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Futures prolificacyis a gift and a curse.
Its smooth sailing until its not.
You know the one too many when you hear it.
What seems like an effortless knack for sharp hooks and lines suddenly feels labored.
Song concepts cross each other up.
It is, by turns, both a little undercooked and a little overwrought.
St. Lucia lays the vocal manipulation on too thickly.
The most moving Future songs dont use a coat of effects to get the point across.
The most unnerving quality aboutMonsters brokenhearted hate-fuck anthem Throw Away is clarity.
He can commute these feelings without the bells and whistles.
Save Meisnt a wash. Its just a little drunk on its own drama.
Government Official revives the harsh raps ofFUTURE; Shotgun and Extra return toHNDRXXs hunger for love.
Consistency is Futures superpower, but he needs to be challenged and edited.
The Genius annotations forSave Meare full of producernotesabout quirks the rapper was encouraged to leave in.)
At its best,Save Meis an intriguing expression of knotty realities.
Is this a breakdown or is it theater?
Should we be worried?
It gets harder to tell every year.
