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Flavin Nate Donohoe and Roberto Escamilla
Music
Critics Desk
Producer Metro Boomin released his successor
to “Without Warning” on Nov. 2, without any warning.
He
came out of retirement by just posting an album cover with the caption “NOT
ALL HEROES WEAR CAPES.” The next day he released the tracklist and the album.
The album’s star studded feature list contains artists such as Travis Scott,
Kodak Black, Gunna, Swae Lee, and Young Thug.
The positives of the album were songs such as “No More (feat. Travis
Scott, Kodak Black, and 21 Savage).” The track had a very ominous beat and is
very fitting to the rappers on the track. The track starts with a very auto-tuned
Travis Scott signing and then transitions to Kodak and 21 delivering solid
verses. The highlight of the song is when the rapper’s three different
renditions are played in a row. The different variations of the chorus make
sure that the track doesn’t get stale. Another highlight was “Overdue (feat.
Travis Scott).” The sample that Metro used was expertly chopped and blended
perfectly with the other aspects of the song. Travis Scott’s performance was
great. He raps a catchy flow that enhances Metro’s production.
But this is a producer’s album not a rapper, so the most important part
is the production. Metro shows his versatility and why he is at the top. He
creates dark, spacy beats on tracks like “No More” and “Up to Something,” but
he also makes upbeat, bouncy beats like “Space Cadet” with Gunna. Every song
was mixed well and he showed his talent as a producer while not over producing.
He didn’t add too many effects or try to do too much with the actual beats.
There aren’t a lot of negatives that came with this album, but one of
them is wasted features. There are some features that just feel flat. They just
feel like he wanted the big name not the quality verse.
Other than some lack-luster features on Metro’s album, it was great and
we will rate it a 8.5/10.
