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Metro Boomin Admits Working With 21 Savage Can Be 'Draining' For This Reason by Will Schube Published on: Oct 19, 2024, 7:00 AM PDT 1 Metro Boomin has revealed that working with 21 Savage can be exhausting for one specific reason. In an interview with Timbaland for Rolling Stone that debuted on Friday (October 18), the super-producer spoke about one particular challenging part of his fruitful relationship with the Atlanta rapper. When Timbo asked Metro how often he asks artists to redo their vocals, the “Like That” producer explained: “As I get older, more and more. Me and [21] Savage get into that sometimes. It’s the same thing you said with you and Missy: He’s the pickiest artist I’ve ever worked with, with the beats. I’ll play this man 35 or 40 beats before he wants to get in the booth. And it can be draining: He’ll go, ‘Next one, next one, next one, next one.’ But in return, I’m like, ‘OK, you’ve gotta overly bring it on this one. I’m not taking any OK shit, n-gga.’” ...

Reactions to "7 Minute Drill," J Cole's clapback at Kendrick Lamar's diss against him, have been pretty split among the hip-hop community. Everyone seems to be celebrating the back-and-forth as competitive spirit, but the jury's still out on whether it was actually an appropriate, cutting, or worthwhile response. Joe Budden and the rest of the members of his podcast said during their latest episode that the Dreamville boss did not strike gold with this diss track as he likely wanted to. While there were a few different points here, the most salient and reoccurring one in their discussion was that Cole just doesn't have the conviction or energy to back up this aggression. "The tone," Joe Budden remarked as to what his main problem with the verse was, or at least the point he and his cohosts discussed the most. "This is my issue with this f**&ing narcoleptic sounding s**t. This sounds like... if I was actively looking to cop fentanyl thi...