By Ted Johnson
18.03.2020 - 22:43 / genius.com
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.
“We did this one in his hotel room with one speaker,” Bugz Ronin said. “He knew the tempo that he wanted and
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."
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 and The Weeknd first developed a relationship while the former artist was opening for the latter on his Starboy: Legend of the Fall tour, and today they reunited on wax for a remix of The Weeknd’s hit single, “Heartless.” The song is produced by Dre Moon, Illangelo, Metro Boomin, and The Weeknd, with remixing courtesy of DaHeala.
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 artist has claimed that the cover art for Lil Uzi Vert's new single "That Way" rips off a six-year-old painting they published online, as Genius points out.
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.
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
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. -- A Pennsylvania casino shut down temporarily, some Las Vegas casinos closed their buffets and the Hard Rock chain canceled live entertainment at all its U.S. properties for at least a month as the nation's casinos grappled with the coronavirus outbreak.
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.
A week after dropping his long-awaited album Eternal Atake on March 6, Lil Uzi Vert has another new album. Billed as both a deluxe edition of last week’s record and a sequel to his breakout 2016 mixtape, Lil Uzi Vert vs. the World, the 14-track release features Future, Young Thug, Gunna, 21 Savage, Chief Keef, Young Nudy, Lil Durk, and NAV. Have a listen to Eternal Atake (Deluxe) - LUV vs. The World 2, which comprises the first 14 tracks, below.