Rap Beef Is Back!
We Don't Trust You, the highly anticipated collab album from Future & Metro Boomin, released Friday, inciting internet praise and some outrage for the long-awaited project that uses no less than 59 minutes of its one-hour length to throw shade, talk sh*t, and overall dismiss superstar Rapper Drake. While I am not certain about the origins of this beef, I have heard it relates to a Grammy Metro did not win a couple of years ago? Or possibly a lady, although Metro and Future seem rarely romanticized.
What I am certain about is that the record is a banger! I am a Future guy. Nayvadius always brings the heat on records, and this does not stray from that pattern. Metro's production shines throughout the album with carefully crafted sample selections that reinforce the overall album's message. These guys do not care for Drake.
The record has many features which prompt curiosity about how well-liked Aubrey is by his peers overall. One feature that leaves little to nothing to interpretation and steals the show is Kendrick Lamar's verse on "Like That." It is widely agreed upon that Lamar is the best rapper currently doing it, but he has largely avoided conflict with peers. Outside of his feature on Big Sean's "Control," which served more as a challenge to peers than an outright diss, Kung Fu Kenny has remained away from these sorts of beefs. "Like That" proves it is our loss, as Lamar dismantles Drake in a minute flat.
A second record is expected to drop on 4/12, and I could not be more excited to hear what Metro and Future have in store for us. I do not have any particular side in a beef, but oh boy, is it fun to have rap beef back, as it breeds the best bars and provides the most intrigue.