3 Reasons Lil Uzi Vert Could be Headed for Album of the Year Grammy Nomination

Even if you haven’t heard of David Kim, you’ve heard him. He’s a trusted engineer who’s worked with everyone from DJ Khaled to Ariana Grande to N.E.R.D, winning a Grammy for his work on Kendrick Lamar’s To Pimp A Butterfly. In an exclusive, 20-minute masterclass for Digital FORT, Kim opens up about one of his proudest achievements, the sound behind the late Nipsey Hussle’s “Racks In The Middle,” guiding us through his process in depth along the way.

Philly rapper Lil Uzi Vert is famously a big Paramore fan, previously calling lead singer Hayley Williams his biggest songwriting inspiration. In an interview with Beats 1’s Zane Lowe, Williams revealed she actually turned down a request from him to collaborate while going through a period of personal turmoil.

"I remember too Uzi asking me to do some stuff with him."

It’s been nearly three years since Kendrick Lamar’s last solo album, and while there’s still few details about its potential release, one of the rapper’s longtime collaborators recently revealed his own involvement in the recording process. In an interview with Japanese fashion company Neet Tokyo posted on YouTube on Friday, Thundercat said that he’s been in the studio with Kendrick.

Jessie Reyez’s new album, BEFORE LOVE CAME TO KILL US, has arrived, and while she keeps the guest features to a minimum, she does pay homage to some several big-name rappers on the project’s ninth track, “ROOF.” The Worth It and Bizness Boi-produced song features a prominent interpolation of Kendrick Lamar’s flow on ScHoolboy Q’s “Collard Greens.” In the same breath, she shouts out a trip of rap and R&B albums, too.

Today (March 25) is Big Sean’s 32nd birthday, and, to celebrate, he’s revealed the title of his next album: Detroit 2. The record, which does not yet have a release date, will arrive via G.O.O.D. Music/Def Jam Recordings. Check out Sean’s new Detroit 2 trailer below.

Lil Uzi Vert would have had an easy time staying at No. 1 on the Rolling Stone albums chart for a second week, regardless. But the fact that he released a deluxe version of his album just one week after the standard edition ensured that he really racked up big numbers.

Thanks to the ongoing rise of streaming services and social media, it's become easier for rising producers to capture the attention of mainstream artists. For Bugz Ronin, this ascension occurred faster than he anticipated.

Brandon Finessin (real name: Brandon Veal) debuts at No. 1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Producers chart (dated March 21), thanks to eight production credits on songs by Lil Uzi Vert on the latest Billboard Hot 100.All eight songs are on Lil Uzi Vert's new LP Eternal Atake, which debuts at No.

Lil Uzi Vert dominates both the album and singles charts this week, with a blockbuster No. 1 debut for his “Eternal Atake” collection — and individual cuts from that album accounting for 14 of the top 20 song slots.

“Imagine, bro,” Lil Uzi Vert said in his 2017 FADER cover story. “I could have been an astronaut.” Three-odd years later, and it’s safe to say rap’s prime 25-year-old subversive has found himself floating in space.

A Korean painter and illustrator named TaeTae (태태) has accused Lil Uzi Vert of plagiarizing their artwork for the cover of his hit single, “That Way.” TaeTae pointed out the similarities between their painting and Uzi’s cover art in an Instagram post, while explaining that the photo of their original work was first shared on their blog six years ago.

Lil Uzi Vert is sitting on top of the Billboard 200 with new album Eternal Atake. The album, released on March 6, made its way to the top spot via the biggest streaming week for an album since 2018, Billboard has confirmed.

Compton, Calif., native Sounwave, born Mark Spears, is an in-house producer at the record label Top Dawg Entertainment and has had a hand in every release from rapper Kendrick Lamar since his self-titled debut EP in 2009, including Black Panther: The Album (2018), DAMN. (2017) and To Pimp a Butterfly (2015).

Lil Uzi Vert‘s new collection, Lil Uzi Vert vs. the World 2, is out now!

Just one week after dropping Eternal Atake, Lil Uzi Vert returned with a deluxe edition containing 14 new tracks doubling as the sequel to 2016’s Lil Uzi Vert Vs. The World. The Lil Durk-assisted “No Auto” pays tribute to one of Uzi’s idols, Lil Wayne, by sampling “BM J.R.” from 2004’s Tha Carter.

The 14 new tracks include collaborations with Future, Young Thug, 21 Savage, and Chief Keef

Billboard’s First Stream serves as a handy guide to this Friday’s most essential releases — the key music that everyone will be talking about today, and that will be dominating playlists this weekend and beyond.