Metro Boomin has been keeping himself busy since last year, dropping two albums with Future (with one of them containing the highly explosive track “Like That” with K. Dot), going on a 27-date trek with Future to promote the albums, and even launching his own comic book series called The Metroverse. However, it was time to get back to the music and give fans what they have been waiting for — just in time for “summa.”
Metro’s back in his mixtape era
The mixtape, A Futuristic Summa, was originally scheduled for release on July 22, but shortly before the anticipated drop, Metro tweeted, “Patience is a virtue,” and said the release had been pushed back a week. You can tentatively mark your calendars for July 29th, but when an artist producer gives a vague timeline like “next week,” you should probably add 5 business days, and still prep for disappointment.
On the bright side, he tagged Future in the post, basically confirming there will be a Pluto feature.
On July 15, Metro dropped the cover art, and of course, it’s loaded with Easter eggs for the rap nerds. There’s a pixelated nod to his HEROES & VILLAINS era, a slick “Boominati Don’t Trust You” reference, and even two kids wearing tribute tees for Takeoff and Young Scooter — artists Metro’s worked with on tracks like “Bad and Boujee” and “Jugg Season.”
The tape will reportedly feature 20 tracks, and the first single —“Slide” featuring Roscoe Dash—already dropped on the Fourth of July (Yes, Roscoe Dash. 2025 is full of surprises). So far, Quavo and JMoney are confirmed, and DJ Spinz is officially hosting the whole thing, because when Metro says mixtape era? He means mixtape era. He and Spinz go way back — they were co-producing Future’s “Honest” over a decade ago, and now they’re back in sync.
However, Metro is apparently featuring an “all-new cast” of collaborators on this project, so we might not see any new Young Thug or 21 Savage tracks.
For those hoping that his collab project with J.I.D would drop first, keep your hope alive. It apparently is still in the works, according to the rapper.
“When the work is there, you gon’ see. You gon’ know exactly what it is…I’m not going to tease and say ‘hey,’ no, this is it. I promise when it’s presented, you’re going to understand exactly what it is. There’s not going to be so much of a mystery around it…” J.I.D told Complex in April.
The tracklist’s a mystery. The features are being drip-fed. But the hype? Fully activated. If Metro brings the same heat he did last year, A Futuristic Summa might be less of a mixtape and more of a declaration: he’s not just the producer behind the scenes anymore. He’s the whole headline.
