Younger Metro and Pluto join for the primary portion of their anticipated double-album.
We should always’ve put the items collectively in the course of the rollout. Future and Metro Boomin each in fits just like the Reservoir Canine, assembly up within the desert as a Prodigy clip performs. This undertaking has at all times been about addressing their fractured relationship with the rap recreation and different rappers — primarily Drake — whereas additionally reminding the sport that Future is within the dialog as one of many absolute better of this period. There’s additionally Metro’s place in all of this. Since 2018’s NOT ALL HEROES WEAR CAPES, he has continued to lift the bar so far as his manufacturing goes. He’s coming into one other stratosphere, and is beginning to set up himself as rap’s high producer.
This whole undertaking seems like a film in audio kind. Each beat is cinematic, and the late, nice Prodigy serves as its unflappable narrator, regular reminding us what this rap factor is actually about: competitors. It’s additionally a pleasant coincidence that this undertaking was launched the identical week because the forty first anniversary of hip-hop’s seminal movement image masterpiece, Wild Type. WE DON’T TRUST YOU is 17 tracks lengthy and there aren’t any skips. It is a trip greatest taken at nightfall, because the solar begins to vanish behind the horizon.
We tried to rank each observe whereas breaking the whole lot down, mere hours after this album melted our brains with all of the haymakers being thrown over among the greatest beats your ears have heard this yr. These are two artists on the very high of their craft, offering rap followers artwork and historical past in actual time. We’ll be speaking about this report for a very long time — and the duo supposedly dropping one other tape quickly.
Take a look at our rankings beneath whereas we run this album again once more.
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“Slimed In”
Listeners are prone to spend this track nonetheless making an attempt to get better from Kendrick Lamar spraying the block on the album’s earlier observe “Like That.” Future fails to regain followers’ consideration right here, as “Slimed In” serves as extra of a filler observe, with the rapper going via the motions — that includes a cameo from Pluto’s Tremendous Slimey operating mate Younger Thug. — MICHAEL SAPONARA
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“Fried”
Pluto’s OG followers are going to have “Fried” on repeat heading into the spring. Future leans into his “poisonous king” methods as he displays on operating via a plethora of ladies. Whether or not Pluto’s flexing on a woman’s ex or heading to the strip membership to blow a examine after which leaving with the dancer of his selecting, the ATL legend’s devious antics shine brilliant, even when you possibly can by no means relate. “I don’t need my outdated h—s, ’trigger them h—s all outdated/ Lookin’ for that younger s–t, 24,” he boasts. — M.S.
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“The place My Twin @”
Why is Future making an attempt to make us cry after the joys trip that’s “WTFYM”? “The place My Twin @” serves as a pleasant dedication to Younger Thug, as Thug sadly has to let the authorized course of play out. Clearly, it might’ve been wonderful if he had a function on this album, however they made certain to incorporate him in a cameo on “Slimed In.” The bonus observe is a misplaced artwork, and this seems like a correct one. — ANGEL DIAZ
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“Runnin Outta Time”
“Runnin Outta Time” performs as a pleasant interlude as we begin to get into the album’s second half. This beat is so cinematic. It ought to play throughout a sluggish movement scene in a criminal offense drama because the protagonist floats via a nightclub owned by the film’s villain. Metro has been capable of carry greatness out of Future: They need to at all times work collectively, like Gang Starr, like Child ‘N Play, just like the LOX, like…Drake and 40. — A.D.
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“GTA”
Some folks play Grand Theft Auto as a online game, others stay it in actual life. Future waxes poetic about his scary Zone 6 antics over Metro’s icy piano keys. ”When you be a part of a gang, it ain’t no approach you get out,” Pluto raps, delivering a sobering warning. Not a We Don’t Belief You standout, however one other stable entry within the Future’s entice lore. — M.S.
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“Ain’t No Love”
Prodigy pops up on the finish of “Fried” to arrange this observe. “Pluto go loopy ’bout the gang/ Till the opps finished totin’ they flame/ Ain’t gon’ spare no n—a who play/ Ain’t no love when ni—as pretend,” Future raps, reiterating that he’s in conflict mode. This serves as a pleasant precursor to one of many album’s greatest tracks, “On a regular basis Hustle” with Rick Ross. Is that Stacks on the flute within the background? — A.D.
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“WTFYM”
Proceeded by Prodigy speaking about refusing to “take heed to that bulls—t,” “WTFYM” finds Future warming up, earlier than flipping out in the way in which solely he can. “Numero uno within the lab, what the f—ok you imply? (I’m the one)/ Tie a bandana round my head, they play with ‘Tro, they useless,” are the standout strains from this one. All these subs are scattered all through Belief —often in a track during which Prodigy clips function the intro. “WTFYM” is an effective rhetorical query to finish issues on. Now…we wait. — A.D.
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“Magic Don Juan (Princess Diana)”
This beat feels like one thing Three 6 Mafia would’ve churned out throughout their influential early horrorcore days. It’s haunting, brooding and choose your different foreboding adjective rap writers use to explain beats like this. Then the beat switches and Future turns right into a madman. The track ends with Metro speaking via the spirit of Prodigy, once more reminding us that that is rap music, that is hip-hop. — A.D.
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“Claustrophobic”
Right here goes Metro, utilizing Prodigy to ship a message, earlier than the beat drops and Future begins stepping into about how the celebrity and success is making him really feel like he can’t breathe. The stress is an excessive amount of typically, so he makes certain to drop tops, hop in larger whips and cop bigger homes. Then, because the track begins to wind down, right here comes Prodigy once more, reminding us what we’re right here for — and increase! “Like That” follows like a hidden pipe bomb within the mail. — A.D.
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“Seen It All”
Future rapping over Mobb Deep’s iconic “Quiet Storm” pattern is one thing no one noticed coming. With Metro’s Midas contact, you must count on the surprising. He understands his collaborator and music historical past which permits him to attach eras in a tasteful approach. That every one ends in “Seen It All” present as a refreshing Future track in 2024. — M.S.
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“Younger Metro”
Metro Boomin’s harrowing manufacturing clears the tarmac for Future to bask in his darkish aspect and lean into his Evel Knievel impression. Pluto heats up with syrupy rhymes showcasing his eclectic duality, going from rapping about leaving a useless physique within the entice’s freezer to evaluating himself to The Beatles. Particular visitor The Weeknd takes a backseat right here, utilizing his angelic vocals as an instrument including to the cinematic backdrop, slightly than delivering a extra conventional collab like their pop-friendly hit “Low Life.” — M.S.
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“Cinderella”
It’s at all times nice when a snippet lives as much as the hype. The intoxicating “Cinderella” had a number of tentative fan-made titles, because the twinkly anthem despatched crowds into an uproar throughout Metro Boomin DJ units over the past yr. Travis Scott and Future assault rap in contrasting kinds however have confirmed to be dynamic collaborators all through the final decade. La Flame will get one of the best of Pluto on this spherical, with a woozy help. “Suppose twice tryna derail us/ The gang just like the Goodfellas,” he warns the opposition. The glass slipper suits, and we’d count on a lofty Billboard Sizzling 100 debut for “Cinderella.” — M.S.
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“Ice Assault”
This observe begins off so mysterious, virtually like a dream. Then, all of the sudden, a pattern of La Chat’s “Yeah, I Rob” switches on, and Large Fewtch will get in his bag and begins blacking out about cash and energy. However the actual kicker is the well-known Prodigy clip about corny-ass rappers — clearly a shot at Drake and the remainder of the sport, reminding us that it’s time for revenge once more — because the beat fades into “Kind Shit,” the place Future will get assist from Travis Scott and Playboi Carti. — A.D.
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“Kind Shit”
Future units the tone right here, bouncing forwards and backwards like a pinball machine, however Travis Scott invades the scene and makes it his personal blockbuster. La Flame awakens all 5 senses, as his smokey vocals give “Kind Shit” an entire shift in aesthetic. Then Playboi Carti takes the baton and continues his profitable streak, constructing off the Sizzling 100-topping “Carnival,” with one other help elevating his words-per-minute averages. Like Rae Sremmurd, Carti doesn’t don’t have any sort: “All I would like is a– and t—ies, I ain’t acquired no sort s–t,” he raps. This has anthem potential. — M.S.
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“Like That”
That is rap music, girls and gents. That is Hip-Hop in its purest kind (you hear that “Eternal Bass” pattern.) Rap is a aggressive, full-contact sport, it doesn’t matter what these mainstream cats attempt to inform you. The sport wanted the sort of vitality, and at last it will get the shot right here within the arm it so hard-earned. The Large Three factor was cute when Drake, Kendrick, and Cole had been all developing collectively — however now, as they’ve every changed into generational superstars, there’s solely room for one on that Iron Throne.
Hiding the Kendrick function on the Belief tracklist was a stroke of genius, as a result of he swoops down from the rafters like Sting, leaving us all like “WTF?” However we must always’ve put two and two collectively, as soon as that “Eazy Duz It” pattern begins creeping in as “the thug from round the way in which” begins dropping his thoughts. This track is the album’s thesis, and we’ll hopefully look again on this second because the one which began the Nice Rap Battle of 2024. — A.D.
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“On a regular basis Hustle”
As an alternative of blazing over one other entice beat stuffed with 808s, Younger Metro pushes Future’s artistry by bringing a chopped-up soul pattern into the equation. A uncommon prevalence, however Future nonetheless sounds tremendous snug, and even invitations an outdated pal into the fold. The Atlanta rap legend connects together with his “Bugatti” collaborator Rick Ross, who breezes via the soulful manufacturing prefer it’s a lyrical train — figuratively — operating laps across the competitors. — M.S.
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“We Do not Belief You”
They acquired proper to it, didn’t they? “Pretend written throughout you, hate written throughout you,” Future raps in his signature cadence. Who’s he referring to? The reply comes within the second verse, after Future sings “we don’t belief you” like Aretha in the midst of the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church pulpit on the refrain. “You a n—a primary fan, dawg/ Sneak dissin’, I don’t perceive, dawg/ Pillow talkin’, actin’ like a fed, dawg/ I don’t want one other pretend pal, dawg/ Can’t be ’bout a h—, ’trigger we sharin’, dawg/ In your emotions, n—a, why you playin’, dawg?”
Now, we had been conscious Metro and Drake had a bit factor going with the deleted tweet heard ‘around the world, however the King of North had a falling out with the brand new King of the South? Many followers had no clue — and now, we bunker down and watch as this lyrical arms race takes place. Future ends his second verse with a really clear message, “Rappin’ so faux, you a h—/ Now I determine, n—a, tag a toe/ Ain’t no tappin’ in, higher blow.” — A.D.
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