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Welcome To ‘UTOPIA’: Listeners Chime In On Travis Scott’s Long-Awaited Project

<p><strong>Travis Scott<&sol;strong> has finally released his highly anticipated <em><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;open&period;spotify&period;com&sol;album&sol;18NOKLkZETa4sWwLMIm0UZ" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">UTOPIA<&sol;a> <&sol;em>album&comma; prompting listeners to get a taste and share their thoughts about the brand-new project&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h5 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">RELATED&colon; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;asap-rocky-fans-travis-scott-rolling-loud&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">REACTIONS&colon; A&dollar;AP Rocky Gets Fans Buzzin&&num;8217&semi; After Seemingly Shading Travis Scott At Rolling Loud<&sol;a><&sol;h5>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Travis Scott Enlisted The Help Of Artists Like Young Thug&comma; Drake&comma; &amp&semi; Beyoncé<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>The Houston-bred rapper unveiled the 19-track project on Friday &lpar;Jul&period; 28&rpar;&&num;8211&semi;hyping up its release in the days leading up to the drop&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"CvKZ2GWL-rX" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Notably&comma; <em>UTOPIA <&sol;em>features guest vocals from heavy-hitting artists like <strong>Future<&sol;strong>&comma; <strong>Drake<&sol;strong>&comma; <strong>21 Savage<&sol;strong>&comma; <strong>SZA<&sol;strong>&comma; <strong>Young Thug<&sol;strong>&comma; <strong>The Weeknd<&sol;strong>&comma; and even <strong>Beyoncé<&sol;strong>&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>With such a lineup&comma; many considered the features top-tier—and the praise by no means ended there&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1684798602445565953" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Twitter Stans Overwhelmingly Shower <em>UTOPIA <&sol;em>With Love<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Of course&comma; people swiftly began flooding the internet with their thoughts on the album after gettin&&num;8217&semi; a taste of <em>UTOPIA<&sol;em>&comma; and fans were vocal about being pleased with the project&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1684777172169338881" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1684789440806375424" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>People also shared their excited reactions over <em>finally<&sol;em> getting to peep <em>UTOPIA<&sol;em>&period; Since it had been five years since he released <em>ASTROWORLD<&sol;em>&comma; some proclaimed&comma; <strong><em>&&num;8220&semi;The &lbrack;5-year&rsqb; wait is over&excl;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;em><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1684569230778462208" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1684812997548527616" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Honing in on some of the tracks&comma; &&num;8220&semi;TELEKINESIS&&num;8221&semi; with Future and SZA got some love&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1684792580888797189" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1684808340788887552" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1684791005499785216" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Travis&&num;8217&semi; song with Beyoncé—&&num;8221&semi;DELRESTO &lpar;ECHOES&rpar;&&num;8221&semi;—was also praised as a bop&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1684836159187189760" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1684783477940707328" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Don&&num;8217&semi;t get it twisted&comma; though&comma; as Travis doesn&&num;8217&semi;t <em>need <&sol;em>features for a fire track&comma; as evidenced by &&num;8220&semi;SIRENS&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1684800758435258368" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1684783009763893248" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Humorously&comma; one fan proclaimed&comma; <strong><em>&&num;8220&semi;Travis Scott &lbrack;gave&rsqb; sh&ast;tty features for three years straight &lbrack;to keep&rsqb; all the UTOPIA verses for himself&period;&&num;8221&semi; <&sol;em><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1684792445144387584" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>On the flip side&comma; though&comma; other people accused Travis Scott of thriving off of the vibes from <strong>Kanye West<&sol;strong>&&num;8216&semi;s <em>Yeezus <&sol;em>album&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1684796952402374656" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>There was also some pushback against people already calling <em>UTOPIA<&sol;em> &&num;8220&semi;album of the year&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1684864654646947840" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Ultimately&comma; 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