The Wizrd
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The Wizrd
Future Hndrxx Presents: The Wizrd(also referred to simply as The Wizrd and stylized as The WIZRD) is the seventh studio album by American rapper Future, released on January 18, 2019, through Epic Records and Freebandz. It was announced on January 4 with the release of the lead single "Crushed Up", and the album was additionally promoted by a film titled The Wizrd, released on January 11 on Apple Music. The second single, "Jumpin on a Jet", was released on January 9. The album features 20 songs and includes guest appearances from Young Thug, Gunna, and Travis Scott. It debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200.- Wikipedia
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Pitchfork
What you won’t find on The WIZRD is the sound of Future stretching or surprising himself.
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Consequence of Sound
All the Futures come together to reveal more than ever about the multifaceted mumble rapper.
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Rolling Stone
Its 20 songs sound like the final gasp of Future’s past depravity, undercut by his need to solidify his standing as one of the most influential artists of the last decade.
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XXL Magazine
Future could evolve further for his next act. Taking that chance might come at the cost of a shiny new watch, though.
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DJ Booth
Future understands the power of familiarity, yet the need to always present what’s fresh and new.
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Immortal Reviews
With inconsistency like this, it’s hard to see how Future still manages to keep his footing. Future mostly misses the mark.
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Now Toronto
The Atlanta rapper has previously kept his hard trap and softer, more melodic songs separate, but his new album successfully combines the two.
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Hot New Hip Hop
The WIZRD is not the album designed to convert skeptics, not unlike puritans of yore dealing with an honest to goodness wizard.
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Billboard
Future has described 'The WIZRD' as the end of an era -- and his seventh studio album captures it perfectly.
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NME
A bland, out-dated musical architecture.
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Noisey
We can only hope it’s the beginning of a more transparent Future, one we’d seen in spurts on HNDRXX, now on full display.
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Stereogum
In this extremely depressing formulation, Future Hndrxx is Hendrix, and the pharmacy bottle is his guitar.
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Vulture Hound
it’s hard to shake the fog that the album leaves you in, unsure if you listened to anything in particular and with few really strong memories.
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Verge Campus
‘The Wizrd’ might be his most refined album.
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Commedia
If Future continues to retread this sound and style, he risks his reputation.
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The Musical Hype
A well-rounded, enjoyable album by Future. There are plenty of hits, and he successfully captures all different facets of himself.
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WE Plug Good Music
With The WIZRD, Future has created another trap masterpiece that could’ve only been born by him. His thumping heart, heavy soul and debauched lifestyle ooze all over it and it’s all the better for it.
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ZU News
I would have to give this album a solid four out of five stars. Future has given his fans something they should be proud to bump everywhere.
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The Fresh Committee
But here his colorful, smokey sound doesn’t quite mesh for me. The WIZRD is Future’s best project in years nonetheless.
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Spill Magazine
Future isn’t stopping anytime soon. Hopefully he can keep innovating and releasing great projects like this for years to come.
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Hit Up Ange
The WIZRD is easily the most cohesive and complete release so far this year and will become an essential addition to Future’s impressive discography
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Clash Music
A welcome end and a much-anticipated new beginning.
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Yahoo Finance
The WIZRD is the perfect project for them to begin their adventure into the rapper’s multicolored discography.
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Pop Matters
About time for Future to reveal the "man behind the curtain" and to move on from the excess materialism and misogyny. We just need to make that move with him.
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Spectrum Pulse
No recommendation, and i don't see good things going forward.
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Acrn
This album brings his old sound and allows for some introspection before he moves on to a new chapter.
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The Anomaly Diary
Future is taking his music to newer heights and I respect that but give us the explicit version of the album.
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Dope Cause We Said
Overall, the album is dope and exactly what fans of Future like to hear from him.
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High Snobiety
It’s another great album to add to a discography bursting with them.
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Uproxx
Since the wounded R&B lover-man has somewhat overshadowed the other aspects of his charm lately, he expertly manages expectations by rapping his ass off to set the mood.
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Mic Drop Music
The WIZRD opens a new chapter in the book of future but this section feels like all of his styles have come together to give out his best effort in years.
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Medium
He flexed his variety and delivered songs for different moods. Incredible, unique beats on every track.
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DU Clarion
It’s hard to compete with the unforgettable pictures Future paints for the first half of the album. In a music genre that is constantly in competition for the spotlight.
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Amino Apps
The production feels old after a while, Future's vocals and flows feels old after a while and lyrically he isn't offering anything to make it more enjoyable.
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Dayna Marie Journalist
It comes as no surprise that the album is fully loaded and unfolds for an hour to be exact.
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KUTE Radio
It seems that he’s done most of the things he set out to do in the hip hop game, and the quality of the music validates that point.
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Noise Comply
Future once again proves he is an incredibly consistent artist, and he is very effective at what he does.
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The Roundtable Online
However, this album lacks consistency, which is annoying since this album has some enjoyable qualities to it.
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Culture Kings
Future is mired in his past but embodies his own transformation as an artist.
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Ocolly
It is a balance of deep cut tracks and chart-climbing bangers. It’s a testament of the modern rockstar lifestyle that so many rappers live in. It’s crazy, but it’s true.
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Daily Titan
The Atlanta artist has evolved through his different albums and identities to create another persona he proclaims to be the wizard of hip-hop.
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Student Printz
‘The WIZRD’ is exactly what one would expect out of a Future album, banging trap beats and mumble rap.
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Jack Talks
Overall, I felt this album was one of my favorites. It had a great mix of the emotional songs he does, as well as the catchy, hype ones.
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The Ontarion
Future releases an album that manages to keep me asking for more and that’s a good sign of what’s to come.
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So Flo Sound
The WIZRD may be Future’s best album for others. I personally don’t think it was magical all the way through.
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Ben's Music
Overall, this project was just boring. It didn’t sound bad.
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Humble Monarch Music
The WIZRD is too long, of course, and not sequenced in any significant way.
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Moon Half Full
Make no mistake, Future is one of the greatest rappers of the current generation.
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Ok Hit HQ
Future further displays an understanding of the realm his artistry occupies, and how he’s able to insert new methods without fumbling his mastery of trap-soaked melodic blues
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