Future's fans are itching for his 2016 mixtape, Purple Reign, to see the light of day on streaming services, after the rapper finally made two prior projects, Beast Mode and 56 Nights, available for streaming this past week. As far as extensive discographies go, Future is definitely up there. The rapper boasts a catalogue of sixteen solo mixtapes, two EPs, five collaborative projects, and seven studio albums in total over the course of ten years. His impressive solo mixtape run from 2010-2016 produced some of his most critically acclaimed work, including 2015's Beast Mode and 56 Nights, both of which he recently released on streaming services. Now, fans want to see the project that concluded his mixtape era up on streaming platforms: Purple Reign.

The DJ Esco and Metro Boomin-produced project is regarded by many of his most die-hard supporters as one of his most underrated bodies of work. Many members of the Future Hive thus took to Twitter to express their desire for their favourite artist to put Purple Reign on all streaming platforms ASAP.

Future has earned his place among the game’s most respected veterans, having amassed an impressive catalog of studio albums and mixtapes alike. For many,  the Atlanta rapper formerly known as Meathead first captured attention with an impeccable mixtape run, one that all but forced him into the conversation of artists to watch. In fact, it could even be argued that Future’s mixtape discography is one of the best in the game, with classics like Monster, Beast Mode, and 56 Nights solidifying those claims. 

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As is so often the case with mixtape-era holdovers, a fair number of our favorites have yet to make the transition onto streaming platforms. Luckily, Future seems intent on ushering the entirety of his catalog into this new age of ours, with The DJ Esco-hosted 56 Nights being the most recent to make the jump. Featuring songs like “March Madness,” “Purple Comin In,” and “Diamonds From Africa,” the project was recorded following Esco’s 56 nights in a Dubai jail after he was arrested for marijuana possession while on tour with Future.

Should you be so inclined to do so, load up your DSP of choice and spark up 56 Nights in high quality — feel free to adjust your playlists accordingly. Where do you think this one ranks in Future’s mixtape catalog?

In 2015, on the heels of Future releasing his 56 Nights mixtape, OG Maco took to Twitter to call him out for irresponsibly rapping about drug use. On the mixtape’s title track, Future famously stated “I took fifty-six bars all in one month n**** and I’m still dranking” and OG Maco felt compelled to point out that “56 Xans isn’t cool.” While expressing admiration for his music, Maco claimed that “Future [had] destroyed countless lives by making it cool to be a drug addict.” 

Maco’s comments resulted in a minor beef with Future, which was quickly resolved behind-the-scenes. Five years later, Maco discussed that incident on No Jumper, appearing not to have any regrets about what he said. He started by referencing a line in the 2008 Batman movie, The Dark Knight, that we are all probably familiar with: “You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become a villain.” 

“That’s what the kids want,” Maco continued, drawing the connection to his experience. “They either want you to die a hero or they wait until you try to tell them a better way and they vilify you. And how do you escape that? It’s not until conversations like now where – how many years later after they vilified me – that now we can just sit here and casually laugh about and talk about it, where I don’t have any fucking animosity or energy toward it so people know I don’t really give a fuck and we could just laugh about and it’s like ‘damn man, you guys were pretty stupid to think that.’ But [since] then, look at how many people have died?”

OG Maco and Adam22 went on to discuss the recurrence of drug overdoses in rap, specifically that of Juice WRLD.