Metro Boomin Shares Advice on How to Run the Mixtape Game

Young Metro preaches quality over quantity.

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Future's mixtape run over the past year—along with DS2 and WATTBA​—is unlike anything we've seen in rap since prime Lil Wayne and Gucci Mane. He's continually dropped projects that has left fans wanting more without oversaturating the market. Today, Future's right hand producer, Metro Boomin, took to his Twitter to share some thoughts on Future's run and gave some advice to other artists on the process.

Metro said that not every artist can drop as many projects as Future, and most should just focus on the quality of one mixtape instead of dropping multiple tapes. "It's a marathon, not a sprint," Metro explained. Metro will probably get some backlash for his comments, but he's speaking nothing but the truth while giving out advice that every young artist should take to heart. "Just take all the hardest songs from the five tapes you plan on dropping, and make one tape full of fire," he said. Preach on, Young Metro. 

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

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