Here’s hoping the deluxe version enhances the various personas of Uzi, instead of diluting them.Uzi also explains the reason he moved forward and released the album had to do with some of his songs being leaked. It took two years, but Eternal Atake, easily Uzi’s best release so far, was well worth the wait. 1, making it the second album for the rapper to top the chart, and his most successful release to date. The original release is set to debut at no. Since the album’s release, Uzi has shared that there will be a deluxe version of Eternal Atake, although details remain scarce. But, on Eternal Atake, Lil Uzi Vert makes a convincing case that if any rapper were to actually be abducted by aliens (or a cult of women) and come back converting traditional Earthly raps into a supernatural saga, it would be him. There’s also nothing unique about a rapper claiming to be from outer space. And, I’m not from Earth, I’m from outer space.” There’s nothing novel about splitting an album into different personas. “Venetia,” the second song in the third and final portion of the album, starts off with the lines “Lil Uzi Vert, to be exact. It’s easy to imagine the cult of women in Uzi’s short film singing the “oohs” in the background of the braggadocious “Bust Me” just before the abducted rapper escapes back home in the song’s interlude. On “I’m Sorry,” the rapper apologizes for a failed relationship with a fan over a production that features a strikingly similar, albeit slower, version of the “Celebration Station” video-game-esque production. You’re far too kind you, and you, and you. The productions and melodies remain theatrical, but the emotions of it all aren’t as melodramatic, even on the Chief Keef-produced “Chrome Heart Tags.” Later in the album, in the final section, Uzi recycles the “Xo Tour Lif3” melody, reimagining it as the more optimistic but less potent “P2.” The end of the song feels like an encore speech to fans (“Thank you. But, while the rapper’s joy is still infectious on this project (this is especially true on standout cut “Celebration Station”), turmoil seems to hit him differently now. Uzi’s range of emotions has garnered hits (“Xo Tour Lif3”) and inspired memes (“Do What I Want”) for years, gaining the attention of even the most casual fan. This section is more melodic and features more singing, making it a likely draw for the rapper’s pop-leaning fans. “Step on competition, changin’ my shoes/Green shirt, bi**h, I’m Steve, where is Blue?/Every chain on I pity a fool/I’m an iPod, man, you more like a Zoom.” We’ve seen glimpses of Uzi like this before, on songs such as Luv is Rage 2’s “For Real.” Still, on Eternal Atake he’s honed his rhymes and vocal delivery, stretching his voice to emphasize each punchline.Ī post shared by 16 ( NO STYLIST) on at 5:56pm PSTĮternal Atake shifts sonically and tonally after the first six songs, making way for Uzi’s second persona, Renji, the emo counterpart to Baby Pluto. He slows down long enough on “You Better Move” to make sure you can catch his wordplay. “Pop” finds Uzi pushing his Baby Pluto persona to the extreme, laying bare his trap and drill influences in the skittish verses before offering one of the album’s most effective hooks and a standout moment where he breathlessly repeats “Balenci” (as in Balenciaga) 15 times. “Making money like a ni**a don’t need to drop,” he raps in rapid cadence on “Silly Watch,” outpacing the synth keys in the Supah Mario production. The section finds him aggressive and unrelenting. The 18-track album kicks off with “Baby Pluto,” introducing the first of three personas that Uzi utilizes on the album. Reality is not my move.” In a period of increased anxiety and uncertainty when everyone seems to be holding their breath for the next tragedy, Eternal Atake offers a temporary reprieve. On “You Better Move,” the interstellar cut that seems destined to TikTok virality, Uzi raps “I live my life like a cartoon. The timing of the release couldn’t be more perfect. In the final shot, he ascends into the hovering ship, his arms outstretched in an image that recalls religious imagery.īaby Pluto’s spaceship finally crash-landed back on Earth last Friday (March 6), delivering a long-awaited experience that feels both grounded in this planet and like an hour-long manifesto from the leader of a new world. Transforming into a version of himself that more aligns with his rapper/rockstar persona, Uzi approaches the ship, followed by a cult of women. Directed by the rapper and Gibson Hazard, the “short film” is a two-minute visual that finds Uzi leaving his office job, dressed in a suit and tie, and following a set of coordinates to a field where he encounters a spaceship, still smoking from its fiery landing on Earth. A week ago, without much prior warning, Uzi released a trailer for Eternal Atake.
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