There isn’t anything like the divisive, nervy little “la-di-da-di-da” mouse-squeak he tried out on “ King’s Dead.” He is running some of these routines back for the tenth or the hundredth time, and there are a few moments on The WIZRD where he sounds downright bored: “Jumpin on a Jet” is a pretty rote rundown of his spoils, a song he has made countless times, and it’s hard to hear any investment in this version of it. What you won’t find on The WIZRD is the sound of Future stretching or surprising himself. ![]() If you are content to live inside this lonely little world Future has made, he is still keeping it nice for you. The production is muted, minor-key, and consistently beautiful, conjuring the familiar Future Moods: rain-streaked neon signs, drug-induced stupors inside of clubs at 3 a.m. Over the album’s 20 tracks, we are offered top-shelf or near-top-shelf versions of a variety of Future staples: The grinding and amoral banger (“Baptiize,” “Faceshot”) the strangely melancholy anthem about how lonely it feels to customize your Bentley (“Ain’t Coming Back”). But it is one of the first moments you could be forgiven for wondering when rap’s remorseless current might finally leave him behind. ![]() ![]() Future Hndrxx Presents: The WIZRD, Future’s first full-length studio album since 2017’s dual chart-toppers FUTURE and HNDRXX, isn't the first time you sense the relentlessly productive and innovative artist might be treading water.
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