Eternal Atake

HIPHOPのサウンド/ヴィジョン/ファッションはこの男がリードする。 HIPHOP最前線の最先端に立つ男、その名はLIL UZI VERT!
彼が2020年に発表したSFフューチャリスティック・トラップ・アルバム『ETERNAL ATAKE』が時空を超えてアナログLPとして復活!

2020年に発表された『ETERNAL ATAKE』。これは初期リル・ウージー・ヴァートのメロディック・ラップとエモ・ラップをベースに、それ以降のリル・ウージー作品で見られる、より大胆でフューチャリスティック、そしてコンセプトをもったサウンドスケープを融合させたHIPHOPアヴァンギャルドなサウンドの作品である。アルバムは全米Billboard 200アルバム・チャートで初登場1位を飾り、全米レコード協会認定の3xプラチナ・ディスクに輝いている。また全英アルバム・チャートでも3位、オーストラリア、ニュージーランドそしてカナダやノルウェーでもアルバム・チャートのTop3に輝いている。アルバムからは「Futsal Shuffle 2020」、そして「That Way」などのヒット・シングルもいまれている。その注目作のアナログLPが待望の登場!!

Philly rapper Lil Uzi Vert established themself as a one-of-a-kind force when they zipped from an outlandish verse on Migos ubiquitous 2016 hit "Bad & Boujee" to their own chart-conquering 2017 debut studio album, Luv Is Rage 2. Uzi delivered their rhymes with charisma, versatility, and a futuristic weirdness that combined with inventive production for a groundbreaking take on pop-ready trap. Second album Eternal Atake arrived as a surprise release after a stretch of relative silence while the rapper was dealing with administrative issues with their label. The time away likely accounts for the meticulous production and amplified energy of the 18 tracks that make up the album. While theyre as obsessed with cars, designer clothes, money, and sex as ever, Lil Uzi Vert moves from the loose, restrained rapping of their earlier days into more complex, exhilarating styles. Where theyd gotten by on charm and a unique persona before, Uzis technical prowess is sharpened on tracks like "Celebration Station" and the woozy, start-stop flows of "You Better Move." When they combine inventive rapping with sung melodic hooks, Lil Uzi Verts pop appeal comes into full focus. The slippery refrain that "Bigger Than Life" is built around is somehow smooth and frenzied at once, and Uzi flips a Backstreet Boys sample on "That Way," inconceivably transforming a universally adored hit into something new and all their own. Theres a vague, poorly conceived alien abduction narrative that runs throughout the album in the form of disjointed skits, but its easily ignorable. The science fiction essence of Eternal Atake comes more from the video game samples and synthy touches that Philly production team Working on Dying brings to many of the beats. With all of its energy, Eternal Atake can still drag on after a while. A week after its release, a deluxe edition with another 14 outtakes was released as Lil Uzi Vert vs. The World 2, suggesting that the hour-plus of material that made it onto the proper album was pared down from any inessential extras. Even though its a lengthy journey and some of the songs start to feel similar, nothing here is filler. Renewed and hungry after a few years in record-label limbo, Eternal Atake (and its supplementary material) represents the floodgates of Lil Uzi Verts creativity opening back up, taking us to new, out-there places. ~ Fred Thomas