Heroes & Villains

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For other uses, see Heroes and Villains (disambiguation).
Heroes & Villains
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Studio album by Metro Boomin
Released December 2, 2022 (2022-12-02)
Length 48:07
Label
Producer
Metro Boomin chronology
Savage Mode II
(2020)		 Heroes & Villains
(2022)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Mic Cheque 7/10[1]
Pitchfork 7.2/10[2]
Slant Magazine 3.5/5 stars[3]

Heroes & Villains (stylized in all caps) is the second studio album by American record producer Metro Boomin. It was released through Republic Records and Boominati on December 2, 2022. The album contains guest appearances from John Legend, Future, Chris Brown, Don Toliver, Travis Scott, 21 Savage, Young Nudy, Young Thug, The Weeknd, Mustafa, ASAP Rocky, Gunna, and a posthumous appearance from Takeoff. Production was mainly handled by Metro himself, alongside TM88, DJ Moon, Peter Lee Johnson, Johan Lenox, Allen Ritter, David x Eli, Honorable C.N.O.T.E., Prince85, Oz, Nik D, D. Rich, DaHeala, My Best Friend Jacob, and Xz. The album serves as the sequel to Metro's previous album, Not All Heroes Wear Capes (2018), and serves as the second project for a trilogy. A deluxe edition of the album, titled Heroes & Villains (Heroes Version), was released on December 5, 2022, containing instrumental versions of all songs from the standard edition.

Release and promotion

On November 17, 2021, Metro revealed the title of the album through a letter written with DJ Holiday for the three-year-anniversary of Not All Heroes Wear Capes, which was fifteen days before.[4] On September 16, 2022, his 29th birthday, he took to social media to announce the album along with a trailer video, sharing that the album was dedicated to his late mother.[5] At the time, the album was originally scheduled to be released on November 4.[6] However, on October 26, Metro announced it would be pushed back by four weeks due to sample clearance issues.[7] Fan speculation initially arose that it was due to the fact that Drake and 21 Savage released their collaborative studio album, Her Loss, the same day that Metro originally was supposed to release the album, in which the reason was later proven untrue.[8] On November 22, Metro shared the album's cover art and stated that it would have two sides: the "Hero" side and the "Villain" side.[9] The cover art is inspired by Pink Floyd's ninth studio album, Wish You Were Here (1975).[10]

A week later, Metro Boomin shared a short film for the album that was directed by Gibson Hazard and stars himself alongside Young Thug, Gunna, Morgan Freeman, and Lakeith Stanfield.[11] Eight days later, he shared songs from the tracklist one by one on his official website, in which fans would go to the website and tweet the name tracks they found on it and the names of the other artists on it.[12] The next day, which was the day before its release, Metro used a comic book theme, in which he revealed the guest artists one by one and teased some of the lyrics that they said in the songs that they contributed to and shared the full tracklist to reveal the answers to the website.[13]

Track listing

Heroes & Villains track listing
No. Title Producer(s) Length
1. "On Time" (with John Legend)
2:49
2. "Superhero (Heroes & Villains)" (with Future and Chris Brown)
  • Metro Boomin
  • Ritter[b]
  • David x Eli[b]
 3:03
3. "Too Many Nights" (with Future featuring Don Toliver)
3:20
4. "Raindrops (Insane)" (with Travis Scott)
  • Metro Boomin
  • Honorable C.N.O.T.E.
  • Ritter[a]
 3:09
5. "Umbrella" (with 21 Savage and Young Nudy)
  • Metro Boomin
  • David x Eli
 3:42
6. "Trance" (with Travis Scott and Young Thug)
  • Metro Boomin
  • Ritter
 3:15
7. "Around Me" (featuring Don Toliver)
  • Metro Boomin
  • Prince85
 3:12
8. "Metro Spider" (with Young Thug)
  • Metro Boomin
  • Ritter
  • Oz
  • Nik D
 2:55
9. "I Can't Save You (Interlude)" (with Future featuring Don Toliver)
  • Metro Boomin
  • Ritter
  • D. Rich
 1:31
10. "Creepin'" (with the Weeknd and 21 Savage)
3:42
11. "Niagara Falls (Foot or 2)" (with Travis Scott and 21 Savage)
  • Metro Boomin
  • Ritter
  • My Best Friend Jacob
  • Johnson[a]
 3:27
12. "Walk Em Down (Don't Kill Civilians)" (with 21 Savage featuring Mustafa)
  • Metro Boomin
  • Honorable C.N.O.T.E.
  • Johnson
 5:11
13. "Lock on Me" (with Travis Scott and Future)
  • Metro Boomin
  • Xz
  • Ritter[a]
 2:55
14. "Feel the Fiyaaaah" (with ASAP Rocky featuring Takeoff)
3:09
15. "All the Money" (with Gunna) (bonus track)
  • Metro Boomin
  • David x Eli
 2:47
Total length:
 48:07

Notes

  • ^[a] signifies an additional producer
  • ^[b] signifies a co-producer
  • "On Time" transitions into "Superhero (Heroes & Villains)"
  • "Raindrops (Insane)" transitions into "Umbrella"
  • "Metro Spider" transitions into "I Can't Save You (Interlude)"
  • "All the Money" was originally released on the original version of Gunna's album DS4Ever but was taken down. It was later accidentally released on the deluxe version of the album before being taken down again and then included on Heroes & Villains.[citation needed]

Sample credits

Personnel

Musicians

  • Metro Boomin – programming
  • ASAP Rocky – additional vocals (tracks 1, 9)
  • Morgan Freeman – additional vocals (1, 7, 11)
  • Johan Lenox – strings (1, 10), background vocals (1), keyboards (10)
  • Marza Wilks – cello (1, 10)
  • Kevin Lemons and Higher Calling – choir (1)
  • Siraaj Rhett – horn (1)
  • Peter Lee Johnson – strings (1, 10, 12), piano (5), violin (6), synthesizer (10), bass (12)
  • Camille Miller – violin (1, 10)
  • Yasmeen Al-Mazeedi – violin (1, 10)
  • Delaram – background vocals (2)
  • Mario Winans – background vocals (10)
  • Travis Scott – background vocals (10)
  • DaHeala – keyboards, programming (10)
  • Simon Hessman – guitar (12)
  • Thundercat – bass (14)

Technical

  • Joe LaPorta – mastering
  • Metro Boomin – mixing
  • Ethan Stevens – mixing (all tracks), engineering (1, 2, 5–7, 9, 11–15)
  • Patrizio "Teezio" Pigliapoco – engineering (2)
  • Derek "206derek" Anderson – engineering (3, 4, 7, 9)
  • Vern Emmanuel – engineering (5)
  • Flo Ongonga – engineering (6, 15)
  • Bainz – engineering (8)
  • Kourosh Poursalehi – engineering (9)
  • Isaiah "ibmixing" Brown – engineering (10)
  • Shin Kamiyama – engineering (10)
  • Eric Manco – engineering (13)
  • Hector Delgado – engineering (14)
  • Braden Davies – mixing assistance
  • Zachary Acosta – mixing assistance
  • Rebekka Zeyfiyan – engineering assistance (7, 9)
  • Ryan Youngblood – engineering assistance (11)

Charts

Chart performance for Heroes & Villains
Chart (2022) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[14] 5
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[15] 4
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[16] 11
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[17] 1
Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI)[18] 3
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[19] 3
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[20] 3
French Albums (SNEP)[21] 20
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[22] 13
3
Italian Albums (FIMI)[23] 10
Lithuanian Albums (AGATA)[24] 1
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[25] 1
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[26] 3
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[27] 28
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[28] 2
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[29] 1
UK Albums (OCC)[30] 3
UK Digital Albums (OCC)[31] 49
US Billboard 200[32] 1

References

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