Where he'd gotten by on charm and a unique persona before, Uzi's technical prowess is sharpened on tracks like 'Celebration Station' and the woozy, start-stop flows of 'You Better Move.' When he combines inventive rapping with sung melodic hooks, Lil Uzi Vert's pop appeal comes into full focus. While he's as obsessed with cars, designer clothes, money, and sex as ever, Lil Uzi Vert moves from the loose, restrained rapping of his earlier days into more complex, exhilarating styles. The time away likely accounts for the meticulous production and amplified energy of the 18 tracks that make up the album.

Second album Eternal Atake arrived as a surprise release after a stretch of relative silence while the rapper was dealing with administrative issues with his label. Uzi delivered his rhymes with charisma, versatility, and a futuristic weirdness that combined with inventive production for a groundbreaking take on pop-ready trap. Philly rapper Lil Uzi Vert established himself as a one-of-a-kind force when he zipped from an outlandish verse on Migos' ubiquitous 2016 hit 'Bad & Boujee' to his own chart-conquering 2017 debut studio album, Luv Is Rage 2.

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