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Like That by Metro Boomin & Future ft. Kendrick Lamar

Like That

Metro Boomin & Future ft. Kendrick Lamar

Hip-HopRapTrap
aggressivedefiant
0:00/0:00
Interpretation

Metro Boomin constructs a battlefield out of orchestral darkness — strings that feel borrowed from a horror score, 808s that detonate like mortar fire, and a tempo locked into something deliberate, almost ceremonial. Future opens proceedings with his signature narcotized drawl, but this is Kendrick's stage. When Lamar arrives, the sonic temperature drops ten degrees. His verse is surgical and incendiary, every syllable placed with the precision of someone who has spent years sharpening this particular knife. The production shimmers with malice underneath it all, organs swelling at moments of peak tension. Lyrically, the song operates as direct confrontation — names are named, lineage is questioned, legacies are put on trial. It evokes the feeling of watching a duel from close enough to feel the heat. The cultural moment is inseparable from the artifact: this was a diss track that landed with the weight of something historical, reorienting conversations about who holds the crown in American rap. You reach for this at the moment you need to feel uncompromising — driving at night, processing something that made you furious, or simply wanting to witness craft deployed as weapon.

Attributes
Energy9/10
Valence3/10
Danceability4/10
Acousticness1/10
Tempo

slow

Era

2020s

Sonic Texture

dark, cinematic, heavy

Cultural Context

American hip-hop, Atlanta trap

Structured Embedding Text
Hip-Hop, Rap. Trap.
aggressive, defiant. Builds from ceremonial menace into full incendiary confrontation, peaking at white-hot intensity with no release..
energy 9. slow. danceability 4. valence 3.
vocals: aggressive male rap, surgical precision, incendiary delivery.
production: orchestral strings, detonating 808s, dark organs, cinematic horror-score palette.
texture: dark, cinematic, heavy. acousticness 1.
era: 2020s. American hip-hop, Atlanta trap.
Late-night drive while processing something that made you furious, or when you need to witness craft deployed as a weapon.
ID: 196317Track ID: catalog_9aae179b6a71Catalog Key: likethat|||metroboominfutureftkendricklamarAdded: 4/10/2026Cover URL