Metro Boomin's dark synths and bouncy 808s laid the foundation for Atlanta to remain a dominant force in the rap mainstream over the past decade. The super producer reunited with Future on Friday (April 12) to deliver their second joint project of the year with the double-disc We Still Don't Trust You.
Advertising sign traces Young Metro's rise from emerging producer to red-hot commercial titan. Metro Boomin fittingly made his Billboard Hot 100 debut by producing Future's “Honest,” which peaked at No. 55 in 2013.
The St. Louis native soared to the top of the Hot 100 in 2017 for his production on Migos and Lil Uzi Vert's slick anthem “Bad & Boujee” which took the hip-hop world by storm.
He would strike chart gold again when he hit No. 1 with The Weeknd's “Heartless” in 2019, and more recently with an assist from Kendrick Lamar's atomic bomb in the rap game as heard on We Don't Trust You“Like That” in March, which gave Metro his first No. 1 hit as an artist.
Metro Boomin has produced 16 top 10 hits on the Hot 100 to date, and that number could increase once reports come in from We Still Don't Trust You.
The 30-year-old is no stranger to collaborating with artists, which has helped him post seven top 10s on the Billboard 200, including Double or Nothing with Big Sean, Savage Mode II alongside 21 Savage and his Heroes & Villains album. The latter peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and spent 18 weeks at No. 1 on the Top Rap Albums chart, the third longest in the chart's history.
Metro Boomin and Future's We Don't Trust You The album debuted atop the Billboard 200 with 251,000 total album-equivalent units in the week ending March 28, per Luminate. Seventeen of the album's songs entered the Hot 100 in their first week of eligibility, and the Atlanta duo accounted for half of the chart's top 10.
The book is nowhere close to being written for Young Metro, who will likely continue their rise in 2024 with another album promised for later this year.
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