And as far as rap is concerned, “That formula comes from Kanye West.” In a recent interview detailing the making of the album, Scott’s A&R Sickamore argued that when music writers give Travis props for this skill, it’s a backhanded compliment to offset what they consider to be lyrical and/or substance deficiencies. Music brethren who’s credited as a producer and writer on four ASTROWORLD tracks, says the collaboration wave is one rappers need to get on if they want to compete for Album of the Year against the likes of Adele. His gift for corralling the best, brightest, sometimes newest, and most unexpected minds in service of his particular vision, without flattening their own artistic identities, makes him valedictorian of Yeezy University. Making an ad-lib feel crucial is no small feat, but Travis Scott is a master curator, and he has been since his seminal 2014 mixtape Days Before Rodeo. In others, well… Sheck’s participation on the hook for “No Bystanders” is no heavy lift, but the song arguably wouldn’t hit quite as hard without him playing spot duty. It’s used as a winning punchline in some places (On “Sicko Mode,” Drake raps, “When I shoot my shot, that shit wetty like I’m Sheck,” and Sheck materializes immediately with an approving “Bitch!”). Instead, Sheck’s contribution is his signature ad-lib-a singularly impassioned exclamation of “Bitch!”-peppered across multiple tracks.
Most probably expected something substantial from the Harlemite, like 16 bars or full hook duty. Ahead of the release of ASTROWORLD, Travis Scott told Zane Lowe that his new artist, Sheck Wes, would definitely appear on the album.
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