Purple Reign | |||||
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Mixtape by Future | |||||
Released | January 17, 2016 | ||||
Recorded | 2015 | ||||
Genre | Trap | ||||
Length | 38:50 | ||||
Label | Freebandz | ||||
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 71/100 |
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Consequence of Sound | B- |
HipHopDX | |
Pitchfork Media | 7.2/10 |
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Spin | 7/10 |
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Purple Reign is a mixtape by American rapper Future, hosted and executive-produced by DJ Esco and Metro Boomin. It was released on January 17, 2016 with an 11-hour notice via LiveMixtapes and DatPiff. It is Future's first non-commercial mixtape since the mixtape trilogy Monster (2014), Beast Mode and 56 Nights (2015).Purple Reign follows the commercial collaborative mixtape What a Time to Be Alive with Canadian rapper Drake. The mixtape features production from frequent collaborators Metro Boomin, Southside, Zaytoven, DJ Spinz and Nard & B, among others. The cover font is a tribute to Prince's landmark 1984 album Purple Rain, which is stylized in the same fashion.