JACKBOYS by Travis Scott

JACKBOYS dropped on December 27, 2019, a Travis Scott-led showcase for his Cactus Jack label, put out with Epic, and it plays less like a proper album than a crew photo with the bass cranked. Scott rolls it out under the JackBoys banner with his signees Sheck Wes and Don Toliver and DJ Chase B, then throws the doors open to Rosalía, Lil Baby, Quavo, Offset, Young Thug and Pop Smoke. The trap is dense, woozy and expensive-sounding, with Scott playing curator as much as frontman.

"Highest in the Room" is the anchor, a 2019 single that debuted at number one on the Hot 100 and gave the whole project its gravity. JACKBOYS opened at number one on the Billboard 200 in January 2020, the first chart-topping album of the 2020s and Scott's third to debut at the summit, right behind Astroworld.

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