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For the first time in a decade, it sounds like Future is tired of being a savage. Over the years we’ve been introduced to the many personas of the Atlanta rapper: Astronaut Kid, Super Future, and Future Hendrix, just to name a few. Now, we’re getting acquainted with The Wizard, a moniker he said in MTV News interview he needed to tap into after 2016’s Purple Reign. In that same interview, Future suggested there’s a level of sorcery required to attain his rock star status. “[The Wizard] is like my crystal ball and [I] come up with these different ideas and brainstorm,” he says. So, to members of the Future Hive it should come as no surprise that the man of many aliases is refocusing his efforts after 2018, which with only one solo project in July, could be considered a quiet year for an artist who has a reputation for dropping multiple albums and mixtapes in the span of a few months. Last week, Future released The WIZRD, his seventh solo album, which feels like a last-minute attempt to purge every brutal thought lingering in his mind as he enters the next decade of his career and is forced to examine his most important identity of all: Nayvadius Wilburn. The album is confirmation that Future’s blueprint would always work, but also indicates staying in his comfort zone could stunt his growth. He seems to agree.
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