This man is from another planet.
Future proved on Valentine’s Day that he has much love for his fans as he took he announced a new album that is self-titled: FUTURE LP ,that was released later that week on February 17th. This was the first album that we have seen from Future since the release of EVOL last year in February. Future has released very little of his own music since then but has featured on some of the biggest songs from last summer like, “I Got the Keys” by DJ Khaled, “Campaign” by Ty Dolla $ign, and “X” by 21 Savage among plenty of others. Production on this album features some of the biggest producers in the hip-hop world: Metro Boomin’, Southside, and Zaytoven are among the more notable names on the tracklisting. Since Future packed his second studio album, Honest, with plenty of high-profile artists he has had very few to zero featured artists on his albums and mixtapes. This album is no different as there are no featured artists and when there is one it usually is a top tier artist. DS2 only featured Drake on “Where Ya At?” and EVOL only featured The Weeknd on “Low Life”.
Album Artwork for FUTURE
I knew that this album was going to be special as it didn’t have any other artists featured in any songs, meaning that Future was confident in that the album was good as is and didn’t require any outside assistance. Future seems as if hes out to prove that he is one of the best and he doesn’t need to rely on featuring other artists by keeping his track listings all to himself. Future exudes a great amount of confidence in himself and his raps throughout this album. The song “When I Was Broke” is the best example of this confidence as he states, “You see i made it, you witnessed progression; I was talkin’ like I knew I was destined; I’m a boss and I won’t ever regret it; Whether you like it, you gotta admit it.”
“You see i made it, you witnessed progression; I was talkin’ like I knew I was destined; I’m a boss and I won’t ever regret it; Whether you like it, you gotta admit it.” – Future on “When I Was Broke”.
Something I found surprising was how soon before the album’s release that Future announced the album. Most often times when an album is coming out the artist announces it many weeks even months in advance to spread the word and hype as much as possible. This is done to maximize exposure to the public with the hopes to make as many album sales as possible. This low-key announcement is only something that someone like Future can do because of his popularity and high status in the rap/hip-hop game today. I also thought that Future could have at least one feature in my opinion, if i was Future I would have considered artists like The Weeknd, Nav, or Migos as all are hot artists right now.
My Top 5 songs from FUTURE
1. “Mask Off”
2. “High Demand”
3. “Zoom”
4. “I’m So Groovy”
5. ” Poppin’ Tags”