Not All Heroes Wear Capes
| Metro Boomin
Not All Heroes Wear Capes
Not All Heroes Wear Capes (stylized in all caps) is the debut solo studio album by American record producer Metro Boomin. It was first announced on October 31, 2018 and released on November 2, 2018, by Boominati Worldwide and Republic Records. It features multiple guest appearances from Travis Scott, 21 Savage, Swae Lee, Gunna, Young Thug, Wizkid and Offset, as well as appearances from Gucci Mane, J Balvin, Kodak Black, and Drake. The album is supported by the singles, "No Complaints" and "Space Cadet."-Wikipedia
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Pitchfork
Metro dropped Not All Heroes Wear Capes, a high-profile guest-filled album that builds on and creates a bigger version of the dark, hard-hitting production that has turned Metro into rap’s definitive producer of the last five years.
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DJ Booth
NOT ALL HEROES WEAR CAPES is the ideal comeback for a renowned producer who took the better part of a year to further hone his craft. Rather than manufacturing a bloated project in an attempt to garner streams, Metro went slim and concise with a collection of songs that display his creative growth and range.
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Hot New HipHop
Metro Boomin's solo debut is a high school reunion where all the invited guests are devilishly inebriated.
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High Snobiety
. . . Metro Boomin should be praised for creating something that’s so consistently engaging. His dominance as hip-hop’s go-to-producer shows no signs of fading and we can only hope he avoids the retirement talk in the future.
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Pretty Much Amazing
. . . let’s celebrate: this year, a producer’s album hit #1 on the Billboard charts, and impressively, did so without a hit single.
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HipHopDX
Maybe the most impressive element of Not All Heroes Wear Capes as an album, is its cohesiveness sonically, as most of the records fluidly transition into the next. The beats Metro cooked up for this one were top notch throughout, adding some refreshing sounds to the current trap landscape.
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Metr - Unruly Sounds
This album has been influenced largely by R&B and Orchestra. Metro found a way to explore those sounds and retain his style at the same time. His transition flow alone tells us he really took his time to create a coherent and complete project. The drums are newer and refreshing.
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Rolling Stone
Not All Heroes Wear Capes features Boomin’s productions bolstered by an all-star guest list touting Drake, Travis Scott, Gucci Mane, 21 Savage, Migos’ Offset and more.
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The Ratings Game Music
In 2018, Metro has been quieter than a mouse, opting to play the back while other producers like Murda Beatz and Tay Keith took over the game. With “Not All Heroes Wear Capes,” the Atlanta native looks to make his triumphant return, reminding us all that heroes don’t have to speak, either.
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Guestlist
Overall the tape is a success, there are not too many features (nor too few), and every collaboration works well. The only disappointment is that it is not as good as the features would suggest.
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The East Carolinian
Throughout the album, Metro Boomin allowed the artists featured to show a different side of themselves with an appropriate beat to match their flow.
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The Sentry
The album lays a foundation for the future, showing his progression in music making. Featuring many artists, such as Young Thug, Gucci Mane, Offset, and many more, Metro Boomin encapsulates each rapper with different beat styles.
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Focus Hip Hop
This is an okay album. There aren’t any songs on here that stood out as being bad, but none of them really blew me away either. This project definitely has some of the best Trap production I’ve heard all year. Metro Boomin’ definitely deserves all they hype he gets.
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All Music
On his official solo debut, hip-hop producer Metro Boomin gathers a team of familiar faces and serves up a shadowy collection of hypnotic trap nuggets on the chart-topping Not All Heroes Wear Capes. His work is typically addictive, as hazy atmospherics and popping beats lay the groundwork for the guest rappers to do their things.
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Spin
Metro Boomin has released a solo album titled Not All Heroes Wear Capes, marking the producer’s debut as a lead artist. . . . The 12-track release includes guest features from Gucci Mane, Travis Scott, Swae Lee, 21 Savage, Gunna, Young Thug, WizKid, J Balvin, Kodak Black, and includes the previously-available single “No Complaints” with Drake and Offset as a bonus track.
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Red Roll
The Not All Heroes Wear Capes album was released November 2 and it has artists such as, Gucci Mane, 21 Savage, Gunna, Travi$ Scott, Young Thug, Wizkid, J Balvin, Swae Lee, Offset, and so many more! I think the variety of artists shows his connection and influence on Hip Hop and how versatile he truly is as a producer.
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Exclaim!
Not All Heroes Wear Capes features guest spots by Gucci Mane, Travis Scott, 21 Savage, Swae Lee, Gunna, Young Thug, Wizkid, Offset, J Balvin and Kodak Black — with Scott, 21 Savage, Gunna and Young Thug each making multiple appearances.
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Consequence of Sound
The St. Louis-born artist’s latest effort features a long list of special guests, including longtime friends and collaborators like Drake, Travis Scott, Young Thug, Gucci Mane, Offset, 21 Savage, Gunna, and more.
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Viberant
Metro Boomin returns with authority and confirms to us all that he is the king of trap banger beats; boasting a collection of hits with some huge names on his new album NOT ALL HEROES WEAR CAPES. While it’ll never be a conceptual masterpiece, it is a glowing example of Metro’s status as the gold standard producer in hip-hop; if you’re after red-hot anthems, then look no further.
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Maverick Pulse
‘NOT ALL HEROES WEAR CAPES’ was a star-studded album that lacked cohesion, theme, purpose and content. There were scattered moments of beauty, as is to be expected when you place hip-hop’s biggest names in the ring together. Still, most of the tracks were forgettable, and this Metro Boomin’ project seemed to only retain quality on the Metro Boomin’ side.
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Opinionated Opinion
In all, it’s a great album full of diversity, yet, it still could’ve been packed out with a couple other features and some more hard-hitting Trap-bangers. At the end of the day, Metro did what was asked of him; make “boomin” music.
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Legends Will Never Die
He really sounds like he took his time with crafting these beats & almost every performer just nails it. If you wanna hear the hottest producer in hip hop’s most popular subgenre at the current moment making a triumphant return, then PLEASE give this a listen.
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Hypefresh
Not All Heroes Wear Capes, has 13 tracks, and features the heavy bars of 21 Savage, Young Thug, Gunna, Swae Lee, Gucci Mane, Travis Scott, Wizkid, J Balvin, Drake, Offset, and Kodak Black. The album is a mixture of beats, overlaid by soft and gritty verses.
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The Viking Vanguard
Metro Boomin, the producer of NOT ALL HEROES WEAR CAPES came out of retirement for his last album. If you like modern rap then this album was made for you, overall great songs, worth the listen.
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Juice
Nonetheless, Metro continues to define the sound of the current hip-hop landscape on "NAHWC" and once again demonstrates its talent for taking the creativity of its colleagues to a new level. To put it in 21s words: "Long as I got Metro, nicka I'm gon shine."
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Mic Cheque
For Metro Boomin, production speak louder than words. His advanced, structural take on trap music continues to be refreshing, maintaining its wicked edge for longer than expected. Despite the numerous standout guests, this is Metro Boomin’s album, one of the few conductors behind the boards that possesses a voice without saying a word.
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Def Pen
After taking a big of a hiatus, the twenty five year old producer has decided to drop his first solo album, Not All Heroes Wear Capes. The new project comes with thirteen tracks that feature Drake, Travis Scott, 21 Savage, Kodak Black and more. The former Morehouse College student has done it again! Check out his new album, Not All Heroes Wear Capes.
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Daily 49er
As corny as the title may be, “Not All Heroes Wear Capes” is an extremely solid project through and through, one worthy of the Metro Boomin name.
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The Nicholls Worth
NOT ALL HEROES WEAR CAPES, a cumulative effort from some of the biggest stars in hip-hop today, certainly impressed and proved that Metro is one of the best, if not the best, producers in the game.
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