NOT ALL HEROES WEAR CAPES is Metro Boomin’s debut studio album and his official return from his unexpected “retirement” on April 13, 2018. NAHWC follows Metro’s debut mixtape, 19 & Boomin, and the four collaborative projects he’s released with other artists since 2016.
The title implies Metro’s opinion that producers are under-appreciated in the music industry.
The album boasts appearances from Travis Scott, Young Thug, 21 Savage, Swae Lee, Offset, Gunna, Drake, and more.
In mid-October 2018, several fake “Missing Person” billboards were posted in New York and Atlanta.
On October 31, 2018, Metro tweeted:
Metro posted the album’s tracklist sans features on November 1, 2018. The caption of the post read, “TONIGHT WE EAT,” confirming its November 2 release date.
The album’s lead single, “No Complaints,” was premiered by Metro on Drake’s OVO Sound Radio on June 23, 2017. The single was included on this album as a bonus track.
On November 6, 2018, Metro re-released the album as a deluxe edition. This version included each original song alongside the instrumental of each song.
On the album’s handwritten tracklist, Metro leaves a note that says:
To everyone that believed in me thank you… to everyone that did not believe in me thank you!
N.A.H.W.C
NOT ALL HEROES WEAR CAPES sold approximately 99,000 album-equivalent units in its first full sales week, debuting and peaking at #1 on the Billboard 200 in the week of November 17, 2018.
On the Billboard Hot 100, seven songs debuted on the chart after the first week. The highest charting song from the album was the 21 Savage-assisted “Don’t Come Out the House,” which debuted at #38.