is there any song you weren’t feeling this time last week that you are now?

Maad City, GOMD, DNA, The Don, New Slaves, Know Yourself were all massive songs as well that had beat switches and were definitely not just rappers switching beats to freestyle more.

I mean Power from Kanye had a sudden beat change that changed the entire structure of the song (definitely wasn't just a freestyle rap cut) and that was literally his comeback single.

Yup hours in silence, I guess its f*** me.

Still don't care for middle of the ocean. Treacherous twins a little

Actually didn't like the album first listen. But that's how I be for all his albums

Some fair points

But Ohhhh you think Power counts as a beat switch now it makes sense. To really have this discussion you have to understand the distinction between a development of a beat/new section of a song and a beat switch. The mood shift and change in arrangement for the outro of Power isn’t a beat switch: the same drums, bpm, and off memory probably the basis of the chords is still the same. That’s like how people said there was a beat switch on Frank’s Pink And White when really it’s just a guitar coming in for a classic “layer change”. The bar is low for beats developing so some people think any change in arrangement is a “beat switch”

Anyway Travis didn’t invent it, it was a thing but he made it into the huge trend that it is today. You can point to songs but you probably can’t find an album with more beat switches than Astroworld or WZRD

It’s November 11th, slight drizzles are falling on the hood of my windshield, the sky is a smoke grey hue, I am listening to Hours of Silence and Drizzy is reciting the now iconic It’s My Fault bridge.

You were lost until meeeee

I definitely agree there has been an upward trend in beat switches as well as the possibilities for what it could bring to a song, but I don't think its fair to point to any single song and say that changed the course of the industry in terms of how they approached beat switches.

I know in the 90s/00s/early 10s a lot of beat switches were on the line of feeling like freestyle rap cuts with a rapper just riding a different beat. But even in the early 10s, GKMC, NWTS, Yeezus, Rodeo, etc. were all some massive albums with multiple beat switches.

I think even if you consider Sicko Mode's beat switching different in terms of it feeling like two different songs in one, songs like Maad City, DNA, Nights, Star from Brockhampton, 90210 (and multiple songs on Rodeo rly), Furthest Thing, etc. been doing that as well.

Need to hear Circo Loco in the club

song still hasn’t really clicked for me but you may be onto somethin here

Props to SGP for every beat in this AOTY

Lol you really feel like SGP birthed this

I would clear a whole town for you!!!!

THOUGHT I WAS A POPSTAR
IM SLAUGHTER GANG, I BAITED EM

Been said but the On BS outro might be my favorite flexing on any song

This could have done way more numbers if they dropped this on Halloween weekend but of course that idiot Taylor f***ed that up

Drake really had 5 songs of just him

One week of Her Loss. Still on repeat

No cap as soon as I heard it I assumed it was either 1da or 40 it got dat ovo bounce

Sgp? He a producer?

Yep he was an EP for the album

All weapons formed against me gotta jam

Sav in his R&B bag on Hours of Silence is a crazy bag

411k first week for 21 and THE BOY we won fam

Middle of The Ocean, amazing

gotta pray to god above you

girl u kno that savage love u