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Metro Boomin at Forbes 30 Under 30 Summit 2024

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Key Takeaways:

• Metro Boomin addressed backlash from followers unfamiliar together with his mixtape’s nostalgic sound on X.
• The mixtape pays homage to early 2010s Atlanta lure, that includes artists from that period.
• The producer confirmed a forthcoming collaboration with Travis Porter following the mission’s launch.

Metro Boomin is aware of Metro Boomin Presents: A Futuristic Summa isn’t for everyone. On Sunday (Aug. 3) night, the producer responded to criticism surrounding his newest mission, which he’s described as a love letter to Atlanta’s sound within the early 2010s.

Taking to X, he claimed that a lot of his critics “get no b**ches and it shows,” earlier than writing in a separate tweet, “If yo’ homeboy never had to hold you up in the teen party while [you were] getting twerked on, then you might wanna sit this one out.”

“If you never had to write a number down, period, then you might wanna sit this one out,” one other learn. The beatmaker additionally humorously instructed anybody who began listening to rap in 2017, by no means wore garments with the tag nonetheless on, or by no means shopped at shops like H&M and Aeropostale to “sit this out,” too. See the total thread under.

A Futuristic Summa arrived final Friday (Aug. 1) with 24 tracks, together with the beforehand launched “Slide” with Roscoe Dash and surefire cuts like “They Wanna Have Fun” and “Loose Screws.” In addition to frequent collaborators resembling Future, 21 Savage and Young Thug, the producer tapped fairly a couple of rappers who helped outline Atlanta’s golden mixtape period.

Metro Boomin additionally stored a couple of of the town’s fallen troopers near coronary heart. One fan wrote that A Futuristic Summa made them “miss all the Atlanta artists that passed in the last decade,” extra particularly, Young Scooter, Takeoff, Bankroll Fresh, Trouble and Shawty Lo. The Grammy-nominated beatmaker responded to the remark, writing, “They were all heavy on my mind and heart while creating this. Forever missed. Never forgotten.”

Metro Boomin has a couple of extra initiatives within the pipeline. On Saturday (Aug. 2), he confirmed he’ll be lending manufacturing to Travis Porter’s subsequent album. The St. Louis native additionally worked with Young Thug on materials for UY SCUTI, which is hopefully set to drop earlier than the top of 2025.