Last night, Atlanta producer Metro Boomin (who works closely with Future, Young Thug and more) took to Twitter to let some things off of his chest. In a nutshell, he feels like artists are copying Future, putting out multiple projects in a short period of time. And though he acknowledged that artists have done it before, he says that no one had been doing it lately until Future started. Apparently he hasn’t heard of Gucci Mane, Lil B, Rick Ross….
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Anyway, here is what he had to say:
“Everyday I wake up, new mixtapes are falling out of the sky.. I think we all know where the trend came from lol.#ijustcallithowiseeit. And for all you internet niggas who like to tweet like you know everything, I’m not saying he’s the first to do it. But artists have not put this much music out in years, now artists are dropping tapes every month. Everyone was holding their music b4. These niggas crazy tryna tweet me like I don’t know who Lil Wayne is and like those weren’t my main years growing up. Niggas tweet more than they read these days lol. Don’t tweet me about anything before 2014 because that’s not what I’m talking about. Talk to me about the CURRENT state of rap music. Niggas know Guwop and Weezy legends. What’s understood doesn’t have to be explained. All I’m saying is, I wish that everyone would put out more quality music over the quantity. It’s a marathon, not a sprint. Moral of the story is, putting out 5 tapes in a year won’t make you heat up like Future. That was just his path. It’s not for everyone. Just take all the hardest songs from the 5 tapes you plan on dropping, and make 1 tape full of fire. #qualityovereverything”
This doesn’t even make sense to me. Artists have been doing this FOREVER, and if there’s a year or so span in between the last time someone did it, that doesn’t been they reinvented the wheel. C’mon my g. Unsurprisingly, Young Thug took this to heart – as he’s also dropped multiple projects in a short period of time recently – and he had some things to say. Keep in mind, Thug and Metro have a joint project they’ve been working on called Metro Thuggin. Check out his response in the gallery and let us know your thoughts!
