Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer. Metro Boomin and Future’s first of their anticipated two-album run, We Don’t Trust You (March 22), debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 — selling 256,000 first-week units.
Along with a Hot 100 No. 1 debut for “Like That,” five total tracks appear in the top 10 of the Billboard chart. Featuring contributions from Kendrick Lamar,The Weeknd, Travis Scott, Playboi Carti, Rick Ross and others, highlights like “TYPE SHIT,” “Like That” and the long-teased “Cinderella” instantly push the iconic tandem at the forefront of AOTY conversations. Lamar’s striking bars on “Like That” ultimately stole the show through the surplus of hidden features, directly taking shots at Drake and J. Cole.
“Sneak dissin’, first person shooter, I hope they came with three switches,” he raps. “For all your dawgs gettin’ buried / That’s a K with all the 9s, they gon’ see pet cemetery.” Lamar tears off a line that seemingly claps back at bars found on “First Person Shooter”: “Is it K-Dot, Aubrey or Me? We the Big 3 that started the league,” J. Cole says. “Motherf**k the Big 3, it’s just the big me,” K-Dot retorted on “Like That,” evidently keeping the competitive nature of hip-hop alive. Expect rebuttals from Drake and Cole soon.
The first of two collaborative LPs, slated for release on March 22 and April 12 respectively, WE DON’T TRUST YOU is clear in its ability to conjure big moments. At 17 tracks, Metro always has a knack for making his albums feel like movies — and WDTY is unquestionably filled with theater-worthy moments. “Where my twin at? In a courtroom,” Future raps on “Where My Twin @,” alluding to the lengthy hiatus and ongoing RICO trial of YSL’s Young Thug. Vocal performances from The Weeknd and most impressively Travis Scott — whose fingerprints are all over the album — tie together new cult classics like “Type Shit,” “Young Metro” and “Everyday Hustle” with Rick Ross.
WE STILL DON’T TRUST YOU, the speculated titled of Pluto and Metro’s second joint record, is set for release on April 12. Reportedly containing “#nofeatures,” Metro Boomin caused confusion on X when the snippet of “TYPE SHIT” featuring Playboi Carti and Travis Scott surfaced. The mixed messages allude to a grander plot in play for both records. The pair performed a slew of album cuts during their set at Rolling Loud Los Angeles (March 17), which featured special guests in Scott and Don Toliver.
Metro’s work with Future spans over the course of a decade, working with the ATL icon on albums such as EVOL, What A Time To Be Alive, Honest and much more. The Heroes & Villains curator is also eyeing a tandem tape with JID, supposedly dropping sometime this year.
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Listen to “We Don’t Trust You” below!