Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic for Bonnaroo Arts And Music Festivalįor the R&B Lovers: Four Years of U+Me+R&B with DJ HBK & DJ AMH I guess they don’t call him Hendrix for nothing.īy: Autumn Tillery | used: Genius, Spotify, Featured image credits: If he (Future) never wins a Grammy it’s cool, and if he does that’s awesome.” Andre 3000 said it best, “He changed the course of things, Jimi (Hendrix) never won a Grammy.
Nonetheless, The Wizrd was definitely entertaining and I see Future from different perspective after watching the documentary and listening to the album. I guess I saw him as as transparent human, being that his personality during interviews and social media usually comes off cold and nonchalant. This shifted me completely! By the end of the video, I was bobbing my head to the songs. As the documentary continued, there were scenes that showed humility, vulnerability, and the internal fight he had with himself. Future is musically gifted, a hard working artist and father, and someone who comes from the streets. I watched the documentary and I was intrigued in what I saw. I guess the mask of exclusivity caught my eye. I was highly impressed when I saw that it was Apple Music. In my mind, I thought ‘Okay, Epic is doing too much with the promo.’ Then I sat and thought some more about it, maybe the album is better than the single. But that changed when I saw on social media Future was dropping a documentary. So by the 5th of January, I really could care less about this album coming out. I was not here for the song and the demonic aesthetic was cute for the blink before I got bored. When his music video for the single, “Crushed Up” came out I tuned in and tuned out within 2.5 seconds of starting the video. “Maybe my mind playin’ tricks on me/Could it be my ex playin’ tricks on me?/Someone that’s jealous playin’ tricks on me.” Sounds like paranoia to me, but with the lifestyle he lives you never know.
The chorus alone explains his thoughts on once again, his past relationships. The second most vulnerable song on the album was the last one, “Tricks on Me”. The features from Young Thug, Gunna, and Travis Scott brought the album to a good ending. He explained everything from, copycat rappers to clout chasing jumpoffs, and yes all that is going on can be insane but it is not far from being correct. Throughout the whole album you will find some bars speaking on his personal life, but there was one song that made me stop and truly listen which was, “Krazy But True.” In this song, Future answered almost every headline that we have seen since the last time he released solo work in July 2018. I enjoyed the flow of this song, as it reminded me of his older hits while tapping into his lavish lifestyle. Despite the obvious, the song title appears to be controversial. Let’s slide into his other song, “Talk Shit Like a Preacher.” I didn’t know where he was going with this, but I was truly engaged to find out.