Metro Boomin Exposes Rappers Who Waste His Beats

“In the past, there’s been times where certain people have had a beat or people want to do this. Sometimes, an artist might have a beat and I haven’t heard what they did or they haven’t really said anything about it and it might come out somewhere else or else they’re like I was gonna use that.

Well, like, you gotta let me know that.If you don’t say anything, this s**t gotta move. When I was younger, anytime i knew somebody had rapped on a beat or even had it, I wouldn’t send it to anybody else. Then a song would never come of it and it’s like I just wasted that s**t. I did that for years” - Metro Boomin

They say that all is fair in love and war and as Metro illustrates, that undoubtedly applies to the music industry.

A lesson learnt that he unfortunately learned the hard way, being too courteous can have a damaging effect on your own forward momentum and, in extreme circumstances, could even lead to a beat being squandered entirely.

Alongside your creative output, Metro’s words speak to the need to be mindful of time management.

There are occasions where a beat, which is always going to be somewhat indebted to the contemporary era of the time by its very nature, will only have so long of a shelf life.

Even if you aren’t chasing trends, things only have so much time. So, it’s important to strike while the iron is hot before the gleam comes off of it.

As if Metro has had such a high success rate, the fact that tracks have simply collected dust logically means that there’s untold plaques and classic tracks that never saw the light of day.

While he understands that there is a degree of momentum that’s required, it should be noted that the world’s most popular producer also doesn’t approve of the concept of trying to pursue virality.

Instead, he believes in letting the song engage with the public on its own terms and when you consider how many hits he has, it’s evident that he’s onto something.

“The kids, one thing I’ve learned, after I heard Pharrell say it in an interview, is that the kids are always gonna sniff out the good s**t. Always. So, like if you just focus on that and bringing the s**t and like, TikTok is where the kids is at. So, you put out a good album, it’s just going crazy on there bruh, versus you tryna like, cater, kinda like fake. Y’know what I’m sayin?” Metro

[aceisking]

This why I do my own beats and use my own beats, I dont got time for my time to be wasted

[mitafreeman]

Sounds like this is on him for not understanding how to lease beats vs sell the exclusive rights and not explaining such terms to the purchasers.

[travisrich]

Sound like you talkin about Young Jeezy