On March 22, 2024, Metro Boomin released “WE DON’T TRUST YOU”, the first part of a
two album collab projects with hip hop/trap superstar Future. Metro Boomin is regarded as the
greatest hip-hop producer of the trap era, with a discography boasting some of the greatest trap
albums of our generation such as Savage Mode, Without Warning, NOT ALL HEROS WEAR
CAPES, HEROES &, VILLAINS, and he produced the soundtrack for the most recent spider–
verse movie. And now Metro has yet again reminded us why he IS the face of the trap sound,
dropping another instant classic with one of the biggest trap artists out there. WE DON’T
TRUST YOU is a beautiful combination of Metro’s intimate understanding of sonics and
samples along with Futures perfected flow and smooth delivery coming together to create a trap
album that won’t be forgotten.
The first song of the album, appropriately named “We Don’t Trust You,” is the perfect
opening track. It slowly builds up tempo and pieces layers together as Future floats over the
smooth piano sample and light drum pattern. Starting off with a trumpet sample and some
simple drums, it patiently adds layers and brings up the intensity to keep your attention and get
you ready for the album. And the final vocals fading out is a perfect setup for the second song
“Young Metro”. Because just as Futures vocals fall away and the final sample splits the silence,
the opening kick and synth of the next song hit like a truck. On this track, the instrumental is in
your face with a loud string section and heavy kicks, it also boasts one of Futures strongest
flows of the album. This is one of my personal favorite tracks, it has so much replayability and
is one of the best songs on the album.
The next song on the album I want to talk about is the one most people have heard of,
titled “Like That”. Now Metro Boomin has had a public beef with rapper Drake for a while, but
this album was the first “punch” thrown by either of them. Throughout the album, there had been
disses to Drake in each song, but this song featured a true titan in rap Kendrick Lamar, and his
entire verse was one big declaration of war on Drake and anyone who would take his side. For
58 seconds over a sample from Eazy-E’s “Eazy-Duz-It,” Kenrick let loose on Drake, J Cole, and
anyone affiliated with Drake’s label OVO. Poking at Drakes song with J Cole’s “First Person
Shooter”, commenting about Drake’s self-comparison to Michael Jackson, and talking
bad about him on this track. Kendrick made it clear that Drake and anyone on his side were complete
enemies to Kendrick, and he would have no remorse putting them all to rest over an
instrumental.
Overall, the album was an instant classic, a masterclass in trap production by Metro
Boomin, and it was a collab a lot of people had been waiting for. Future showcased his skill track
by track flexing his perfected ability to deliver lines effortlessly across any beat, and as smooth
as the best in the business. This album is the perfect album to put on your speakers with the windows down as summer rolls around, so the timing of it couldn’t have been better. A great
album, and I would strongly recommend a listen.
