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Future (Future Album)
''Future'' (stylized in all caps) is the fifth studio album by the American rapper Future. It was released on February 17, 2017, by A1 Recordings, Freebandz and Epic Records. The album features production by Metro Boomin, Zaytoven, DJ Khaled, The Beat Bully, Southside, alongside production from other members of 808 Mafia such as DY, Fuse, Tarentino and Tre Pounds. The album was supported by three singles: " Draco", " Mask Off" and "Extra Luv". Artwork The artwork for ''Future'' was designed by Japanese photographer Takashi Murakami. It shows Future, blurred in a haze of yellow smoke, while shaking his watch around. Future described the artwork as “a masterpiece of carefree”. Background The eponymously titled album was announced through social media on February 14, 2017. Future then followed up by posting on social media moments after. Singles " Draco" was released as the first single from the album on February 21, 2017. The song debuted and peaked at number 46 on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Future (rapper)
Nayvadius DeMun Cash (Birth name, né Wilburn; born November 20, 1983), known professionally as Future, is an American rapper, singer-songwriter, and record producer. Known for his mumble rap, mumble-styled vocals and prolific output, Future is credited with having pioneered the use of Auto-Tuned melodies in hip-hop and trap music. Due to the sustained popularity of this musical style, he is commonly regarded as one of the most influential rappers of his generation. Born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia, Future signed a recording contract with Rocko (rapper), Rocko's A1 Recordings in 2011, which entered a joint venture with Epic Records shortly after. His first two studio albums, ''Pluto (Future album), Pluto'' (2012) and ''Honest (Future album), Honest'' (2014), were both met with critical and commercial success, spawning the RIAA certification, platinum-certified singles "Turn On the Lights (song), Turn On the Lights", "Honest (Future song), Honest", "Move That Dope" (featurin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Beat Bully
Anthony Joseph Tucker, better known as The Beat Bully or Tone Beats, is an American record producer and songwriter from Chester, Pennsylvania. His older brother Orlando Tucker, is also a notable record producer under the name, Jahlil Beats. He is also a member of the production team Da Night Rydas. The Beat Bully has produced for rappers such as Meek Mill, French Montana, Rick Ross, DJ Khaled, Bow Wow, and The Game among others. He is best known for producing Rick Ross' " Stay Schemin'" and Meek Mill's "House Party". Musical career The Beat Bully first begun producing at the age of 13, along with his brother Jahlil Beats. He originally went by the production alias Tone Beats, but he changed it to The Beat Bully. He told '' XXL'', "people used to just say I bullied the beats, so I put Beat Bully together." The Beat Bully begun taking production seriously in 2009, and he was then connected with rapper Meek Mill through Jahlil Beats. He then produced "I Want It All", a Lou William ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
YG (rapper)
Keenon Dequan Ray Jackson (born March 9, 1990), better known by his stage name YG (short for Young Gangsta), is an American rapper. He released his debut mixtape ''4Fingaz'' in 2008, and its follow-up, ''The Real 4Fingaz'', the following year. The latter gained recognition for its local hit song "Toot It and Boot It", which entered the Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100 at number 67 and received RIAA certification, platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). He signed a recording contract with Def Jam Recordings in October 2009, which entered joint-venture with Atlanta-based rapper Jeezy's record label, CTE World, in 2013. His 2013 single, "My Nigga" (featuring Jeezy and Rich Homie Quan), peaked at number 19 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. The song and its follow-ups, "Left, Right" (featuring Mustard (record producer), DJ Mustard) and "Who Do You Love? (YG song), Who Do You Love?" (featuring Drake (rapper), Drake), preceded the release of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billboard Hot 100
The ''Billboard'' Hot 100, also known as simply the Hot 100, is the music industry standard record chart in the United States for songs, published weekly by '' Billboard'' magazine. Chart rankings are based on sales (physical and digital), online streaming, and radio airplay in the U.S. A new chart is compiled and released online to the public by ''Billboard''s website on Tuesdays but post-dated to the following Saturday, when the printed magazine first reaches newsstands. The weekly tracking period for sales is currently Friday–Thursday, after being changed in July 2015. It was initially Monday–Sunday when Nielsen started tracking sales in 1991. This tracking period also applies to compiling online streaming data. Radio airplay is readily available on a real-time basis, unlike sales figures and streaming, but is also tracked on the same Friday–Thursday cycle, effective with the chart dated July 17, 2021. Previously, radio was tracked Monday–Sunday and, before Ju ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takashi Murakami
is a Japanese contemporary artist. He works in fine arts (such as painting and sculpture) as well as commercial media (such as fashion, merchandise, and animation) and is known for blurring the line between High art, high and low arts. His work draws from the aesthetic characteristics of the Japanese artistic tradition and the nature of Post-World War II, postwar Japanese culture. He has designed covers for several hip hop albums, namely Kanye West's ''Graduation (album), Graduation'' (2007), Future (rapper), Future's Future (Future album), eponymous fifth studio album (2017), West and Kid Cudi's ''Kids See Ghosts (album), Kids See Ghosts'' (2018), and Juice Wrld's posthumous ''The Party Never Ends'' (2024). Murakami is the founder and President of the art trading company Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. through which he manages several artists. He was the founder and organizer of the biannual art fair Geisai. Life and career Academic background and early career Murakami was born and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Draco (Future Song)
"Draco" is a song by American rapper Future released as the lead single for his eponymous fifth studio album (2017). The song was written by Nayvadius Wilburn and was produced by DJ Spinz. The single peaked at number 46 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100. Critical reception Sheldon Pearce of ''Pitchfork'' described the song as "Future is shooting a starter pistol in the air mid-victory lap". “Draco” refers to the Romanian pistol based on the AK-47 assault rifle. Chart performance "Draco" debuted and peaked at number 46 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 a week after release. It is the second highest-charting song taken from the album. On October 19, 2017, the song was certified platinum Platinum is a chemical element; it has Symbol (chemistry), symbol Pt and atomic number 78. It is a density, dense, malleable, ductility, ductile, highly unreactive, precious metal, precious, silverish-white transition metal. Its name origina ... for combined sales and streaming equivalen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apple Inc
Apple Inc. is an American multinational corporation and technology company headquartered in Cupertino, California, in Silicon Valley. It is best known for its consumer electronics, software, and services. Founded in 1976 as Apple Computer Company by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne, the company was incorporated by Jobs and Wozniak as Apple Computer, Inc. the following year. It was renamed Apple Inc. in 2007 as the company had expanded its focus from computers to consumer electronics. Apple is the largest technology company by revenue, with billion in the 2024 fiscal year. The company was founded to produce and market Wozniak's Apple I personal computer. Its second computer, the Apple II, became a best seller as one of the first mass-produced microcomputers. Apple introduced the Lisa in 1983 and the Macintosh in 1984, as some of the first computers to use a graphical user interface and a mouse. By 1985, internal company problems led to Jobs leavin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All Caps
In typography, text or font in all caps (short for "all capitals") contains capital letters without any lowercase letters. For example: All-caps text can be seen in legal documents, advertisements, newspaper headlines, and the titles on book covers. Short strings of words in capital letters appear bolder and "louder" than mixed case, and this is sometimes referred to as "screaming" or "shouting". All caps can also be used to indicate that a given word is an acronym. Studies have been conducted on the readability and legibility of all caps text. Scientific testing from the 20th century onward has generally indicated that all caps text is less legible and readable than lower-case text. In addition, switching to all caps may make text appear hectoring and obnoxious for cultural reasons, since all-capitals is often used in transcribed speech to indicate that the speaker is shouting. All-caps text is common in comic books, as well as on older teleprinter and radio transmission syste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mask Off
"Mask Off" is a song by American rapper Future from his eponymous fifth studio album (2017). The track was later released as the second single after initially charting as an album track. "Mask Off" was produced by Metro Boomin, and written by Future and Tommy Butler. It was Future's highest-charting single, peaking at number five on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100, until the releases of " Life Is Good" (2020), " Way 2 Sexy" (2021), " Wait for U" (2022), and " Like That" (2024) with the former peaking at number two, and the latter three peaking at number one. The song was also his highest charting solo song until " Puffin on Zootiez" (2022) peaked at number four. A remix featuring Kendrick Lamar was released on May 23, 2017. Future and the FreeWishes Foundation announced the "Mask On" campaign in 2020. Together, they provided more than 100,000 masks during the COVID-19 pandemic. Composition The song samples "Prison Song" by Carlton Williams, released in 1978 as part of his musical ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Draco (song)
"Draco" is a song by American rapper Future released as the lead single for his eponymous fifth studio album (2017). The song was written by Nayvadius Wilburn and was produced by DJ Spinz. The single peaked at number 46 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100. Critical reception Sheldon Pearce of ''Pitchfork'' described the song as "Future is shooting a starter pistol in the air mid-victory lap". “Draco” refers to the Romanian pistol based on the AK-47 assault rifle. Chart performance "Draco" debuted and peaked at number 46 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 a week after release. It is the second highest-charting song taken from the album. On October 19, 2017, the song was certified platinum Platinum is a chemical element; it has Symbol (chemistry), symbol Pt and atomic number 78. It is a density, dense, malleable, ductility, ductile, highly unreactive, precious metal, precious, silverish-white transition metal. Its name origina ... for combined sales and streaming equivalen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hndrxx
''Hndrxx'' (pronounced "Hendrix") is the sixth studio album by American rapper Future. It was released on February 24, 2017, through A1 Recordings, Freebandz, and Epic Records. It followed the release of Future's eponymously-titled fifth album by one week, and features guest appearances from Rihanna, The Weeknd, Chris Brown, and Nicki Minaj. ''Hndrxx'' was supported by four singles: "Selfish", " Pie", "Incredible", and " You da Baddest". The album received positive critical reviews and charted at number one, making Future the first artist to release two ''Billboard'' 200 chart topping albums in consecutive weeks. It was included on lists of 2017's best albums by various publications, including ''Complex'', ''Pitchfork'', ''Fact'', and ''Entertainment Weekly''. Background Online music magazine ''Hits Daily Double'' announced on February 22, 2017, that Future was set to release another album a week after the eponymously titled album ''Future'' (2017), set to include more " rhythm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
