Future and Metro Boomin didn’t just drop a project—they dropped a bomb on the industry. We Don’t Trust You is not just an album. It’s a manifesto. With a cast of heavy hitters, otherworldly production, and a certain Kendrick Lamar verse that set the internet on fire, this album earned its place as a BET Awards 2025 Album of the Year nominee the moment it dropped.

We Don’t Trust You sounds like a threat. And it is. The title sets the tone for what becomes one of the most no-holds-barred rap albums of the last decade. This isn’t a love letter to the game. It’s a check on every artist, platform, and institution that forgot what real rap feels like.

Future raps like he’s been betrayed. Metro Boomin constructs soundscapes that feel like crime scenes. It’s paranoia, bravado, and precision wrapped in 17 tracks of pure tension. And that tension? It’s what makes the album so addictive.

Let’s get right to it: “Like That” featuring Kendrick Lamar is the album’s nuclear moment. It wasn’t just a verse—it was a cultural reset. The beat knocks like a death knell, and Kendrick’s voice cuts through like a scalpel. The internet hasn’t stopped spinning since.

But We Don’t Trust You isn’t carried by controversy alone. “Type Shit,” with Travis Scott and Playboi Carti, is a mosh pit waiting to happen. “Young Metro,” with The Weeknd, is cold, cinematic, and dripping in distrust. And “Cinderella” blends Travis Scott’s auto-tuned warble with Metro’s horror-film synths to create a love song that sounds like it’s being broadcast from a collapsing spaceship.

Tracks like “Everyday Hustle” (featuring Rick Ross) and “Ice Attack” hit hard for fans of vintage trap energy, while “Fried (She a Vibe)” and “Slimed In” flex Future’s ability to drift between hypnotic hooks and blunt-force verses.

If We Don’t Trust You proves anything, it’s that Metro Boomin has entered his Quincy Jones era. His production isn’t just a backdrop—it’s the narrator. The drums talk. The melodies haunt. The transitions blur the line between cinematic score and Atlanta strip club. He moves across genres and moods with ease, but never loses focus.

Tracks like “Magic Don Juan (Princess Diana)” show how much space he gives artists to breathe while still delivering beats that command attention. And with every 808 and hi-hat click, he reminds us that producers are the real architects of emotion in modern rap.

Say what you want about Future, but he knows how to set a mood. On this album, he’s defiant, disillusioned, and deeply entertaining. He raps like someone who's survived the fame machine, seen the contracts, watched the backdoor betrayals—and decided to put it all in the music.

“Claustrophobic” is one of his most paranoid, tightly wound performances in years. “Seen It All” is bleak but honest. And “WTFYM” is pure toxicity, delivered with the charisma that only Future can bring to a beat.

There’s a reason the culture still gravitates toward him. He doesn’t pretend to be a role model—he raps the mess. The flaws. The contradiction. And We Don’t Trust You captures that energy perfectly.

We Don’t Trust You is not here to comfort you. It’s here to wake you up. And at a time when rap felt like it was playing nice, Future and Metro Boomin reminded everyone that the genre is at its best when it’s dangerous.

Don’t miss Future, Metro Boomin, and all your favorite artists at the BET Awards 2025—airing live Monday, June 9 at 8PM ET/PT on BET.