Metro Boomin is setting the bar extraordinarily excessive for considered one of his upcoming initiatives by likening it to considered one of Kanye West’s most revered albums.
Whereas Metro was engaged on new music over the weekend, considered one of his X (previously Twitter) followers requested him if he’d be capable to make an album much like Ye’s 2010 LP My Stunning Darkish Twisted Fantasy.
The super-producer responded by saying he’s aiming to ship a MBDTF-esque “vibe” on his first album following his Heroes trilogy, which incorporates 2018’s Not All Heroes Put on Capes and final 12 months’s Heroes & Villains.
“Yeah my first album after the heroes trilogy is extra of that vibe.. the title is [fire] too,” he wrote.
yeah my first album after the heroes trilogy is extra of that vibe..
the title is 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 too— Metro Boomin (@MetroBoomin) December 3, 2023
Launched in November 2010 following the backlash to his Taylor Swift incident on the MTV VMAs the 12 months earlier than, My Stunning Darkish Twisted Fantasy reinstated Kanye as a popular culture darling and is regarded by many as his magnum opus.
Boasting appearances from a assassin’s row of artists and producers like JAY-Z, Nicki Minaj, Rick Ross, Pusha T, Child Cudi and RZA, the album topped each the Billboard 200 and numerous year-end lists whereas successful Greatest Rap Album on the Grammys.
As for Metro Boomin, his subsequent album seems to be a highly-anticipated joint venture with Future, which he’s promised shall be “album of the 12 months.”
The pair have mixed for a slew of hits during the last decade, together with “Masks Off,” “Low Life” and “Depraved,” in addition to Drake collaborations “The place Ya At” and “Jumpman.”
Talking of Drizzy, there seems to be a little bit of friction brewing between him and Metro after the producer threw shade at Her Loss, Drake’s joint album with 21 Savage.
In response to a tweet reporting that Heroes & Villains is presently racking up greater than twice the each day quantity of streams than Her Loss, Metro wrote: “But Her Loss retains successful rap album of the 12 months over H&V. Proof that award reveals are simply politics and never for me. Idc about awards actually, the true award and REWARD is realizing that the music I spend a lot time on brings pleasure to folks’s on a regular basis lives.”
Drake appeared to subliminally reply to Metro on his Instagram Tales by quoting JAY-Z’s “Coronary heart of the Metropolis (Ain’t No Love)”: “Rattling. little mans, I’m simply tryin’ to do me/ If the file’s two mil, I’m simply tryin’ to maneuver three.”