In the world of hiphop production few rival the super power in the industry that is Metro Boomin. The American hiphop and trap producer has served up some of the most iconic and most popular beats of the last few years including his work with Big Sean, 21 Savage, and Nav. In NOT ALL HEROS WEAR CAPES, Metro shows off his very best production in a project featuring Travis Scott, 21 Savage, and many other huge names in today’s rap game. Compared to many other beats and songs Metro has previously produced on, this complication features some of the best and most creative beats of his career thus far. Throughout this project Metro experiments with instrumentation that is unique and uncommon in today’s rap scene to say the least. The sheer production value and mixing of this album is stand out and fantastic. This truly is to be expected out of a Metro Boomin album due to how massive of a name he is in today’s production world, and he most certainly delivers on this album. From every hit of a snare drum being as sharp as possible, to the beautiful transitions between tracks like “Overdue” and “Don’t Come Out The House” the production value on this project is simply beautiful. This album was not only released with its raw cuts but also released as a “deluxe” version which includes the base instrumental and beats for all the tracks. If you are as appreciative of this albums production as I am, I truly recommend you give the deluxe edition of this album a listen. Along with amazing transitions, Metro does an great job with the intros and the outros of each individual track on this project. The intro for “10 Freaky Girls (with 21 Savage), is absolutely beautiful. Metro comes in with a synthesizer beat that sounds awfully like something you would hear out of a Depche Mode or even a Duran Duran track. This mixed with some vocals and harmonica then transitions into 21’s verse which is a straight trap banger. The outro also includes some commentary by 21 Savage which fades out into some horns. This track is great for so many reasons. Putting the production of the track aside, this is one of the best 21 Savage songs I’ve ever heard. Some of his flows on this track are so damn catchy. On top of this track, 21 Savage’s overall performance on this album is so incredible. There isn’t a single bad track on this album that features 21. If this album has made me excited for anything it’s 21’s next project which I hope will be a continuation of how he sounds on this record. However, overall the second half of the album is somewhat dragged down by some weak performances by the artists featured. Two tracks on this album feature Swae Lee on both tracks he has the same problem. He fails to add any musical capacity to his lyricism. You find him repeating himself constantly and taking these long dramatic, melodic, pauses which vocally he really isn’t gifted enough to do. In total he really isn’t vocally there on either of these tracks. His vocals sound too whiny and drawn out at times and it really takes away from the production and the performance of other artists featured on these songs. In my opinion, the one very strong performance on the second half of this album is “No More” with Travis Scott, Kodak Black, and 21 Savage. This a heavy track which features the three artists talking about their individual problems with substance abuse. This track is yet another amazing performance by 21 Savage. Some of his lyrics are so hard hitting, and emotional on this track. Mixed with how he portrays them vocally, you can really feel that this man is spilling out his heart on this song.