And then there is the accompanying short film, which posits Metro as a reluctant, absent hero returning to save his city to battle a Joker-esque anarchist played by Lakeith Stanfield. Or live long enough to see yourself become a villain.” Plenty of on-the-nose moments across the project hammer home the theme, from a rabble-rousing A$AP Rocky intro to interludes from two-time Metro project narrator Morgan Freeman. It’s summed up best by a Jay-Z sample Metro uses early in the album: “ Dark Knight feeling, die and be a hero. It’s a poignant theme at a time when rappers are being vilified, and public discourse is so polarized that even the most nakedly benevolent of actions can be ascribed sinister motives. This second record focuses on perspective how heroes to some are not heroes to all. Work on Heroes and Villains began in earnest in early 2021, although Metro always conceived of his first three solo albums as a connected trilogy. “I’ve been around a lot of geniuses, but he’s definitely one of them,” says Winans. The two men co-produced Toliver’s standout 2021 track “Swangin' on Westheimer" together, and convinced Mario to trust Metro and The Weekend to reimagine his signature solo hit. He laughs as he recalls Diddy hosting the pair on his boat one Sunday morning, and the perturbed look they shared as the bombastic music mogul whipped the vehicle through the water “as fast as he could possibly drive.” But Winans’ main takeaway from that initial experience was a deep respect for Metro’s well-rounded musicianship. Winans met Metro about a decade ago when the two were summoned to Diddy’s Miami home to work on music. (In its review of Double or Nothing, Pitchfork dubbed Big Sean “the Nickelback of rap,” a reference to his commercial success despite indifference and derision from many serious rap heads.) His music had always been met with critical acclaim, but that project fell on indifferent, even hostile ears.
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(For comparison, in 2017 alone he produced “Mask Off” for Future, most of 21 Savage’s major label debut, and his masterful horror movie ode Without Warning, a collaboration with Offset and Savage.) Metro admits that he felt some creative malaise in 2017, and that the negative reaction to his joint album with Big Sean, Double of Nothing, rattled him a bit. Aside from producing a couple of tracks for rappers like Don Toliver, Thug, and Gunna through the end of 2021 and beginning of 2022, Metro’s only major effort since Capes was a sequel to his and 21 Savage’s seminal Savage Mode tape in 2020. This new body of work arrives after what could qualify as a light stretch for Metro, who’s been relatively quiet by his usual uber-productive standards.
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