Woozy and sinister, yet vapid, the results are mixed<\/span>. Travis built an empire on expertly curating aesthetics and mood at the expense of everything else. In contrast, Cudi\u2019s continued presence as a cult figure is rooted in his cutting and brutally emotional lyrics. That quality is non-existent on \u201cThe Scotts.\u201d \u201c<\/span>We see the hype outside, right from the house\/Took it straight\u2005from\u2005outside, straight\u2005to the couch,\u201d Travis sings. The words and rhymes are familiar, likely because they sound exactly like a dozen Travis lines he\u2019s delivered before. A verse later, Cudi informs listeners that the cops are outside. It\u2019s supposed to signal anarchy, but, sadly, that moment never comes.<\/p>\n