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That all changed last year.
We needed someone who could represent the city, Director X tells Vulture.
The music also needed something that spoke to the city itself.
Thats what made Future such a right choice.
and Nellys Hot in Herre among them.
The director wanted to draw upon Futures deep familiarity with local customs to give the production authenticity.
Future enthusiastically signed on to the project in November.
Hes iconic the Jesus of Trap, they call him down in fucking Atlanta, Silver says.
X mentioned the movie and hes like, I loveSuperfly!
I love it, I love it, I want to get involved.
X brought him in.
He was very instrumental to the movie.
We got that song prior to shooting that scene, says Silver.
So he dressed all those girls in mink coats.
OnSuperfly, Futures influence was twofold.
It gave him a chance to go all over the place, says X.
We really cover a lot of ground with the music.
Its notjusttrap, trap, trap, trap.
Reached via email, I asked Future about how he managed to put his imprint on the production.
His answer was characteristically succinct.Just specific things like that mink coat, Future said.
Gave them insight into what impressed me when Im moving around the city.
It was a lot of little things that added up to make the movie feel much bigger.
