Future and Metro Boomin’s collaborative project WE DON’T TRUSTYOU has been out for a full weekend now and fans messing with it heavily. While we feel there are some sleepier and just meh moments on it, it is definitely a solid listen. Of course, everyone on the internet cannot stop discussing Kendrick Lamar’s wild appearance on “Like That.” Drake has somewhat responded to the chatter around it in typical fashion, but still crickets from J. Cole. But do not let this song distract you from the fact that there is plenty of other hot tracks on the LP. For example, “Young Metro” is one to keep your eye on, as the music video is out now.
During the weekend, the features were hidden from us, so it was really cool to hear The Weeknd appear, albeit minimally. It was especially surprising (or maybe not) to hear him do a feature after he said he would not be doing anymore. Clearly, Future and Metro know that this will be one of the hits from the record with “Young Metro” being the second track to get a music video. After watching the “Type S***” visuals, it is clear what the direction for the tone is.
Watch “Young Metro” By Future, Metro Boomin, & The Weeknd
The “Young Metro” video sports some trippy, mysterious and dark shots all throughout. Hidji World and Omar Jones are credited as the directors, and they bring some cool edits into the mix. There are some spinning and slow-motion elements that complement the angelic qualities of the track. Overall, the visuals and song itself are both very good and it figures to be one of the go-to moments from WE DON’T TRUST YOU.
What are your thoughts on this brand-new music video for “Young Metro” by Metro Boomin, Future, and The Weeknd? Is this the best set of visuals for the album so far, why or why not? What is your favorite part of the video? How are you liking WE DON’T TRUST YOU? Is this your best song from the album, why or why not? We would like to hear what you have to say, so be sure to leave your takes in the comments section. Additionally, always keep it locked in with HNHH for all of the latest news surrounding Metro Boomin, Future, The Weeknd, and WE DON’T TRUST YOU. Finally, stay with us for everything the most informative music video posts throughout the week.
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“Rap is fun again” was a common sentiment that appeared on social media in the wake of the release of Future and Metro Boomin’s new album, We Don’t Trust You. Unfortunately, fans asserting as much were referring less to the album itself than to one of its features. On the song “Like That,” Kendrick Lamar makes an unlikely appearance with a fiery verse seemingly calling out the two rappers he’s most commonly compared to, Drake and J. Cole.
That’s kind of a shame. Not only has rap been fun for a really long time outside this album and any attendant potential “beef,” but the album itself deserves more than being overshadowed by the shade K. Dot directed at his ostensible rivals. The reason We Don’t Trust You was so heavily anticipated in the first place was the track record of quality chemistry between its principals. Future and Metro have collaborated frequently in the past, and the results have often been stellar, delivering some of the biggest standouts in the rapper’s catalog (the producer’s is another story).
Take “Mask Off.” Aside from being Future’s highest-charting single from 2017-2020 (peaking at No. 5 on the Hot 100), it’s become nearly ubiquitous in popular culture; its titular catchphrase was used as recently as a couple of weeks ago as the title of a profile of Tierra Whack for Vulture. Incidentally, it’s also still Future’s highest-charting solo single; it was supplanted in 2020 by “Life Is Good,” which peaked at No. 2, “Way 2 Sexy” in 2021, and “Wait For U” in 2022. The latter two both hit No. 1; all three songs feature Drake, which is… interesting, in light of recent developments.
Meanwhile, “Superhero (Heroes & Villains)” from Metro’s last official solo album, 2022’s Heroes & Villains, was the second highest-charting song from the album despite not being released as an official single like “Creepin’,” the only better-performing song from the album. Both were the only two songs from Heroes & Villains to appear in the top ten (“Superhero” at No. 8, “Creepin’” at No. 3). It seems safe enough to say that among Metro’s most prolific partnerships, Future is the one that gets people going the most — aside from Drake, who now appears to be on the outs with both.
I’ve now gone four paragraphs and mentioned Drake three times, which feels instructive of the point I’ve been trying to make. Future and Metro should be the focus, and they’ve let themselves get backburnered on what was expected to be one of the standouts of either artist’s career. Even worse, We Don’t Trust You absolutely clears that benchmark, offering some of the most innovative beat work the St. Louis producer has turned in lately — which should be doubly impressive, considering his recent output includes not only Heroes & Villains but also the excellent and versatile Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse soundtrack and much of Young Thug’s Business Is Business jail album, along with a much-improved deluxe re-sequencing thereof.
Likewise, Future, whose last few solo projects prompted somewhat lukewarm responses (including from this publication), sounds more focused than he has since 2017’s Future/Hndrxx double release. Tracks like the titular intro, “Magic Don Juan (Princess Diana),” and “Everyday Hustle” crackle with the duo’s unique chemistry as Future reels in the more maudlin reflections prominent in his prior work to boast and threaten like a kingpin. “Got that sniff on me, that white shit like I’m Tom Brady,” he gloats on “Magic Don Juan.” “I’ma put a sports car on two wheels like it got hydraulics.”
Even on “Like That,” the beat pulls one hell of a sample — Rodney-O & Joe Cooley’s ’88 Uncle Jamm staple “Everlasting Bass,” in the style of Three 6 Mafia’s “Gotta Touch ‘Em (Pt. 2)” — to bolster Kendrick and Future’s nose-thumbing. “Runnin Outta Time” is cinematic, “Fried (She A Vibe)” lives up to its parenthetical, and “Everyday Hustle” is a masterclass in soulful street rap. (Sidebar: Anyone who says Rick Ross sounds “revitalized” here has missed Rick Ross’ last three projects.)
While the album drags on the backend (trap albums remain too long), and, like much of the overall trap oeuvre, can sound a bit repetitive, it more than lives up to its hype. It just sucks that modern audiences are so inundated with new music that the only thing they’ll get excited for is drama, beef, and gossip. Rap has been exciting — We Don’t Trust You is a fine contribution to that tradition — but if all anyone cares about is who dissed who and only gets fired up for guest rappers hijacking the conversation, then no wonder they’re so bored with the music of late. Maybe when We Still Don’t Trust You drops, the actual music can share the spotlight.
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Metro Boomin told fans to stop making up rumors about Future and Drake’s relationship when one user on Twitter theorized the two former collaborators are feuding over a girl. Sharing a picture of a woman’s Instagram page, one fan wrote: “This is the girl they are allegedly beefing over. And this is the name of one of the songs on the album.” In response, Metro remarked: “Yall n****s stop making stuff up for engagement and enjoy the music.”
The rumors about their beef stem from the release of Future and Metro Boomin’s new collaborative album, We Don’t Trust You. On the song, “Like This,” Kendrick Lamar directly targets both Drake and J. Cole, prompting fans to believe Future must not be on good terms with the two either. “Sneak dissin’, first-person shooter, I hope they came with three switches,” Lamar raps, referencing Cole and Drake’s “First Person Shooter” collaboration. “I crash out, like, ‘F**k rap,’ this Melle Mel if I had to/Got two Ts with me, I’m snatchin’ chains and burnin’ tattoos, it’s up/Lost too many soldiers not to play it safe/If he walk around with that stick, it ain’t Andre 3K/Think I won’t drop the location? I still got PTSD/Muthaf**k the big three, n***a, it’s just big me/N***a, bum, what? I’m really like that.”
Metro Boomin & Future Perform On “One Big Party Tour”
ATLANTA, GA – JANUARY 14: (EDITOR NOTE: A lens filter was used in this image.) Future and Metro Boomin perform during Future & Friends “One Big Party Tour” at State Farm Arena on January 14, 2023 in Atlanta, Georgia.(photo by Prince Williams/Wireimage)
The verse led to fans reinterpreting Future’s lyrics on the intro of the album to be about Drake. “You a n***a number one fan, dog/Sneak dissin’, I don’t understand, dog/Pillowtalkin’, actin’ like a fed, dog/I don’t need another fake friend, dog/Can’t be ’bout a ho, ’cause we sharin’, dog/In you feelings, n***a, why you playin’, dog?/Give her backshots, while she layin’ down/Keep the Glock cocked, I don’t trust h*es/Top shotter, goin’ for the gusto/Like a real dog, got a mutt h*/Get the lo’, you a John Doe/Bubble-eye Benz on a h*/Rappin’ so pretend, you a h*,” Future raps.
Metro Boomin Speaks On Future & Drake Rumors
Yall niggas stop making stuff up for engagement and enjoy the music
Drake is already dealing with repercussions amid his feud with Kendrick Lamar after his former collaborator dissed him on the song, “Like That.” While he was departing a hotel, fans accosted the Toronto rapper, with one bringing up Lamar’s verse on the diss track. “Yo Drake, Kendrick is better, bro,” one fan says in a clip circulating on social media. “Yo Drake, Kendrick is better, bro! Kendrick’s better!” Drake ignores the fan and continues signing autographs before getting in his car.
“Like That” appears on the tracklist to Metro Boomin and Future’s new collaborative album, We Don’t Trust You. In addition to dissing Drake, Lamar also takes aim at J. Cole. In doing so, he references fans lumping all three of them into a group as the best artists in hip-hop.
Drake & J. Cole Perform During Dreamville Festival
RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA – APRIL 02: J. Cole (L) and Drake (R) perform during the Dreamville Festival at Dorothea Dix Park on April 02, 2023 in Raleigh, North Carolina. (Photo by Astrida Valigorsky/WireImage)
“Sneak dissin’, first-person shooter, I hope they came with three switches,” Lamar raps, referencing Cole and Drake’s “First Person Shooter” collaboration. “I crash out, like, ‘F**k rap,’ this Melle Mel if I had to/Got two Ts with me, I’m snatchin’ chains and burnin’ tattoos, it’s up/Lost too many soldiers not to play it safe/If he walk around with that stick, it ain’t Andre 3K/Think I won’t drop the location? I still got PTSD/Muthaf**k the big three, n***a, it’s just big me/N***a, bum, what? I’m really like that.” Check out the clip of a fan trolling Drake below.
Fans Troll Drake Over Kendrick Lamar’s Diss
Drake gets heckled outside by a fan who yells Kendrick Lamar is better.
Despite the feud, Lamar has worked with both Drake and Cole on multiple occasions over the years. Be on the lookout for further updates on Drake and Kendrick Lamar on HotNewHipHop.
Future and Metro Boomin’s new album WE DON’T TRUST YOU obviously has a lot of great trap highlights all over its tracklist. However, one of its most dynamic and triumphant offerings switches things up and expands the project’s arsenal of appeal. That would be “Everyday Hustle” featuring Rick Ross, a track about exactly what it suggests with two different flips of the same soulful sample. Moreover, the first beat on the track is structured much like Metro’s previous cut “Feel The Fiyaaaah” featuring A$AP Rocky and the late legend Takeoff on his 2022 LP HEROES & VILLAINS: a slow trap triplet drum sequence that you can feel in 3/4 or 4/4. Then, its second iteration switches to a boom-bap inspired percussion pattern that transitions seamlessly into a banging trap beat.
Lyrically, Future and Rick Ross focus on their “Everyday Struggle” with a lot of flair, sharp braggadocio, excess, and confidence. But it also contained some stray shots for Rozay’s ex Tia Kemp, which she was not happy with at all. Regardless, it’s hard to listen to a feature from the Maybach Music Group mogul and not look at it as a grandiose, opulent, and lavish moment. Still, don’t sleep on Fewtch’s performance here, as he flows with ease over both beats without losing his charisma and focus. While it isn’t a mode that we haven’t seen him in before, a lot of fans wanted this album to be what we know him and Metro Boomin to do best, and they delivered on that front.
Future & Metro Boomin’s “Everyday Hustle” With Rick Ross: Stream
Meanwhile, with Drake allegedly experiencing a rift with Pluto, still beefing with the St. Louis producer, and with Ross seemingly unfollowing him, this narrative has overshadowed a lot of the musical discussion around WE DON’T TRUST YOU. Yet cuts like “Everyday Hustle” are very well-crafted, and we can’t wait to debate what are some of the other best moments on the album. On that note, what did you think of this Future, Metro Boomin, and Rick Ross collab? If you haven’t listened to it yet, find it on your preferred streaming service and peep some standout bars down below. Also, stick around on HNHH for more great music drops around the clock.
Quotable Lyrics Living in the trenches, it’s survival of the fittest, Thirty milligrams, n***as rather take the fent’, N***as got it out the mud, it’s codeine when you piss Drop a brick in the toilet, he ain’t talking about s**t
Metro Boomin and Future’s collaborative album WE DON’T TRUST YOU sent hip-hop fans into a frenzy for its quality and for its confrontational stance. Moreover, Kendrick Lamar’s feature on “Like That” shaded Drake and J. Cole, proclaiming himself to be the only top dog in what he think is a falsely crowned “Big Three.” Of course, given Metro and Drizzy’s previous tensions plus some new theories that Fewtch is also beefing with OVO, this seems to have prompted a civil war of sorts in the rap game, one that we haven’t seen at this level of visibility and artistry in a long time. But with a couple of days of analysis in the rearview, fans are looking at old tweets and realizing the road here seems to have been paved all along.
“once you pick a side stay there.. #WEDONTTRUSTYOU,” Metro Boomin had tweeted on Thursday night (March 21), just 18 minutes before WE DON’T TRUST YOU dropped. Furthermore, fans have also unearthed plenty of old verses, interview clips, social media posts, and other instances and interactions that could inform this current state. However, since no one involved has either directly or indirectly addressed any of this, it’s a tough call to make. Even without this explicit confirmation, though, the narrative is already there, and it’s now on these artists to define how they will proceed.
In addition, some new clips and unearthed footage suggests that this supposed hip-hop war goes much deeper than those targeted on “Like That” or its creators. After Travis Scott popped out at Future and Metro Boomin’s Rolling Loud L.A. set, fans found footage of La Flame asking the duo to play the diss against Drake and J. Cole. While this doesn’t really confirm anything, a lot of social media users assume that Travis has his own issues with either MC. Still, considering that “MELTDOWN” arrived not even a year ago, it would be huge if something went down between him and the 6ix God in that short span of time.
Meanwhile, the “I Serve The Base” team hinted at this rift, but they also definitely predicted that they would hit it big with WE DON’T TRUST YOU. From what the album’s promising first week sales projections indicate, it seems like they would be right in this assessment. After all, the sad reality is that nothing brings clicks quite like conflict, especially amid the highest echelon of the genre. Nevertheless, we’ll see if any other developments paint other past statements or actions in a different context, and we’ll still be bumping this album to unearth more of its craft and creativity. On that note, stick around on HNHH for the latest news and more updates on Metro Boomin and all these artists.
March has been an amazing month for new hip-hop, and we’re once again here to round up the best of the best of the genre’s new releases this week on our Fire Emoji playlist update. Leading the way, to absolutely no one’s surprise, is the new album from Future and Metro Boomin, WE DON’T TRUST YOU. There are a lot of highlights to talk about, but it’s clear that one in particular is driving fans wild. Kendrick Lamar’s feature on “Like That,” dissing Drake and J. Cole, lit up the rap world, and there was another highly anticipated collab here that lived up to expectations. “Type S**t” also tapped Travis Scott and Playboi Carti for some great contributions, and the beat switch on “Ice Attack” is one of the most notable on the whole album.
Elsewhere on Fire Emoji, we also have a new posthumous track from Mac Miller from the Watching Movies With The Sound Off era circa 2013. “The Quest” samples one of Jon Brion’s contributions to the Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind soundtrack from 2004, and Mac would go on to work with Brion on 2018’s Swimming and 2020’s posthumous effort Circles. In fact, the track first appeared exclusively on WMWTSO‘s tenth anniversary vinyl last year, but is now on streaming services. It’s a psychedelic, ethereal, and fast-flowing cut from the late Pittsburgh legend that absolutely deserves your ear.
In addition, this Fire Emoji update also showcases Big Sean’s new track “Precision” which, along with his “Anderson Estate” freestyle, is leading up to his new album coming soon. As for this new single, though, it’s decidedly more energetic, trap-based, and bombastic than his previous freestyle. The Michigan spitter unleashes a relentless barrage of bars while flipping through flows with ease. With this in mind, we can expect this upcoming LP to be as balanced , versatile, and passionate as his previous effort, 2020’s Detroit 2.
Meanwhile, we also got a bouncy, woozy, and low-key single from LUCKI titled “All Love” that further cements his spot as one of the waviest and most effortlessly intoxicating figures in trap, plugg, and other adjacent genres today. Finally, we wanted to give a shoutout to “Save Me,” the melancholy and drowsy new song from YNW Melly, YNW BSlime, and Jit4 Stan. Let us know what your favorite Fire Emoji release was this week down in the comments section below, as well as what else we missed. Check out the playlist above and, as always, come back to HNHH for the latest great music drops around the clock.
Future and Metro Boomin just set the rap world ablaze with their new collaborative album WE DON’T TRUST YOU for a couple of reasons. All of them, though, have contributed to a lot of discussion, debate, and of course, a whole lot of play on digital platforms. Moreover, we now have the first wave of first week sales projections for the LP, and they are a pretty promising prediction. If the legendary Southern trap duo keeps their pace up, they are expected to move between 190K and 220K album-equivalent units. This would certainly land them high on the Billboard 200 albums chart, and points to a very likely No. 1 debut.
In addition, there’s one song whose viral status and rap game-shattering status has a big chance to land in the top three of Billboard‘s Hot 100 song chart -– and ironically, it’s about the Big Three. If for some reason you haven’t heard Kendrick Lamar’s guest verse on Future and Metro Boomin’s “Like That” yet, then you’re in for a treat, so stop reading right now if you don’t want spoilers. Well, we already spoiled the former TDE lyricist’s surprise feature, but that’s beside the point. In his feature performance, he challenges Drake and J. Cole, dismissing their status as the “Big Three” of 2010s and current hip-hop and proclaiming himself to be the sole top dog.
Future & Metro Boomin’s Commercial Performance For WE DON’T TRUST YOU Is Great So Far
On Friday, March 22, Future and Metro Boomin’s WE DON’T TRUST YOU became Spotify’s most-streamed album in a single day in 2024 so far. pic.twitter.com/sJYzJeUM60
What’s more is that Future and Metro Boomin allegedly had plenty of reasons to welcome Kendrick Lamar’s shots here. For example, there are rumors that Future and Drake have beef right now, as people have pointed to specific lines on WE DON’T TRUST YOU as “evidence” of this. Regardless of fans’ excitement at another rap feud, this is all very speculative right now. As such, we just have to wait and see whether this develops in a battlefield or behind relatively closed doors, as nothing is safe from the Internet.
Meanwhile, Metro and Drake supposedly have their own rough patch to handle. Even though most of this article spoke on these alleged beefs, WE DON’T TRUST YOU is much more than just this narrative. Folks and the media are just going wild over this story, but there are plenty of bangers, standout lines, incredible production moments, and solid sequencing to make this album greater than the sum of its parts. As if all this wasn’t enough, Spotify announced that this is the most streamed album in a single day of 2024 so far. With another team-up full-length record coming from them in just a couple of weeks, if everything goes as scheduled, fans expect this reunion to get even better. Let’s see how it fares. For more news and the latest updates on Future, Metro Boomin, and their collaborative albums, stay up to date on HNHH.
The hip-hop world will probably continue to reel from Kendrick Lamar’s guest verse dissing Drake and J. Cole on Future and Metro Boomin’s “Like That” off of their new album WE DON’T TRUST YOU for a couple more weeks. Moreover, a lot of folks are taking sides on whether Kendrick, Aubrey, or Cole are on top, and on what “team” they’re on. But for a lot of people, including The Joe Budden Podcast, they’re just excited to see this competitive nature return to rap’s main stage. On the latest episode of the program, the Slaughterhouse MC and his co-hosts debated about this verse.
As you’ll see below, it’s a very long clip and a very dense discussion, in which all the podcasters involved go through a lot of different topics. A salient one, pushed the most by Joe Budden himself, is that this is bringing an end to the “fake” nature of hip-hop relationships, something that Kendrick Lamar suggested about Drake and J. Cole’s current partnership. Budden brought up that Travis Scott had asked Future and Metro Boomin to play “Like That” at Rolling Loud L.A. despite his connection to Drizzy. Overall, they loved to see the gloves come off and for the Compton creative to throw hands.
Of course, The Joe Budden Podcast also broke down the bars themselves on the “Like That” verse, and compared it to Drake and J. Cole’s “First Person Shooter” verses. By connecting the dots, it’s not hard to see what could’ve provoked Kendrick Lamar to fire up, and they anticipate that the 6ix God and the Dreamville boss won’t take long to respond. This is also curious because Joe Budden had placed Cole about Kendrick and The Boy when it comes to current rankings. But, as he clarified in this new podcast, he wants to see Mr. Morale challenge that claim, and he’s very happy that he did.
Meanwhile, where do you fall on this debate? Who is the top dog here, what does it say about interpersonal rap relationships, and do you think that Fewtch and Metro are officially taking an anti-OVO stance after a lot of beef rumors? However you may feel, drop your thoughts down in the comments section below. As always, stay posted on HNHH for the latest news and updates on Kendrick Lamar, Drake, J. Cole, Future, Metro Boomin, and The Joe Budden Podcast.
Future and Metro Boomin’s new collaborative album We Don’t Trust You finally arrived this week, and needless to say, the reactions have been huge. Kendrick Lamar’s appearance on “Like That” has gone especially viral, as he went after both Drake and J. Cole on his verse. “F*ck sneak dissin’, first person shooter, I hope they came with three switches,” he rhymes. “Think I won’t drop the location? I still got PTSD/ Motherf*ck the big three, n***a, it’s just big me/ N***a, bum, what? I’m really like that/ And your best work is a light pack.”
Of course, social media users have been out in full force sharing their takes on the diss since the release, and a lot of them aren’t happy. Some even recently took the opportunity to dig up an old clip of Kendrick talking about Drake in an old interview. Oddly enough, he had nothing but nice things to say.
“Drake is a real good dude, first and foremost,” he says in the clip. “He heard my music probably a year back, reached out and just gave me respect on it… It was a mutual feeling for us, us appreciating the music.” Kendrick went on to explain how Drake invited him to join him on tour when he was still up and coming, claiming everyone involved had a “great bond.” While it remains unclear exactly what prompted Kendrick to slam the Canadian hitmaker on “Like That,” it’s apparent that he had a major change of heart somewhere down the line.
What do you think of Kendrick Lamar’s kind words for Drake in a resurfaced clip? What about him slamming Drizzy and J. Cole on “Like That” with Future and Metro Boomin? Share your thoughts in the comments section down below, and keep an eye on HNHH for more updates.
