July 17, 2015 · Future brought the atmosphere of his mixtape run into a major-label album.
2015 – Future releases DS2
“Thought It Was a Drought” opens with the sound of a drink being poured and a beat that takes its time to settle. “Stick Talk” compresses that mood into a faster, more forceful performance, with Future making the hook feel like part of the percussion.
The record’s mood holds even as the tempos change. That consistency made DS2 an entry point for listeners arriving during Future’s 2015 run and a durable example of how his voice can blend into a beat while still carrying the song.
“March Madness,” a signature song from the same run, lives outside this album. That distinction is useful for a new listener because it helps map how much material Future was releasing around DS2 and how deliberately the album narrows its own mood.
Release date and album details · Listen to the album on Apple Music.
1990 – Boogie Down Productions release Edutainment
KRS-One used Edutainment to make teaching an explicit part of the group’s format. Songs and spoken passages bring Black history and the role of the MC into the same sequence. Twenty-five years before DS2, it marked a very different way for a rap album to hold a consistent point of view across its tracks.
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Natalia is a Rap and Hip Hop enthusiast. After graduating from The New School of New York’s Public Relations Program and taking a course in Journalism at Michigan State University, she decided to dedicate her life to the music publishing business and to the discovery of new talent. She helps new artists gain exposure to the masses via online marketing and publications.
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