Music Reviews
Spotify Wrapped
By Cesar Reyes
At the end of every year, many music streaming services release the listener's top artist, the main one being Spotify Wrapped. I asked most people at this school who their top artist was. I’ll be going over the top 3 and what they did for the year.
Drake - 7 votes
I’m surprised Drake got this many votes, he was in the top 3 last year, but due to him not dropping anything except a few songs, and being in a rap beef where the majority claims he loses, I was expecting to be lower, but Drake got the most out of any other artist. As I mentioned, Drake started the year with the biggest rap battle in recent history, between him and Kendrick Lamar. From there, he dropped a couple of singles but none really went as big as his past ones. Despite this, Drake clearly is still played throughout the school.
Kendrick - 6
The effects of the beef happened on both sides, as Kendrick now has 6 votes this year, while only having 2 last year. Kendrick was declared the winner of the beef by the majority, but since then he has been quiet, only announcing his Super Bowl appearance and his music video for Not Like Us, however, he released an album at the end of 2024, but it wasn’t counted towards the wrapped. Kendrick had really big songs during the beef, the most popular being “Not Like Us”, being named song of the year by multiple publications. With all this combined, it makes sense that Kendrick is second in the school.
Travis Scott - 5
My top artist, Travis Scott is still feeling the effects of his album Utopia, released last year. While not dropping this year, songs like “Fein” and re-releases of his album “Days Before Rodeo” all brought him back into the limelight. He’s also had multiple concerts across the country, including one in MetLife just in September, where multiple students went. While being quiet this whole year, it seems we can expect something from Travis coming next year.