Rap’s Misunderstood Genius: The Story of Future
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Published 2024-04-16
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Chapters:
00:00 Intro
01:16 Early life
05:05 Working with Rico
09:33 Future's Style
14:15 7 Years of Failure
17:23 A Small Window of Songs
19:33 King of Strip Clubs
22:12 Pluto: Launching for Stardom
25:40 Pluto's Impact: Mini Star, Major Influence
27:51 Honest: Possible Career Killer
30:53 Monster: The Birth of The Future We Know
34:30 DJ Esco’s Arrest, Beast Mode, 56 Nights
36:45 DS2: The Historical Trap Album
41:03 Future’s Mainstream Stardom
42:47 The Artistic Genius of Future (Conclusion)
Future bio (SEO):
Nayvadius DeMun Cash (né Wilburn; born November 20, 1983), known professionally as Future, is an American rapper and singer. Known for his mumble-styled vocals and prolific output, Future is considered a pioneer of the use of Auto-Tuned melodies in trap music. Due to the sustained popularity of this musical style, he is commonly regarded as one of the most influential rappers of his generation.
Born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia, Future signed a recording contract with Rocko's A1 Recordings in 2011, which entered a joint venture with Epic Records shortly after. His first two studio albums, Pluto (2012) and Honest (2014) were both met with critical and commercial success, spawning the platinum-certified singles "Turn On the Lights", "Honest", "Move That Dope" (featuring Pharrell Williams and Pusha T), and "I Won" (featuring Kanye West). His subsequent albums have each debuted atop the US Billboard 200; his third and fourth, DS2 (2015) and Evol (2016) were supported by the singles "Where Ya At" (featuring Drake) and "Low Life" (featuring the Weeknd), respectively. Future's eponymous fifth album and its follow-up, Hndrxx (both 2017) made him the first artist to release two chart-topping albums on the Billboard 200 in consecutive weeks—the former spawned his first Billboard Hot 100-top ten single, "Mask Off."
After departing A1, Future released the albums The Wizrd (2019) and High Off Life (2020)—the latter spawned the diamond-certified single "Life Is Good" (featuring Drake). Future guest appeared alongside Young Thug on Drake's 2021 single "Way 2 Sexy," which became his first number-one song on the Billboard Hot 100 after a record-breaking 125 entries. His ninth album, I Never Liked You (2022) spawned the single "Wait for U" (featuring Drake and Tems), which became his second to peak the chart and first to do so as a lead artist. The song won a Grammy Award for Best Melodic Rap Performance, while its parent album received a nomination for Best Rap Album at the 65th Annual Grammy Awards.
Future has released the mixtapes Beast Mode (with Zaytoven), 56 Nights (with Southside), and What a Time to Be Alive (with Drake) in 2015—the latter spawned the single "Jumpman". He has released the full-length collaborative projects Super Slimey (2017) with Young Thug, Wrld on Drugs (2018) with Juice Wrld, and Pluto x Baby Pluto (2020) with Lil Uzi Vert. Among the best-selling hip hop musicians, Future's accolades include three Grammy Awards from a total of ten nominations.
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All Comments (21)
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"He became an overnight success at the age of 28 after 10 years of failure"
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"Future's music is easy to replicate but it was very hard to originate" this goes unnecessarily hard
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Futures Discography destroys 90% of the big popstars and rappers catalogues but you ain't ready to accept it
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That thing Future said about being able to identify pain through melodies is some of the realest shit I’ve ever related to and coincidentally it’s one of the main reasons I started listening to him all those years ago.
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Sometimes I'll be listening to Future and become fully convinced he's the greatest artist to have ever lived.
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Futures background is much more grounded in hip hop than people realize
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You did his story some true justice with this one. Future has the process of a master and not many people truly see that.
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Future > drake
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His writing is severely underrated. He be talking crazy in a lot of songs
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Monster, Beast Mode, 56 nights, DS2 🔥🔥🔥 That was a good time to be alive
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That quote about him feeling and studying the pain within Melodies is EXACTLY why I connect on a deeper level with his music. Even if you can’t relate to the lyrics word for word he transmits the exact feeling that the track attempts to. Everyone can relate to pain, heartbreak, anger, arrogance and future is the best at conveying the exact feeling thru the music
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March Madness has been my favourite Future song since I first heard it. I knew about the origin of the album originating from DJ Esco sitting in an Arab jail for 56 nights, but the story about the harddrive, Esco humming the song to himself every day, and the impact the whole situation had on Future makes me appreciate the song even more. Shit goes unbelievably hard.
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Rest in peace to Rico Wade. A generational talent whose loss is beyond description in the world of music.
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Future is unironically the most consistent rapper of the last decade. He’s in the goat conversation of hip hop
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The fact that you covered so much and explained Future’s music so well without even touching on Astronaut Status speaks volumes about this man’s discography
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Future wasn’t just the feature on Racks!!! He wrote the whole thing and gave it to YC!
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Future making music before you were born sounds so crazy to me...
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Future catalog is crazy
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Future's music brought me out of a dark depression. I love seeing stuff like this, it motivates me. Thank you.
