Metro Boomin Is Starting His Own Label
And he’ll release his debut album on there as well as putting on new artists.
Metro Boomin has revealed that he is starting up his own record label as a way of sharing "new sounds and new vibes" with people. Young Metro shared the news in a new interview with GQ. On the subject of being seen as an influential tastemaker he said, “I’m heavily influenced by a lot of people like Dre, Pharrell, and Kanye. They’re all big time tastemakers and trendsetters, just for culture, period. So I strive to do that as well. I’m starting my label up, so of course I’m going to keep bringing new things to the table: new artists, new sounds, and new vibes for people to love and live with.”
Elsewhere in the interview Metro revealed an unlikely early influence, Green Day. "When I started making beats back then, they had that shit out, American Idiot," he said. "Just the sonics of that shit. That whole dark, moody vibe. I naturally, when I make beats, aim for a darker tone just because I've always preferred those types of feelings."