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Hype Malaysia
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Hype Malaysia
Culture-Shaking Collab Drops As Travis Scott Joins Oakley As Chief Visionary
This gives us life! After years of Travis Scott fuelling the Oakley brand through his stage wardrobe and eyewear choices on the record-breaking Circus Maximus tour, the two cultural powerhouses have come together to officially partner and reimagine eyewear, apparel, and more. Oakley has officially named Travis Scott as their first-ever Chief Visionary, announcing a multi-year partnership that will reimagine the brand's creative future. Travis Scott and his Cactus Jack team will work closely with Oakley to push the boundaries of design, innovation, and cultural impact to new heights. Throughout recent years, Travis Scott has been a huge driving force on Oakley's cultural renaissance, integrating the brand's signature eyewear and iconic logo into his post-apocalyptic tour wardrobe, helping shape its resurgence through organic connections and creative alignment. His arrival as Chief Visionary marks a new chapter in Oakley's 50-year legacy of making the unconventional feel inevitable. 'Today marks a bold new chapter in Oakley's history as we proudly welcome Travis Scott as our Chief Visionary – a title that speaks to creativity, belief, and purpose, to forge something that's not only different – it's defining,' said Caio Amato, Global President of Oakley The partnership will see Travis Scott and his Cactus Jack creative team working together with Oakley's team to create new campaigns, reimagine Oakley's classic catalogue of styles, and offer perspective on Oakley's future eyewear and apparel, featuring some of Travis' on-stage tour favourites. The two parties will also create totally new eyewear styles together and introduce collaborative apparel through Travis Scott's Cactus Jack brand lens. 'I'm inspired by what people think can't be done. It's about pushing culture and reworking ideas to see how far they can go,' said Travis Scott, Oakley Chief Visionary. 'Oakley's design game is next level, and I had to be part of that. We're building something that blends legacy with the future – this is just the beginning.' To celebrate the launch of the partnership, three Day Zero items have been made available on Riffing on classic sunglass shop marketing materials, the limited drop includes a 3-poster pack and two apparel pieces offering an early glimpse into what's to come. Stay tuned for more: @travisscott // @oakley // shop on
Yahoo
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Travis Scott Hangs Out With His Amazing Friends on ‘Jackboys 2'
'Yeah, man, I swear these old niggas kill me,' raps Travis Scott in his typical melodic flow on 'Champain & Vacay.' The Houston star's pushback against Clipse's 'So Be It,' where Pusha T's ripped Scott for his 'lack of loyalty' towards past mentors and friends like Kanye West and Drake, seems relatively tame. The irony, though, is that Scott isn't young anymore, either. At age 34, he's been a star since 2014's Days Before Rodeo, and his traits are overly familiar: the watery and slightly distorted harmonies, the insistent luxury metaphors, and the way he punctuates his verses with adlibs like 'it's lit!' and 'straight up!' At his best, Scott shapes these tropes into immersive Astroworlds, creations where the sonics are so dazzling that one tends to overlook its plasticine exteriors and lack of nuance and frisson. But a decade's a long time to spend in virtual reality. Jackboys 2, a sequel to 2019's EP-length chart-topper Jackboys, may be intended as a showcase for Scott's Cactus Jack imprint and acts like Don Toliver, Sheck Wes, SoFaygo, and Wallie the Sensei. But it ultimately sounds like Scott and his Amazing Friends. He hogs most of the tracks alongside high-wattage guests like Playboi Carti and Future ('Where Was You'), Tyla and Vybz Kartel (the tropical-sounding 'PBT'), Youngboy Never Broke Again ('Outside'), and 21 Savage ('Kick Out'). The nearly hour-long project is threaded with quotes from UGK hero Bun B that seem designed to center Jackboys 2 as a Texas-sized blockbuster. 'This shit get intergalactic,' promises Don Toliver on 'Champaign & Vacay.' More from Rolling Stone These Blog-Era Rap Stars Dropped Last Week. Only One Made the Hot 100 Watch Clipse Showcase Emotional Track 'The Birds Don't Sing' on Fallon Travis Scott Says Kanye West Gave Permission to Use Demo in Motion to Dismiss 'Telekinesis' Suit To his credit, Scott tries to rap a bit harder than usual, especially on 'Kick Out' and 'Dumbo,' the latter where he brags, 'Chain on ice cream, don't melt.' There's some nice production, particularly from producers F1lthy and Glasear on 'Where Was You,' which floats with an odd, harpsichord-like melody. But everything sounds paved with the same rolling trap-like thump, a baseline requirement for rage-rap. Songs meander by with nothing but banal sentiments to distinguish them, like Scott claiming, 'I'm sittin' courtside, can hit the ref with a tech/Lambo door suicide, she get blessed if we mesh' on 'Contest.' There are a few good shots, though, like when SahBabii claims, 'Rainbow diamonds, this shit on me blingin'/Stepped out of the jeweler, bought a gay parade (wow, wow)' on 'Beep Beep.' Kodak Black inserts pathos into 'Florida Flow' when he raps, 'I don't wanna live too long, too old, but I don't wanna die this young/All I know if 'trol pull us over, this bitch better hide this gun.' And hilariously, GloRilla uses her cameo on 'Shyne' to rap, 'My only regret is bein' too young to fuck Matthew McConaughey.' Ultimately, Jackboys 2 unfolds like a mediocre Netflix movie, an amusing late-night diversion that's hard to remember the next day. Best of Rolling Stone Sly and the Family Stone: 20 Essential Songs The 50 Greatest Eminem Songs All 274 of Taylor Swift's Songs, Ranked Solve the daily Crossword
Yahoo
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Travis Scott's ‘JackBoys 2' Tops Chart, Ends Justin Bieber's Six-Album Streak of No. 1 Debuts
Travis Scott came out on top in a stacked week of new releases on Sunday, as his latest album JackBoys 2 debuted atop Billboard's 200 Albums chart, beating out Justin Bieber's surprise release Swag, as well as Let God Sort 'Em Out, Clipse's first album in over 15 years. JackBoys 2, considered a compilation album with his Cactus Jack label, marks Scott's sixth album to top the Billboard chart (that's four solo records as well as the original JackBoys compilation album). It opens with 232,000 units and was buoyed by strong traditional sales, selling 160,000 copies, Billboard reported. More from The Hollywood Reporter Billie Eilish Reveals 3D Collaboration With James Cameron Is in the Works Astronomer CEO Andy Byron Resigns After Getting Caught on Coldplay Kiss-Cam Tyler, the Creator Reveals New Album Drops Monday Scott ends Morgan Wallen's I'm The Problem's two-month streak atop the albums chart since that record debuted in May. (Luminate reported last week that I'm The Problem is the biggest album in the U.S. through the first half of 2025.) The chart news marks the first time Bieber hasn't opened at No. 1 in his 15-year career, ending a six-album streak of No. 1 debuts that began with his first record, My World 2.0, back in 2010. Despite that streak ending, Swag had a more than respectable opening, debuting with 163,000 overall units on 198.77 million streams, per Billboard. Notably, Swag's debut was carried almost entirely by streams, with physical sales set to be included on a later chart after his physical units are shipped out. Swag appears to have netted Bieber another hit with 'Daisies,' which topped both Apple Music and Spotify's daily U.S. charts this past week. It's a potential contender for a No. 1 debut on the Hot 100 chart, in close competition with Alex Warren's 'Ordinary,' which has spent the past six weeks atop the chart. The New Hot 100 chart will release on Monday. Other than Bieber, Clipse earned 118,000 equivalent units with Let God Sort 'Em Out, debuting at No. 4 on this week's chart. Best of The Hollywood Reporter From 'Party in the U.S.A.' to 'Born in the U.S.A.': 20 of America's Most Patriotic (and Un-Patriotic) Musical Offerings Most Anticipated Concert Tours of 2025: Beyoncé, Billie Eilish, Kendrick Lamar & SZA, Sabrina Carpenter and More Hollywood's Most Notable Deaths of 2025
Yahoo
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Travis Scott Unveils ‘Jackboys 2' Release Date
With just days to go before its release, Travis Scott announced that his Cactus Jack compilation album Jackboys 2 will roll out this Sunday, July 13. According to post shared to his Instagram on Thursday night, the project will span 17 songs and be hosted by Bun B. 'The Jack is back with 17 tracks full of trunk rattling classics in the making,' read the text on the poster. Alongside the image, the rapper wrote in the caption: 'JB2 OUT EVERY WHERE 7 13SPEAKERS AND SCREAMS AT MAX VOLUME.' More from Rolling Stone How Director Gabriel Moses Channeled Hip-Hop Culture and Atlanta for His First Short Film Young Thug Returns to the Stage With Triumphant Summer Smash Performance Our Favorite Afropop Songs and Albums of 2025 So Far The announcement arrives a few months after Scott teased the sequel to 2019's compilation LP Jackboys from his label Cactus Jack Records, with a video by White Trash Tyler and filmmaker Harmony Korine featuring an unreleased song. Earlier in the week, Scott shared the track '2000 Excursion' featuring Don Toliver and Sheck Wes. The rapper has also been promoting his project by reportedly sending Lamborghinis branded with the Jackboys logo (echoing his previous teaser trailer, which featured a purple Lamborghini alongside a horse) to his fellow artists including Waka Flocka Flame, 21 Savage, GloRilla, Tyla, Vybz Kartel, and Kodak Black — hinting at possible features on the upcoming sequel. Last year, Scott was presented with the annual I Am Hip Hop Award at the BET Hip Hop Awards, an honor given to artists who have made significant cultural and creative impacts on the genre. He also headlined this year's Coachella festival in Indio, California, turning the event into a massive all-night of Rolling Stone Sly and the Family Stone: 20 Essential Songs The 50 Greatest Eminem Songs All 274 of Taylor Swift's Songs, Ranked Solve the daily Crossword
Yahoo
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Travis Scott Celebrates ‘Jackboys 2' Release With ‘Dumbo' Video
Travis Scott is celebrating his Cactus Jack compilation album Jackboys 2 with a new visual. Just a day after dropping the 17-track LP that included songs by Sheck Wes and Don Toliver, Scott released the cinematic video for his highly teased single 'Dumbo.' The Gabriel Moses-directed visual splices clips of Scott singing from inside a crowded room of women and in front of a sports car. At one point in the video, Scott gets a tattoo painted on his back during the visual. The classic Travis Scott lyrics hear the star flaunting his luxuries while singing about a woman 'goin' dumbo.' More from Rolling Stone Conan Gray Gets His Heart Broken in 'Vodka Cranberry' Video Travis Scott Unveils 'Jackboys 2' Release Date Dove Cameron Sings to Her 'Dangerous' Italian Lover on 'Romeo' 'That come-down no emotion, yeah, yeah/See, the whip ain't no regular body, the whip got a kit like BBL,' Scott raps on a verse. 'One digit on back of the truck and she's backin' it up, no CDL.' 'Dumbo' has been a long time coming for Scott, who first previewed the track at the HBCU Celebrity Softball Classic Cactus Jack hosted back in February. He played it for the first time live during his 2025 headlining Coachella set as one of two unreleased tracks performed. Scott released the Jackboys 2 compilation album on Sunday, featuring tracks such as '2000 Excursion' with Scott, Sheck Wes, and Don Toliver; 'MM3' by SoFaygo; 'ILMB' with Scott and Wes; and 'Cant Stop' by Toliver and Wallie the Sensei. The album also features guest vocals from Tyla and Vybz Kartel on 'PBT,' GloRilla on 'Shyne,' and YoungBoy Never Broke Again on 'Outside.' The LP garnered a whopping 35.7 million first-day streams on Spotify and reached Number One on Apple Music Sunday. Jackboys 2 is the first compilation album from Cactus Jack since 2019, when the first JackBoys record dropped. That album featured 'Highest in the Room' featuring Rosalía and Lil Baby, 'Out West' featuring Young Thug, and 'Gatti' with Pop Smoke. Best of Rolling Stone Sly and the Family Stone: 20 Essential Songs The 50 Greatest Eminem Songs All 274 of Taylor Swift's Songs, Ranked Solve the daily Crossword
