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Key Takeaways:
- Metro Boomin addressed backlash from followers unfamiliar together with his mixtape’s nostalgic sound on X.
- The mixtape pays homage to early 2010s Atlanta lure, that includes artists from that period.
- The producer confirmed a forthcoming collaboration with Travis Porter following the venture’s launch.
Metro Boomin is aware of Metro Boomin Presents: A Futuristic Summa isn’t for everyone. On Sunday (Aug. 3) night, the producer responded to criticism surrounding his newest venture, which he’s described as a love letter to Atlanta’s sound within the early 2010s.
Taking to X, he claimed that a lot of his critics “get no b**ches and it reveals,” earlier than writing in a separate tweet, “If yo’ homeboy by no means needed to maintain you up within the teen occasion whereas [you were] getting twerked on, you then may wanna sit this one out.”
“In case you by no means needed to write a quantity down, interval, you then may wanna sit this one out,” one other learn. The beatmaker additionally humorously informed anybody who began listening to rap in 2017, by no means wore garments with the tag nonetheless on, or by no means shopped at shops like H&M and Aeropostale to “sit this out,” too. See the total thread beneath.
A Futuristic Summa arrived final Friday (Aug. 1) with 24 tracks, together with the beforehand launched “Slide” with Roscoe Sprint and surefire cuts like “They Wanna Have Enjoyable” and “Free Screws.” Along with frequent collaborators reminiscent of Future, 21 Savage and Younger Thug, the producer tapped fairly a number of rappers who helped outline Atlanta’s golden mixtape period.
Metro Boomin additionally saved a number of of the town’s fallen troopers near coronary heart. One fan wrote that A Futuristic Summa made them “miss all of the Atlanta artists that handed within the final decade,” extra particularly, Younger Scooter, Takeoff, Bankroll Recent, Bother and Shawty Lo. The Grammy-nominated beatmaker responded to the remark, writing, “They have been all heavy on my thoughts and coronary heart whereas creating this. Endlessly missed. By no means forgotten.”
Metro Boomin has a number of extra initiatives within the pipeline. On Saturday (Aug. 2), he confirmed he’ll be lending manufacturing to Travis Porter’s subsequent album. The St. Louis native additionally labored with Younger Thug on materials for UY SCUTI, which is hopefully set to drop earlier than the top of 2025.