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Key Takeaways:

• Metro Boomin’s forthcoming challenge incorporates a new course, with DJ Spinz internet hosting and a July 2025 launch date.
• The 20-track providing will characteristic an “all-new cast” of collaborators, shifting away from the producer’s normal lineup.
• So far, the one confirmed single is “Slide” that includes Roscoe Dash, with extra particulars anticipated quickly.

Metro Boomin is making good on his promise. After teasing {that a} new mixtape would drop earlier than the tip of July, the producer formally confirmed its title on Thursday (July 10): A Futuristic Summa.

He shared the announcement through a billboard posted in partnership with Spotify’s RapCaviar, which additionally confirmed that DJ Spinz will likely be internet hosting the challenge. So far, the one single we all know of is the Roscoe Dash-assisted “Slide,” however in line with Kurrco, followers could be getting 20 tracks.

For higher or worse, it seems like Metro Boomin isn’t counting on his normal rotation of options — Future, 21 Savage and NAV, to say a number of — for A Futuristic Summa. Instead, the producer promised an “all-new cast” of artists. Whether which means up-and-coming acts or just individuals he hasn’t but labored with stays to be seen, however fortunately, we gained’t have to attend lengthy to search out out.

A Futuristic Summa comes amid what’s speculated to be a busy 12 months for Metro Boomin. He produced a few songs from The Weeknd’s Hurry Up Tomorrow, plus NAV’s “REAL ME” and Playboi Carti’s “RADAR.” Not to say, the Atlanta native can also be working on Young Thug’s first album since being launched from jail.

Of course, 2024 was additionally a banner 12 months for Metro Boomin, partly due to Future. The pair launched two albums back-to-back: WE DON’T TRUST YOU and WE STILL DON’T TRUST YOU. The first LP notably housed “Like That” with Kendrick Lamar, which helped gas one of many largest rap battles of the last decade.

Speaking to Forbes about right this moment’s “kind of weird” rap beefs, Metro Boomin shared, “I feel like competition is great for the game. Hip Hop has always been more of a competitive genre.”