Though much of the credit for this tape is placed into Future's lap, it's really Esco's project. Future himself betrays as much on the album with the way he chooses to go about it. He still sounds drugged up and leaned out, but he sounds much more passive than usual, despite working on some different flows. This is done so that more of the focus could be on Esco's production, and there's good reasoning in that. In every way, Esco has this spacey trap production style down pat, and he shows excellent consistency throughout the whole tape. Some of the guest spots here are kind of shoddy (looking at you, Drake), but Future's steady hand helps counteract those that don't work and complement those that do (looking at you, Rich Homie Quan). On a closing note, Future said that it was Esco who inspired him to go on the run that he's on through late 2014 until now, and looking at Esco's work on this tape, it's clear Fewtch has a great partner helping him maintain.
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