Album Review: Future Reflects Upon His Time On “HNDRXX”
Future is the top Hip Hop star combining house and trap styles. He has electrified beats in a genre that is already known as the most electrifying to enter the late 20th century. Thus, when you are known for club tracks that make the world move, what more can you do to stand out? Maybe, you can discuss what moves you. Enter HNDRXX as Future’s most sincere opportunity, to date, to show that beneath his party-starter persona is a human being with a lot of personal questions.
Sonically, HNDRXX is excellent. There is not one track on this album that has not been and will be hitting my block this weekend. Future has mastered every club tempo that makes people either move in sensuality “Incredible” or bust it in through the door “Coming Out Strong (Feat. The Weekend)”. He knows how to make music that is effortless to press play, which is why, in HNDRXX, you note more his attempt to reveal some new sides to himself. While most artists begin their careers like open diaries, it seems that Future has just started to open his in music. Now his fourth album, Future does marvel on his ability to challenge his relationships for the worse like. “My Collection, or to be challenged by them for the better “I Thank U”. Moreover, he is willing to embrace the downside of fame and fortune. Do not get it twisted! Future is still celebrating the life of excess/ exclusivity as seen in “Lookin Exotic” and “New Illuminati”. Yet, in this album, more than others, he is willing to say it is not all that it is cracked up to be, which builds a curious contrast to his sound.
Frankly, HNDRXX is not a reinvention of Future’s music as much as a refreshing of his lyricism. Yet, Future does not need to re-boot a sound that is strictly his, which is why I loved that when hearing HNDRXX you are listening to the cool bounce that Future is known for. He knows how to make a slow, scintillating pace feel exhilarating and fast as seen in “Testify” or “Keep Quiet”. Thus, again, the change in HNDRXX comes in Future verbose honesty, and his willingness to say that he does get lonely, he does dream of a settling, stabilizing relationship, and the quick lifestyle of fame can be exhausting, at times. Thus, tracks like “Use Me”, “Damage”, “Fresh Air”, “Solo”, and “Hallucinating” come off like specks of vulnerability wisely spread throughout the album. While one minute everything is “Incredible” the next you are deciding, with your girl Rihanna, to be “Selfish. The emotional ups and downs add a new capacity to this club king’s ability to change an atmosphere. For More Information On Future And To Buy HNDRXX Click Here.
