Something which demonstrates the softer HNDRXX side, with bass that knocks you so sideways it drowns out the sentiment of the lyrics. What can even say about this repetitive garbage? another copy and paste job only made remotely interesting by the breakdown towards the end (like Temptation). After Jet, this is the second in the microwave but hype line. I think having HNDRXX imprinted in my brain before listening to POA vibe here, I am literally starting to feel like I’ve heard enough of Future. Got to the end of the song with still no idea what F&N stands for. Ok, this is an improvement on Crushed Up but still microwave. Nothing I haven’t heard from him before though.Īnother Jumping on a Jet, this ain’t it chief. I l iked the honest piano breakdown towards the very end of the track, what a classic. HNDRXX is alive and kicking on this, trying to fight demons and find peace in perkys. A few background adlibs would’ve added to the overall sauce of this generic track. Owen Paiva is a sophomore majoring in film/video.“I’ve been popping since my demo b*tch!” the double-time slow down flow Future uses here is so unconventional. As one of the founders of the genre, he needs to look at something really inventive on the next album if the future of Future is to be ideal. If Future continues to retread this sound and style, he risks his reputation. Younger artist like Denzel Curry, Juice WRLD and Post Malone have all shown maturation on their latest projects and could soon overtake Future. He should spend more time developing a quality concept for the next album.įuture needs to learn from some of his contemporaries in the “mumble rap/SoundCloud rap” scene. The quality may have improved just as the saying goes, “quality over quantity.” This is Future’s sixth album/mixtape over the last two years. Filler is never a good thing on album, as it hurts the quality of the album as well as the artist’s body of work.įuture could have cut five to seven tracks on this album and it would not have lost anything. Thirteen is the average number, but the ten to fifteen track range is ideal on any project unless there is a necessary process. Having twenty tracks on an album is a dangerous prospect. There are some entertaining lyrics and clever wordplay on the album but mostly it is weighed down by the filler and basic lyrics found more commonly throughout, making that rare bit of creativity more welcome. Is it necessary to have that amount of sexist rhetoric in the album? Some is expected in the genre, but bucking trends could prove to be beneficial. “Flexing” about money and being able to get any girl you want gets stale real fast, and the inability to connect themes throughout the album is disappointing.
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This is half due to the mumble rap style, half due to the production and editing of Future’s voice sounding really distorted throughout, a poor stylistic choice. The lyrics, for the most part, are uninspired and hard to understand unless particular attention is paid to them.
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The last track, “Tricks on Me,” is great but having to slog through boring “banger” after boring “banger”, it is not worth the wait. The few features by Young Thug, Gunna, and Travis Scott don’t really do too much for the album. The first few tracks entertain but after five or six songs, the album takes a nosedive. When Future decides to open up about his emotions on “Never Stop”, it is such a promising start to the album. One track will finish and the next will start, and it is hard to tell that it is a new track at all. Some of the work with the synth and background instrumentals are fantastic and create an interesting emotion behind the track, yet these are few and far between. There is not a lot of uniqueness in this aspect, and it really hurts the ability to distinguish between each track on the album. Don’t let this distract you from the fact that every single drum beat sounds like a variation of the previous.
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The synth strings and brass found on a few tracks creates a somber atmosphere, adding to the emotion. Some tracks include interesting, lighter instrumentals. The production on this album is a mixed bag. Future found success on his recent collaboration with Juice WRLD, but on his own feels like he is in a creative funk. The album is a jumbled fusion between his last two projects as the extended title of the album is Future Hndrxx presents: The Wizrd, using both of his personas on the record.įamiliar themes such as drugs and money are present and, really, this album feels stale. Future seems to have used the wrong incantation on his seventh studio album The WIZRD.