And he hammers home his interest in looking back by splicing in samples of two of his older songs at fitting moments during the album: 2014’s open-hearted “Honest” (during the unapologetic “Temptation”) and 2015’s weighty “Slave Master” (before a neck-snapping beat switch in the middle of “Baptiize”). His gaze on the album spans his entire career, recounting everything from his initial glow-up (“Came from whippin’ out the bowl, Tom Ford suit and tie” on “ Never Stop” ) to the ups and downs of his recording career (“I done been considered a failure, it don’t faze me” on that same song) to his enviable tax bracket (even among rap’s most wealth-obsessed albums, you’d be hard-pressed to find mentions of the words “rich,” richer,” and “richest”) to the darker side of his legacy (“Got the whole world takin’ Xans” on “Overdose” ). The WIZRD is deeply self-referential, going beyond Introspective Future’s usual self-evaluation and sounding at times like a hall of fame acceptance speech.ġ0 Best Songs From Future's 'The WIZRD' Album Ranked: Critic's Pick Whereas Future spent 2014-2018 pushing ever forward, relentlessly recording and burrowing further into his own psyche, he’s now taken a moment to step back and survey his legacy. His latest album, Future Hndrxx Presents: The WIZRD, introduces a new titular persona whose perspective is so much more seasoned than any of its predecessors that it borders on near-mystical omniscience. But to say outright that Future has spent the past five years retreading the same ground belies both the depth of his content and his ability to subtly, continually reinvent himself. To some degree, you can see that he’s found a successful formula and stuck to it. The project continues to escalate in energy afterward and never slows down and you can’t point to a bad song on this album.Since 2014’s Monster, Future’s been locked into a highly productive groove that’s yielded five studio albums, five mixtapes, four joint releases with other rappers, a film soundtrack, and 20 Top 50 singles on the Hot 100 as a lead or featured artist. The album opens with the low-key cut “Never Stop” where Future opens up and sounds vulnerable and exceptionally clever at the same. Using an abundance of different flows and styles that he’s mastered over his lengthy discography, Future delivers a familiar sound that we all have come to adore. Future doesn’t show us anything we haven’t seen before on this album but it isn’t necessary. While we love a clean rollout, the true execution came via 20 well-written trap cuts that vary in style. The Marketing team at Epic records absolutely deserves a raise after their work on this project. It started with a perfect rollout that included two hard-hitting singles and a number of captivating interviews and video clips that portrayed Future in excellent light and defiantly stirred up a lot of excitement. If there is one word to describe The WIZRD it’s execution. Over the course of the hour-long run-time Future flexes a number of styles that he has previously mastered well always sounding fresh and exciting. The WIZRD truly is Future in his most authentic form. He then proceeded to explain how OG Double D, his late uncle, gave him the name because he always seemed to be on top of everything and had all the answers. “The Wizard is me” Future recently told Meaghan Garvey. We’ve heard the prolific Atlanta trapper mention this alias for years without ever knowing who it was referring to. Of all of Future’s alter-egos, The Wizard has always been an enigma to listeners.
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