‘If the streets callin’, I’m answering on the first ring,’ Future tells Mixtape Daily. By Rob Markman, with reporting by Steven Roberts Future Photo: MTV News Main Pick Headliner : Future Representing : Atlanta Mixtape : Streetz Calling Real Spit : These days the demand for Future is pretty high. Just when it seemed folks were getting caught up with his June tape True Story , the “Tony Montana” rapper hooked up with Gucci Mane to drop Free Bricks in July and then returned again in September with Streetz Calling . The rookie may be moving at an accelerated pace, but if you let Future tell it, he doesn’t have much of a choice. “The reason I named the mixtape Streetz Calling is because I had did so many mixtapes and I felt like everybody always say, ‘Future, when you gonna drop a new mixtape? You need to drop another one, you need to drop another one,’ ” he told Mixtape Daily. After building a buzz with his 2010 appearance on YC’s hit single “Racks” and a pair of tapes ( 1000 and Dirty Sprite ), Future now stands as one of rap’s top prospects. It’s a position that he fully embraces on the opening track of Streetz Calling . “Made Myself a Boss” is a self-assuring tale of the rapper’s come-up. The Sonny Digital-produced “Same Damn Time” is just as cocky, as it finds Future bragging on his multi-tasking abilities, while “If You Knew What It Took” is a little more heartfelt. “I’m standing in the middle of the rain, trying wash out this pain,” he sings of his problems on the track’s first verse. Gucci Mane lends some bars on “The Way It Go,” and Duct Tape Entertainment’s Trouble helps out on “E,” but for the most part Future holds his own. With his latest, the “Magic” MC is simply supplying the demand. “I felt like this mixtape, the streets callin’ me to do it,” he said. “If the streets callin’, I’m answering on the first ring.” Joints to Check For
