Red Leather

Album: We Still Don't Trust You (2024)
Charted: 39
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Songfacts®:

  • "Red Leather" comprises seven minutes of straight talking with Future passing the baton halfway through to J. Cole. It's the first collaboration between the two Atlanta artists.

    Metro Boomin's production is dark and atmospheric, setting the perfect vibe for Future and Cole.
  • Future's on a slow, low-key vibe, all smooth rhymes and effortless confidence. He's braggadocious, spitting about his baller life and the ladies who can't resist him.

    I can feel her heart beatin' when I'm huggin' her
    Take me back to Kingston to see my ancestors
    Pissin' on your grave in some red leather


    His chorus is a head-scratcher, though. Future talks about a girl he digs and then bam! – wants to visit his ancestors and, like, pee on someone's grave while wearing red leather? That's some serious shade. Maybe he's dissing an enemy, showing off his success, or just messed up in the head. Who knows?
  • J. Cole spits fire on this verse, which is way more complex than Future's smooth flow. He's got wordplay sharper than a diamond and isn't afraid to flex his success, but all with a confident swagger, not some angry diss.
  • "Red Leather" is a track on Future and Metro Boomin's second collaborative album, We Still Don't Trust You. Its release came just three weeks after the firestorm ignited by Kendrick Lamar's verse on "Like That" that many interpreted as a diss towards Drake and Cole. That song was from Future and Metro Boomin's first collaborative album, We Don't Trust You.

    Cole responded with his "7 Minute Drill" diss track, but then he apologized for it. So, when he hopped on this "Red Leather" joint, it got the hip-hop community scratching their heads. Even if Cole recorded his verse before Lamar's, approving this feature is a bold move on his part.

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