Beast Mode (Future album)

Beast Mode
Mixtape by Future and Zaytoven
Released	January 15, 2015
Genre	Hip hop trap
Length	27:55
Label	Freebandz
Producer	Zaytoven
Future chronology
Monster (2014) Beast Mode (2015) 56 Nights (2015)
Zaytoven chronology
Drip Gang (with Cassius Jay) (2014) Beast Mode (2015) OG Zay (with OG Maco) (2015)
Singles from Beast Mode
"Real Sisters" Released: July 8, 2015

Beast Mode is the tenth mixtape by American rapper Future, released in collaboration with Atlanta producer Zaytoven. It came out on January 15, 2015. Along with Monster and 56 Nights, it is considered part of "a trilogy of album-quality mixtapes" that Future released following Honest.^[1][2]

Background

Beast Mode came out two-and-a-half months (after Monster), six months after his second album Honest, and two days after Ciara released her track, called "I Bet" (which is her first song since the breakup between her and Future).^[3][4][5] According to Zaytoven, “Really, the work was done in two to three days. The rest was just picking which record we wanted to use. For somebody else to come in and see us doing the work, it would blow your mind....We might’ve gotten 40 songs done as we were putting this tape together. That’s us doing songs back-to-back. I make a beat, he raps to it… And we’d do it all over again. We might do 10 songs a day.”^[6]

"Kno The Meaning" (which was taken from DS2) is the song where Future had to elaborate on the impetus behind the project and its origin in DJ Esco's 56-day incarceration in Dubai: "People didn't even understand that my hard drives that I recorded all my music on for two years straight was on this... was on this one hard drive that Esco had and he was locked up with it, so I had to record new music. That's when I did Beast Mode."^[7] DJ Esco returned to the USA two days before the release of Beast Mode.^[8]

Track listing

• All tracks are produced by Zaytoven.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Oooooh" (featuring Young Scooter)	3:09
2.	"Lay Up"	2:47
3.	"Ainchu" (featuring Juvenile)	2:48
4.	"No Basic"	3:06
5.	"Peacoat"	3:01
6.	"Just Like Bruddas"	3:51
7.	"Where I Came From"	2:40
8.	"Real Sisters"	2:54
9.	"Forever Eva"	3:39

References

1. "Future: Dirty Sprite 2". Pitchfork.com. Retrieved July 22, 2015.
2. "#FutureHive, Assemble: Future Announces Monster vs. Beast Mode Tour". The Fader. Retrieved July 22, 2015.
3. "Still Itchin': Future Is on a Mixtape Hot Streak". Complex.com. Retrieved July 16, 2015.
4. "Mixtape Of The Week: Future Beast Mode". Stereogum.com. Retrieved July 16, 2015.
5. "Hear Future's New 'Beast Mode' Mixtape". Billboard.com. Retrieved July 16, 2015.
6. "Zaytoven Speaks On Future's Work Ethic, Nicki Minaj's Early Days & Usher's Ode to Migos EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW". Boombox.com. Retrieved July 16, 2015.
7. "Future - Kno The Meaning Lyrics". Genius.com. Retrieved July 16, 2015.
8. "The Terrifying True Story Of How Future's DJ Got Stuck In A Dubai Jail For 56 Days". The Fader. Retrieved July 17, 2015.