The album features guest appearances from Pharrell, Pusha T, Casino, Wiz Khalifa, Kanye West, Drake, Young Scooter, André 3000, and Lil Wayne.
[2] In September 2012, during an interview with Montreality, he spoke about the album title, saying: "Future Hendrix just comes from being different.
In December 2012, during an interview with Rap-Up, he elaborated on the album title, saying: "It's different; I'm not trying to copy Jimi Hendrix.
"[5] He also said the album would feature collaborations with Ciara, Kanye West, Rihanna, Kelly Rowland and Jeremih.
It featured guest appearances from Drake, Rocko, Busta Rhymes, Young Scooter and Wale.
[7] In January 2013, during an interview with Spin, he spoke about the concept of Future Hendrix, saying: Yep, it's a statement.
[8] In June 2013, in an interview with Rap-Up, he spoke about the album, saying: "Expect some real classic music.
"[10] In October 2013, during an interview with The Huffington Post, he announced the album would no longer be released on November 26, 2013.
[13] On March 10, 2014, the final track listing was released, revealing guest appearances on the album from Pharrell, Pusha T, Casino, Wiz Khalifa, Drake, Kanye West, Young Scooter, André 3000 and Lil Wayne.
[14] The album's first single, "Karate Chop (Remix)" featuring Lil Wayne, was released on February 19, 2013.
[27] The album's fourth single, "Move That Dope" featuring Pharrell, Pusha T and Casino, was released on February 7, 2014.
[31] The album's promotional single, "Real and True" featuring Mr Hudson and Miley Cyrus, was released on November 5, 2013.
"[33] On November 10, 2013, the music video was released for "Real and True" featuring Mr Hudson and Miley Cyrus.
[38] Simon Vozick-Levinson of Rolling Stone said, "Lots of rappers talk about drugs, but Future is one of the few whose music makes you feel like you're actually on some.
When he raps, it's in pulse-racing staccato bursts; when he sings, his Auto-Tuned vowels stretch and melt like alien dreams.
Two years after his debut LP, Pluto, sent shock waves through mainstream rap, everyone else is still playing catch-up.
Now the Atlanta oddball is vaulting ahead once again with his second album – a weirder, grander, dizzier trip than its predecessor".
[46] Sheldon Pearce of Consequence said, "While Pluto explored the depths of Future's gritty, spacey Auto-Tune rap aesthetic, Honest peels back layers of emotional context, narrowing in on what truly makes his raps so compelling: the duality and sincerity of his character".
[1] David Jeffries of AllMusic said, "Only bad news to be had is that superior bangers like "Sh!t" and the "Karate Chop" remix with Lil Wayne have to be hunted down as bonus tracks on deluxe editions, but even on the regular version, the world of Future is as wobbly and as wonderful as ever, and thanks to Honest, it just got grand".
The bruisers are icepick sharp, the ballads restlessly toy with convention, and Future's heightened ease with both makes Pluto look like a transitional album in retrospect, the dress rehearsal for this, the actual takeover".
By all accounts, Honest reveals that Future's music was never a "right place, right time" story, but one that's unique and has staying power".
It resists grandiose production flourishes, message songs, ambitious themes, run-on suites, and most of the other tropes rappers over-rely on to telegraph importance.
Instead it just lets the bangers rip, freeing Future to cruise down his preferred lane unimpeded.
[41] Omar Burgess of HipHopDX said, "No one realistically expects Future to make the type of leap Three Stacks did between Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik and ATLiens.
But if he expounds on the type of substance he hints at on "Special", his album cuts will be as equally potent as his singles.
[44] Chris Kelly of Fact said, "Honest doesn't have the shock-of-the-new that Pluto offered during its finest moments, which is understandable: Future's Auto-Tuned weirdness has quickly become part of the Southern rap fabric".