Great explanation on how to interpret Future in general. I never thought I’d see a bigger future fan than me lol
Lucas Craig
2021-10-13 11:16:28 +0000 UTC
Jon, I think the genius of Future is his ability to communicate his pain through his sound. So he ends up choosing a trippy beat (like the Hallucinating one) and raps about something that may seem like just nonsense with this intense vibe with mad pain, to my ear at least, that seems not to match with what he’s saying. But then I listen again and often several agains later, I’m like, OH SHIT!
To be nerdy, there’s crazy juxtaposition going on. In Hallucinating he’s painting this impression of his life, and it’s braggadocious lyrically most of the time, tonally maybe half the time and delivery wise maybe half. But the beat chosen is certainly sad and even the chorus and the way he talks about all those drugs makes it so the song is never a triumphant one. And conceptually I had never heard music like that. I had never heard music from a hardcore rapper that stayed within the content bounds of hardcore trap, gave it this weird trippy emo vibe, put what feels like real pain in the sound, and it doesn’t sound corny.
I feel like Future’s best music conceptually seems absurd but because of the authentic human feel he puts in it, it’s like you discover something new about the range of being human. Dead-ass as the kids would say.
D
2021-10-03 06:43:24 +0000 UTC
This is one of futures most personal albums and definitely one of his best I’m so happy you’re reacting to this!!!!!!!
Lucas Craig
2021-09-15 13:56:44 +0000 UTC
Watch pie music video, it is ridiculous
Samuel Brandt
2021-09-15 12:26:19 +0000 UTC
The album FUTURE is the darker future you like, it is a must listen!
Samuel Brandt
2021-09-15 12:01:24 +0000 UTC
need the reaction to his self titled FUTURE album that released a week before this album. both great!
Will Schaaf
2021-09-14 08:31:56 +0000 UTC
While I’m here Jon Process by Sampha!!!
Arturo
2021-09-14 06:09:04 +0000 UTC
Y’all went too deep on this please don’t compare this to ds2 that a trapsterpiece
Arturo
2021-09-14 06:08:02 +0000 UTC
you gotta do his self entitled album next he released these back to back
davidaalves1998
2021-09-14 04:50:17 +0000 UTC
YES!!
Jacob Flores
2021-09-13 21:23:35 +0000 UTC
You must do HNDRXX after this. Future gets really grimy and its more of a street sound on this album compared to this one as this is more of his RnB side. HNDRXX is some of his best work since DS2 as far as rapping.
King Scorpion
2021-09-13 20:55:21 +0000 UTC
This is one of my favourite projects by him because future really shows a more personal, introspective, vulnerable and especially remorseful side to himself. It has some really beautiful moments and lyrics.
That being said I totally agree that there are a number of tracks in the middle section that are weaker and should have been left off.
Gav
2021-09-13 19:25:00 +0000 UTC
HNDRXX is a personal project he worked over for almost 4 years. It's the album he always wanted to make. It's the Honest album that should've been. HNDRXX is also a homage to obviously Hendrix and therefore why a lot of guitar strings and musicality. IMO it really is Future's best work alongside DS2. It is a solid project that shows that thought has been put behind it and his versatility as an artist. And Future sounds fresh as hell on this one compared to his usual street stuff. It's also the second part to a double-album release b2b. "FUTURE" being the first one, focused more on street records.
Julian Left
2021-09-13 19:16:55 +0000 UTC
Jon! Great reaction as always
Future released this album a week apart from his album “future”. They were meant to show the two musical sides of future at the time. This album being the r&b where the other is more rap focused. Also combined they form his name “future hendrxx”.
This album cover is also his body without a head, where the other album is his head without a body.
You should definitely check that album out at some time 😉