If Monster 2 and Beast Mode 2 come out before the end of the year -- and there's a decent chance that they will -- Future will have dropped five mixtapes and one studio album in 2015.
Since this constant stream of new material has fueled Mr. Hendrix's jump to superstardom, other young rappers might see such uber-productivity as the way to go.
But Metro Boomin, one of Future's favorite producers, isn't so sure. He got on Twitter today and explained that while dropping a tape every couple months can work for rare talents like Future, Gucci Mane and Lil Wayne, everybody else needs to be a bit more careful about their quality/quantity balance:
Everyday I wake up, new mixtapes are falling out of the sky.. I think we all know where the trend came from lol pic.twitter.com/dytHN7fubs
— Metro Boomin (@MetroBoomin) November 9, 2015
And for all you internet niggas who like to tweet like you know everything, I'm not saying he's the first to do it. — Metro Boomin (@MetroBoomin) November 9, 2015
But artists have not put this much music out in years, now artists are dropping tapes every month. Everyone was holding their music b4
— Metro Boomin (@MetroBoomin) November 9, 2015
These niggas crazy tryna tweet me like I don't know who Lil Wayne is and like those weren't my main years growing up — Metro Boomin (@MetroBoomin) November 9, 2015
Niggas tweet more than they read these days lol
— Metro Boomin (@MetroBoomin) November 9, 2015
Don't tweet me about anything before 2014 because that's not what I'm talking about. Talk to me about the CURRENT state of rap music. — Metro Boomin (@MetroBoomin) November 9, 2015
Niggas know Guwop and Weezy legends. What's understood doesn't have to be explained.
— Metro Boomin (@MetroBoomin) November 9, 2015
All I'm saying is, I wish that everyone would put out more quality music over the quantity. It's a marathon, not a sprint. — Metro Boomin (@MetroBoomin) November 9, 2015
Moral of the story is, putting out 5 tapes in a year won't make you heat up like Future. That was just his path. It's not for everyone
— Metro Boomin (@MetroBoomin) November 9, 2015
Just take all the hardest songs from the 5 tapes you plan on dropping, and make 1 tape full of fire. #qualityovereverything — Metro Boomin (@MetroBoomin) November 9, 2015