Future and Kanye West weren’t the only winners on their brand-new collaboration, Producer Metro Boomin is also enjoying the result.
“We had a session with me, Future and [production duo] Rock City,” the 20-year-old told MTV News on Tuesday (April 8) of the song’s origin. “I loaded [the beat] up, and it was a certain part that we liked more, so we really just took the beat in a new direction. I started making the beat over a little bit while they were recording the song.”
Soon, they had a second incarnation of the track, and the rapper asked Metro to turn it into something useable. “At the end of the night, we had a rough; we had a hook, the first verse, and some ad-libs,” he continued. “Future told me to take it home and build a whole track out. So I went and built the track with the vocals, finished the beat, and placed everything and sent it back to him.”
But that wasn’t the end. “I got a call one day that they had sent it to Kanye,” he said matter-of-factly. Next thing he knew, Yeezy was on the record.
As for whether or not the rap titan added his own twist to the beat — like he did on 2 Chainz’s Sonny Digital-produced “Birthday Song” — Metro’s creation was left unchanged. “He’s done that in the past, and people probably think he did that this time, but nah, he didn’t touch it,” he said. “He just rapped.”
This is just the latest in a recent string of memorable Metro Boomin collaborations with Future. He produced last year’s “Karate Chop,” as well as “Honest,” the eponymous single from the Atlanta rapper’s upcoming album. Metro also has another track, “How Can I Not,” that will appear on the disc, out April 22.
“It’s a good work and personal relationship,” he said. “I look at him as an older brother figure, and he looks at me as a younger brother. That just helps the work, because I can be comfortable around him.”
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