I don\u2019t understand how Future keeps on doing it, but his iconic voice and melodies over Tay Keith, Southside, and ATL Jacob is a simple recipe for quality Trap music.
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Rating: 8.1\ufeff<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Over the past decade, Future has been making hit records with ease. His seemingly minimalistic style has helped create the Trap music sub-genre in Hip Hop we all know today. He\u2019s often been featured on rap songs for hooks like an R&B singer, written for dozens of rappers and singers, and has more than enough hits to be considered a legend in rap. For the past few years now, though, fans have been questioning whether Future has fallen off. After his famous mixtape run of Monster, 56 Nights, Beast Mode, and his incredible project DS2, fans have criticized that he hasn\u2019t been the same. Some argue that the double album FUTURE and HNDRXX were moments of truth, but collab albums with Young Thug and Juice WRLD say otherwise. Many claim his sound has become over saturated because of his output and lack of variation, something I certainly criticized as well. To the contrary, however, \u201cFuture Hndrxx Presents: The WIZRD\u201d is proof that Future is alive and well. He has shown that he still makes songs that jam with ease, only he\u2019s much more open about himself this time around. The intro track Never Stop<\/em> is the most vulnerable he has been in a while. Unlike the rest of the project, the song\u2019s beat is mellow, allowing Future to pour everything out about the stresses of fame and where he would have been without his successes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I done got rich and it cursed me From there, the head knockers begin and never settle. Jumpin on a Jet <\/em>has a beat drop that Southside deserves a lot of credit for producing. Future barely has to do anything to compliment it, just find pockets to flow his verses in. Most songs on the album have a hook you can sing along to. It\u2019s easy to spot the tracks that will go up in concert like Jumpin on a Jet<\/em>, \u201cI\u2019ve been popping since my demo b*tch!\u201d on Rocket Ship<\/em>, and \u201cDiamonds in the face crushed up, I can see it\u201d on Crushed Up. <\/em> Two of the most enjoyable tracks on The WIZRD are Tay Keith produced; those being Temptation <\/em>and Promise You That<\/em>. Both tracks are upbeat and a bit slower than other album tracks, but Future uses that to his advantage, especially on Promise You That <\/em>with some very catchy melodies. A few songs could have been left off the tracklist, but that tends to happen in today\u2019s age of bloated albums. I could have gone without Talk Sh*t like a Preacher <\/em>since it was so short. First Off ft. Travis Scott<\/em> felt like a forced collaboration. Future never has featured artists on his project and that track felt like the label suggested it (since both artists are on Epic Records).<\/p>\n\n\n\n The only other collab: Unicorn Purp <\/em>had so much potential, but it felt ruined by Future\u2019s 2+ minute verse. Young Thug sprinkles in adlibs throughout the verse, then him and Gunna come in on the end with short, good verses, but the beginning of the track drags because of Future. The reputation that Future has with many rap fans is that he makes the style songs over and over again. His formula is pretty easy to pick up on. He gets a trap beat you can nod your head to, a melodic hook that\u2019s easy to sing, and switches up his flow to add variation. Obviously, not every song follows this structure, but easily more than half of them do. This new album shows the formula still works after all of these years. Future is still delivering quality music that you can dance, work out, or sing along to. What\u2019s different this time around is that Future is much more open in his verses about what he\u2019s thinking; his mental health, drug addiction, reputation, and personal life are much more out on the table then they have been in the past. While you can simply enjoy each song for the production and Hndrxx\u2019s flow on them, you can also appreciate what he\u2019s rapping about. On Krazy But True<\/em>, you hear that he\u2019s rapping about not getting the credit he deserves for influencing this generation of rappers. He raps:<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201c<\/em> I’m god to you niggas You need to pay me my respects Later in the verse, he mentions his drug habits and using them to take his pain away, finishing his verse with:<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIf you look into my eyes, tell me what I’m thinkin’ These songs peel back a portion of the curtain that Future has had drawn on the public for most of his whole career. He does this on the intro track as well as Promise You That, Ain\u2019t Coming Back, <\/em>and a few other tracks. All in all, Future delivers a complete body of work yet again. It seems that he puts a lot more effort into his formal albums as apposed to the collab projects and mixtapes he\u2019s been putting out. He mentioned in an interview with Genius<\/a> that after this album, he will be shifting into a new direction musically. Hopefully it involves more collaborations with artists, which is always nice to see.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Ever since I got successful, they envy
Tryna shake the devil, on promethazine
Tryna show you love but you don’t feel me<\/em><\/p>Never Stop – Future<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
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I worked too hard just to spoil you niggas <\/p>
Your socks, rings, and your lean
The way you drop your mixtapes, your ad-libs and everything\u201d<\/em><\/p>Krazy But True – Future<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
I’m smellin’ like kush, promethazine drinkin’
This ecstasy the only reason why my heart beatin’\u201d<\/em><\/p>Krazy But True – Future<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
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