How Producer Bugz Ronin Helped Lil Uzi Vert's 'Eternal Atake' Album Reach Intergalactic Heights

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."

Pi'erre Bourne (real name Jordan Timothy Jenks) debuts at No. 1 on Billboard's Hot 100 Producers chart (dated March 28), thanks to four production credits on the latest Billboard Hot 100. All four songs, which he solely produced, are

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.

Lil Uzi Vert’s “Lo Mein” debuted at No. 8 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart this week, the second-highest position for any track on his new album, Eternal Atake, aside from “Baby Pluto.” The song is co-produced by Brandon Finessin and Pennsylvania producer Bugz Ronin, the latter of whom recently detailed to Billboard how “Lo Mein” came together in the midst of a hotel room Nerf gun fight.

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.

“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.

Roddy Ricch's "The Box" leads the Billboard Hot 100 chart for a milestone 10th week. Dua Lipa's "Don't Start Now" rises to No. 2 on the Hot 100 and becomes the most-heard hit on

Lil Uzi Vertblasts in at No. 1 on theBillboard 200chart withEternal Atake, marking his second chart-topper and the biggest streaming week for an album since 2018.

Lil Uzi Vert blasts in at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart with Eternal Atake, marking his second No.

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.

After years of frustration, Lil Uzi Vert fans are feasting upon a shocking amount of new music, which he continued to roll out today with the release of Eternal Atake (Deluxe) – LUV Vs. The World 2. The project arrived with several songs that are sure to be familiar to diehard Uzi fans, as the Philly rapper has been teasing some of them since as far back as 2016.

Lil Uzi Vert is going for the gusto. After gifting the world his sophomore attempt Eternal Atake last week, on Friday (Mar. 13), Uzi doubled back by releasing Eternal Atake: Deluxe: LUV Vs. The World 2 -- a sequel to his 2016 mixtape opus. 

Lil Uzi Vert’s long-awaited Eternal Atake finally arrived after nearly two years—and he just released the deluxe edition of the disc, which doubles as a sequel to 2016’s Lil Uzi Vert Vs. The World.

Lil Uzi Vert is expected to drop a deluxe edition of his latest album, Eternal Atake, tonight. Earlier today, he revealed that the release will add 14 songs to the project. Soon after, he announced that the back half of it will be a sequel to his 2016 breakout project, Lil Uzi Vert Vs. The World.

On March 6, Lil Uzi Vert finally released his highly-anticipated sophomore album, Eternal Atake. Genius spoke with several producers who were responsible for shaping the sound of the project, including Oogie Mane and Brandon Finessin of the Philadelphia collective Working on Dying, Supah Mario, TM88, and Bugz Ronin. Altogether, they handled production on 13 of the 16 brand new tracks on the album.

Lil Uzi Vert’s long-awaited Luv Is Rage 2 follow-up Eternal Atake was finally released last Friday, after months of pushed release dates and delays. The album, which features the singles “Futsal Shuffle 2020” and “That Way” as bonus tracks, finds the Philly superstar reuniting with Atlanta producer TM88, the artist behind the beat for Uzi’s biggest hit thus-far, “XO Tour Llif3,” for a new track titled “P2.”