Future Presents F.B.G. - The Movie (Mixtape, 2013)
Future’s back with the rest of Freebandz to drop this all new mixtape. Somewhere, there’s a Sisqo feature.
Gucci Mane (feat. Future) - Fuck The World (Brick Squad, 2012)
Gucci and Future have finally found their stride this year as a duo after a string of disappointing projects last year (including the enjoyable, yet entirely uneven FreeBricks), and “Fuck The World” is just another exercise in this new found chemistry. It helps that Mike Will helmed the song, and with the resurgence of creativity he’s brought to Gucci this year, along with his musical soulmate Future, this was bound to succeed even if all the elements didn’t come together.
“Fuck The World” certainly isn’t a perfect record, and that’s really no one’s fault but Gucci’s. Even though Gucci manages to come out looking strong in the end due to some unexpected disses directed at Yung Joc and Block Ent., he’s clearly coasting here, and sounds mostly uninspired. When he says “I did a song with Lil Wayne and I killed it,” rhyming the previous line with “killed it” yet again, you’ll be longing for the days of “AK47 hit ya everywhere from the ankle up”.
Truthfully, this song could’ve failed without Future; but Future’s slightly angsty, but mostly resilient chorus is a beautiful thing to behold. That’s not even touching on his verse, which caps off the song, where he once again visits his sickle-cell-ridden sister from “Bigger Picture,” and the cousin who killed himself in “Deeper Than The Ocean.” Future really gives you a reason for his fuck the world mentality, and its his positive demeanor while spouting off these terrible life events that makes this verse truly motivational.
Future (feat. T.I.) - Magic (Freebandz/Epic, 2012)
Future and Tip chill out on the top of Magic City for the latest single from Future’s Pluto. Even though I don’t like this version as much as the original T.I.-less version found on True Story, it’s always to great to get new visuals from the Askranawt Kid.
Gucci Mane (feat. Future) - Sometimes (Brick Squad, 2012)
It appears that Gucci is spending more time writing these days, and less time shaving (what’s with the crustache, man?). I’ve actually avoided this track for a couple days, and I’m regretting that now. Since Freebrickz dropped last year, I’ve been well under the assumption that Gucci and Future have absolutely no chemistry. Despite the cues that Future takes from Gucci’s playbook, both are two distinctly different rappers that compliment eachother in no way. Unfortunately, they have the same fanbase, and that means they’re gonna be collaborating until the day one of them does one too many lines.
It’s been frustrating following Gucci, and though some may argue that Gucci has been showing flashes of brilliance once again, this isn’t the first time that Gucci has really been spitting well again. Both “North Pole” and the Yo Gotti-assisted ”Animosity“ from Mike Will’s mixtape were strong reasons for me to believe Gucci maybe back to form. Truthfully, he’s been rapping well on and off since last year’s Writing On The Wall II/Freebrickz (which didn’t work as a collaboration, but did allow Gucci to flex his pen for a minute before being hauled back to jail). While the leaks for Trap Back are good (I don’t think any of them really constitute as the best thing Gucci’s done in the past 12 months), I’m still not convinced if this is the return of the Gucci of yore.
“Sometimes” is great though. Gucci’s rapping pretty openly about his life for a change, his top down so he can “look up at the galaxy” to clear his mind. His verse is so good that it’s almost a shame when Future comes on. Though Future is moderately self-aware here, he still misses the opportunity to silence critics by focusing on the skulls and spikes that he really spent too much time rapping about on Astronaut Status. It’s not that what Future is doing is bad, by any means, but when stacked up against a driven Gucci, he does fall flat (it doesn’t help that Drumma’s production brings Future’s normal energy down to a stuttering halt). This is exactly why Freebrickz failed as a whole.
Trap Back will come out on February 5th. It will probably be simultaneously great and uneven. Which means I’ll listen to it more than anything else this year.
Young Scooter - Married To The Streets (Freebandz, 2012)
I guess he wasn’t kidding when Scooter called it Lil’ Mexico City.
Future - Astronaut Status (Freebandz, 2011)
FREEBANDZ IN DIS BITCH! WE GON TAKE A RIDE TO PLUTA BUMPIN’ DIS ALL LOUD JUZ TO MAKE SURE OUR AHSE AWL REEEEEEL! ASKRANAWT!
Future - Deeper Than The Ocean (Preview) (Freebandz/Epic, 2012)
SPANISH GUITARS! This may very well be Future’s best cut yet, from the video alone. Astronaut Status drops on Thursday! SKRRRRRRRRRRT
Future - True Story (Review)
(Freebandz, 2011)
- by Yayo
Future is almost solely the reason I came back to blogging. During my hiatus, I stumbled across Dirty Sprite, after noticing a few friends highlighting the Atlanta rapper’s ode to codeine and pop beverages. Future, whose real name Nayvadius Cash is envious in its strength, was exactly what I’d been looking for in a world crowded by lo-fi bedroom rap and post-Waka trap music. He was just street enough to appeal to the dopeboys and critics infatuated with the lifestyle, while possessing pop sensibilities that allowed him to a crossover success with Racks and Tony Montana.
There’s no denying the fact that Future can make hits. His signature croak, a deep-bellow that is far more sinister than Wayne’s, but not quite as bombastic as his bigger figured peers, give his raps a distinct sound. His sometimes autotuned-assisted hooks work because Future’s God-given voice doesn’t derive too far from the pitch corrector’s often maligned sound. It’s often hard to tell where the autotune starts and ends for Future; sometimes it’s questionable if it’s used at all, or if Future is taking vocal cues from Kermit the Frog.
Future - Ain’t No Way Around It (E1, 2011)
I have to give Drama a lot of props for giving Future the sole honor of having a solo track on his latest album, The Third Power. Despite Future recently signing to a major label, and the fact that Drama’s albums have little relevance in comparison to his mixtapes, this is Future’s first appearance (to my knowledge of these things) on a studio album. I was a bit dissapointed that it wasn’t a new track, but you can’t really go wrong with one of the strongest cuts from arguably Future’s best project yet, True Story.
The video though - well, that’s a different story. Within the first minute we see a girl vomiting, an impersonation of Michael Douglas from Falling Down, and Future (sporting a cool Back to The Future patch) rapping inside a poison control center. I mean really, what the fuck is going on here?
Whatever, though. Askranawt Keed 4 Lyf.
Future - Tony Montana (FreeBandz/Sony Music, 2011)
so apparently Future has eyes?
