King of the Hook: Future’s 10 Best Guest Hooks

Regardless of what type of song you’re looking to make, chances are Future would make it a lot better if he was on the hook. The industry got the memo over the last year and Future soared to stardom for not only his solo work, but also his contributions to other people’s hits as well. Whether you’re looking to make your listeners dance, laugh, gasp, or cry, there’s a Future hook for that, which is why he's become one of the industry's most sought-after artists. Last month he was even seen hitting the studio with Jennifer Lopez. If he can bring back Jenny from the Block, he can really do anything, right? He has a long list of solo hits, but we thought it was best to first introduce you to the 10 best Future hooks as a featured artist. Check it out...

Rihanna ft. Future - "Loveeeeeee Song"
This was an unexpected collab, but then again Rih pulled some weirdly awesome features for Unapologetic (i.e. Mikky Ekko). She sounds a little chopped-not-slopped on this one, and Future gets more vulnerable on this track than Rih does on the entire album, wailing, "I need love and affection… and I hope I'm not sounding too desperate." Future the sensitive thug is so sensitive, but so thug.

Gucci Mane ft. Future - "Fuck the World"
This track feels like a horror movie set in a trap house in space. Gucci expectedly kills it with raps like "I fucked your bitch last week but I ain't gon' fuck her no mo'," and Future sounds like a pained Tony Montana with Auto-Tune. Plus, he kills the black-on-red suit in the video. If you were him, you'd be on some "fuck the world" shit too.

Rick Ross ft. Future - "Ring Ring"
This might be the smoothest (least aggressive) Rozay's ever sounded - partly because of the bouncy South Beach beat and partly because Future gets on his trapped-out Sean Kingston swag and gets that "ring ring" melody stuck in your head. There's no one better at making you feel comfortable with singing along to his jawns.

Ace Hood ft. Rick Ross & Future - "Bugatti"
Ace Hood has quietly made some of the loudest bangers of the past half-decade, and this could be his hardest hit to date. Mike WiLL is really an expert in soundscaping around Future's murmur-yells, letting him get breathy before dropping the Armageddon drums. The hook on this doesn't technically make sense in the rags-to-riches context of Ace Hood's verses, but the track as a whole will make you feel like you can get in a fist-fight with the entire roster of the Pittsburgh Steelers, and win. Just watch out for those Haitians.

Slice 9 ft. Future - "Another One"
Though we’re not entirely sure of what "one" Future is referring to, we do know that he hits fellow ATLien and protege Slice 9 off with another signature hook perfectly laid atop a bed of Mike WiLL production. This is a turn-up anthem way beyond anything Juicy's put out recently. "This another one." Preach.

Gucci Mane ft. Future - "Lamborghini"
Though this isn't technically just a feature, as it appeared on Gucci and Future's collaborative Freebricks tape, it's a hit you can't ignore. Gucci's influence is sprinkled all over this track with pompous lines like "Spend a hundred grand when I'm bored," and Future fittingly goes hard with the background yelps as he sings the spiteful hook. Him and Gucci clearly have some things in common.

Pusha T ft. Future - "Pain"
Rumored to be the first single off Pusha T's GOOD Music debut, "Pain" is a dark affair. Future is an expert on the emotional, and even on hard-rap coke-odes like this one you feel a little bad for him and wish he'd just get over the haunting pain. Though without the pain, there would be no glory for young Future. As a single, "Pain" didn't quite blow up, but props to Pusha T for boldly playing the Future card on his first-ever solo single.

DJ Infamous ft. Future - "Itchin'"
Future is the only artist featured on this, but it's technically a feature for Atlanta's DJ Infamous. This banger is also nearly a year old, and it's interesting to hear the early iteration of Future's sound and track his progression. On "Itchin'," he's not yet heavy on the effects, but he's definitely rapping his ass off and seems to know what a magical team he and Mike WiLL will eventually make.

YC ft. Future - "Racks"
Even though he's the best part of this song, you forget that Future was on it because the label really pushed YC as the next hero of the A. Future - who knows that the magic of of Auto-Tuned rapping is enunciating, using the plug-in as a helper, not a crutch - definitely put YC onto this style, but does it so much better. Future kindly uses the effect as a best friend, and with this hit single, his racks are only starting to rack.

Lil Wayne ft. Drake & Future - "Bitches Love Me"
This banger off Wayne's recent IANAHBII is definitely the album's highlight. Weezy makes a weird choice of putting Future and Drake together on a hook, but it works surprisingly well as Future throws the lob and Drizzy spikes it with the always-smooth "as long as my bitches love me" punchline. This is a team effort all the way, but Future's "I'm on that good kush and alcohol" is this year's "Keisha smokin on Keisha."