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Feb 23, 2017The combination of one voice and one like-minded production team makes for a very clear, concise body of work, which FUTURE definitely is.
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Feb 22, 2017FUTURE is lively and engaging, with production and rapping that feels consciously animated.
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Feb 21, 2017With exciting production that features his usual cast of ATL tastemakers who are (in some cases) paired with surprising co-producers like Jake One and !llmind, Future has crafted an opus full of bangers.
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Feb 24, 2017For Future, his latest work will be more than enough to keep his name ringing in the streets, but not enough to have him be immortalized as an urban legend. Not yet, at least.
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Feb 23, 2017FUTURE is a fine mix of the stylings of past Futures layered in a rich blend of sounds from a now refined sonic palette. It doesn’t communicate the same intense and complicated emotional concoction that fills his songs when he’s at his most vulnerable and compelling. But it doesn’t have to.
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Mar 7, 2017Here, production is the star, adding excitement and variety to Future's reliable, trap-star flow. 808 Mafia's Southside is at the top of the pack, with a hand in at least half of the album's tracks.
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Feb 27, 2017On the parts of this album that are worth remembering there are subtle signs of a stylistic and emotional shift. You can sense Future dabbling in the extra-rhythmic potential in his vocals, and there’s a delight in Future’s register that’s been notably absent on his records since after Honest.
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Feb 21, 2017After a year of baited breathing, we seem to have arrived at an in-between. There's still plenty of fun to be had in the waiting room, but let's hope he has more in store for the next appointment.
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Q MagazineMar 14, 2017Two good albums, then--but more editing could have produced a single excellent one. [May 2017, p.104]
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Feb 22, 2017Future improves upon his 2016 output. Although the 17-track, hour-long affair lasts way too long, Future sounds fully engaged.
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Feb 21, 2017At this point, merely shoring up his personal brand with scattered highlights means that Future is stuck in a holding pattern.
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Feb 21, 2017In striving for consistency, he sacrifices discretion and intention.
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Mar 7, 2017More of the same, then, but a productive kind of dead-end, clichés run hard into the ground.
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Mar 7, 2017On his new self-titled album Future loses sight of qualities that made his last run at the top a memorable one.
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Feb 23, 2017It’s not the glut of product that’s Future’s problem. Future’s problem is that, like his cohort Drake, he’s drunk on his own myth, and unlike Drake, his (intentionally) limited skill set doesn’t have any obvious backdoors to sneak out of for his career’s third act.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 48 out of 91
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Mixed: 30 out of 91
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Negative: 13 out of 91
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