The ongoing feud between Drake and what appears to be every one of his peers in the rap world continues and now Kanye West, Drake’s longtime adversary, has entered the chat. On Saturday, only hours after Drake dropped his AI-assisted Kendrick Lamar diss “Taylor Made Freestyle,” Kanye made an appearance …
Read More »Kendrick Lamar, Rick Ross, A.I. Madness: Breaking Down the Drake vs. the World Beef
With a few lines in a guest verse on Future and Metro Boomin‘s chart-topping hit “Like That,” Kendrick Lamar ignited his long-simmering cold war with Drake into what’s become the widest-reaching rap beef in years. Since then, it’s all gotten incredibly messy, starting with J. Cole recording an entire diss …
Read More »Future and Metro Boomin Will Bring Blockbuster Albums on 'We Trust You' Tour This Summer
The trust issues that plagued Future and Metro Boomin on their recent blockbuster collaborative albums We Don’t Trust You and We Still Don’t Trust You might finally be subsiding. On Monday, the rapper and producer announced the We Trust You Tour, set to make stops throughout North America this summer. …
Read More »Future and Metro Boomin Are Anti-Heroes in Search of a Good Time on 'We Still Don't Trust You'
For years now, Future has been skilled at playing rap’s favorite romantic anti-hero: the man, or character, baptizing himself in purple drinks to forget about bliss that has slipped away. Some of his best songs, like “Throw Away” or “My Collection,” can be both spiteful and vulnerable, like a dog …
Read More »Future and Metro Boomin Tap J. Cole for 'We Still Don't Trust You' Despite Apparent Diss
After weeks of controversy and speculation about bad blood, Future and Metro Boomin have unveiled the second installment of their joint album series, We Still Don’t Trust You, which features none other than J. Cole. Cole appears on a seven-minute track titled “Red Leather,” rapping what some fans have interpreted …
Read More »Dua Lipa, Future, Metro Boomin', Girl in Red, and All the Songs You Need to Know This Week
Welcome to ourweeklyrundownof the best new music — featuring big new singles, key tracks from our favorite albums, and more.This week, Dua Lipa serves up another high-energy dance pop track from her forthcoming Radical Optimism, Future and Metro Boomin‘ tell you why they still don’t trust you, and Girl in …
Read More »Want to Influence the Future? Be “E-Shaped”
Back in the early ’90s, a guy named David Guest conceptualized a “T-shaped” person, someone whose skills and knowledge were both broad and deep, general and specialized. Back in the early 2010s, I claimed my own letter-shaped concept in a blog about the skills of the future by coining the …
Read More »J. Cole Responds to Kendrick Lamar Diss on Hard-Hitting '7 Minute Drill'
J. Cole has offered a reply to Kendrick Lamar’s guest verse on Future and Metro Boomin‘s “Like That,” which saw the rapper taking shots at Drake and J. Cole. Drake sort of responded to the diss on his current tour, but Cole took a more direct approach with “7 Minute …
Read More »Future, Metro Boomin and Kendrick Lamar's Drake Diss Is the Number One Song in the Country
Kendrick Lamar‘s scorching diss aimed at J. Cole and Drake has pushed “Like That,” the single from Metro Future and Metro Boomin‘s We Don’t Trust You, atop Billboard’s Hot 100 chart, the publication announced on Monday. We Don’t Trust You takes four of the Top 10 for its opening week, …
Read More »Future, Metro Boomin, The Weeknd Star in a Cybertruck Fever Dream
Elon Musk probably has this music video on loop. On Monday, Future and Metro Boomin released the video for their We Don’t Trust You song “Young Metro,” which sees the pair of musicians posing and dancing in front of a Tesla Cybertruck. The Hidji World and Omar Jones-directed video splices …
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