After three years, Pink Tape has arrived. And with it, a total of nearly an hour and thirty minutes of new music, featuring tracks with Nicki Minaj, Bring Me The Horizon, BABYMETAL, Don Tolliver, and Travis Scott. Lil Uzi Vert has certainly made it worth our wait.
And the 26-track album sounds, and feels, authentically Uzi — from their rapping cadence and gaming and anime influences to lyricism that touches on their personal struggles with sobriety. Halfway through the record, he even covers System of a Down’s 2001 classic “Chop Suey!” There’s something to be said of an artist who truly shows all of their cards, emotionally and creatively.
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On Pink Tape, Uzi leans into their appreciation of alternative music, from heavy metal to pop punk, both in solo tracks and through features. We hear clean and unclean vocals from Uzi, the use of a metal growl in trap tracks, and a heavier soundscape to match in “Werewolf,” a catchy track that’s surprisingly brash, even for Bring Me The Horizon.
However enigmatic at first listen this lengthy project may sound, the bizarre, endearing, collage of scenes and sounds is, and has always been, the beauty of Uzi’s work. And on that note, this album, in all actuality, may be the most true-to-form yet for the acclaimed artist. Pink Tape is purely genre-fluid, defiantly rule-breaking, heart-baring, and ultimately, utterly, the definition of alternative.
Check out the tracklisting, as well as his System of a Down cover and Bring Me the Horizon collaboration, below.
Pink Tape tracklisting
1. “Flooded The Face”
2. “Suicide Doors”
3. “Aye” (feat. Travis Scott)
4. “Crush Em”
5. “Amped”
6. “x2”
7. “Died And Came Back”
8. “Spin Again”
9. “That Fiya”
10. “I Gotta”
11. “Endless Fashion” (feat. Nicki Minaj)
12. “Mama, I’m Sorry”
13. “All Alone”
14. “Nakamura”
15. “Just Wanna Rock”
16. “Fire Alarm”
17. “CS”
18. “Werewolf” (feat. Bring Me the Horizon)
19. “Pluto To Mars”
20. “Confession” (feat. Don Toliver)
21. “Days Come And Go”
22. “Rehab”
23. “The End” (feat. BABYMETAL)
24. “Zoom” (Bonus)
25. “Of Course” (Bonus)
26. “Shardai” (Bonus)
