On Sept 20, 2024, Future released an impressive album, “Mixtape Pluto” with no features after dropping a few albums two months ago: “ We Don’t Trust You” and “ We Still Don’t Trust You”. Future has been dominating the charts with “We Still Don’t Trust You” remaining on the top spot on the Billboard 200. Before these projects, Future released “56 Nights“ which listeners said has the ability to communicate trauma and success.
Future is not your average artist. He has an impressive work ethic, releasing numerous mixtapes and projects in a short span of time. With this latest album, he worked alone and didn’t collaborate with anyone, showing off his independence and creativity.
The production on “Mixtape Pluto” features deep bass lines, giving it a spacey feel that compliments Future’s unique vocal style. The beats are layered smoothly to give the listener a taste of the trap and hip hop music, which helps Future set himself apart from other rappers. Songs like “Magic” and “Same D*** Time” stand out and gives a great feel of Future’s talent.
Future’s vocals are a mix of auto-tuned singing and melodic rapping, which has become one of his signature styles. He often uses his voice as an instrument, layering it with effects to create a different sound. His deliveries go from aggressive to smooth and emotional in a millisecond. This versatility in his vocal approach is also of the an key factor to his rapping, often experimenting with different delivery styles making his music stand out.
The lyrics he used on “Tony Montana” create an image of Future’s past life, dealing with struggle, and his old street life. Future’s lyrical themes are a mix of his rise of fame, the challenges he faced, and the lifestyle that comes with being a successful artist. This mixtape exposes emotional and personal topics giving a shocking and honest perspective of Future’s exposure to life.
Future created “Mixtape Pluto” to showcase his connection with fans and to celebrate his musical journey, growth, and new vibe. Fans gave off a really positive feedback, appreciating the unique music. On social media platforms like Reddit, fans were praising Future and suspecting“Mixtape Pluto” was another hit to soon be on a billboard.
“Mixtape Pluto” doesn’t feel rushed at all, making the lyrics more thoughtful and well-produced. Future put sweat, blood, effort in each of these tracks allowing his fans to listen to new tracks with different producers and styles. Overall, “Mixtape Pluto” gets a 9/10, because of the backstory behind the lyrics, the solo performance without any featured guests, and beats that are off the chain, giving a good bass vibes when doing work or cleaning at home. One thing I would say Future could do better with is drop more music more often for fans to pick from, like different varieties of music to listen to, for different vibes.
