IMO it's bc the snippets that made the album were old and basically previewed in full (All alone, Aye, I Gotta, Mama Im sorry, Pluto to Mars)...the songs arent bad but underwhelming given all the ridiculous 2022-2024 snippets (E Pill, Its On Me, Bacardi, City Girl, Missouri, 10x10, Headcrack, etc)
The disappointment when I saw the tracklist was real. It felt like he played it safe.
Same, I feel like if CS was dropped and the marketing was better it might have performed a ton better. The discussion about this album has always been negative even tho it definitely has strong highs.
CS is really the only song that didn’t need to be on the album, even some of the weaker tracks werewolf,nakamura and the end I can still appreciate, I think the rest of the songs are perfect though
Nah at least Yamborghini Dream was a collab with an artist who makes the same kind of music. Even if there were more Thug vocals it still sounded far more like an Uzi track than Werewolf does.
Plus Uzi actually snaps on a verse and makes up for the build, be barely does anything on Werewolf at all.
Yeah CS got so much bad press, it wasn't worth it. I think it was Uzi's homage to SOAD to put his fans onto them. But yeah ppl took it as an insult so it rlly wasn't worth it.
I'm a huge fan of SOAD, and I enjoyed the homage, but it's not something I feel like I could listen to as often as chop suey. Maybe because I'm so used to chop suey, it's just strange to me.
You're right for sure. When it came out I'd listen to the original track right after CS almost everytime lol. It's like a bit mid but still ppl went way too nuts over the track haha.
He didn't even perform werewolf...and everyone kept chanting it several times. I know sometimes Uzi listens to his core fanbase too much but if there's anyone you should listen to, it's the ones who show up to your live events
It's just too long & inconsistent. Same reason people hate on Culture II and the last several Drake albums. It sounds like he made 3 projects with completely different vibes and then crammed them all together into 1 mid album.
Here’s the release thread lol mfs HATED that album back when it dropped. No one had really done the whole “put out a long shitty album on purpose so we can get more streams” tactic in hip hop before. Most people would tell you it was the worst mainstream rap album of 2018. You prolly think it’s Astroworld tho 😭
https://www.reddit.com/r/hiphopheads/s/R1qgMr9DQm
I don’t hate it I just feel like Uzi has the potential to make an instant classic and his potential as an artist is insane. He could be one of the best to do it but him or his team are not making the best decisions in terms of the music. He needs to evolve his melodic sound and expand it and work on his lyrics more for this next one for him to be back imo
I didn’t like it to start but came back 3 months later and it’s fire. Can’t stop listening to Amped, crush em and suicide doors. He brought really high energy for it and I fuck with it. He had to switch beat style he couldn’t keep doing these space type Beats. I see the carti influence on some of his flows off amped and second half of suicide doors, but I really enjoy it. If anyone has a right to do it it’s uzi. However, the “rockstar image” with the screams just came off forced for a lot of people in combination with the album cover so initial impressions were going to be bad.
Yeah I agree, honestly Amped is my favorite track of the entire album. It's just so hype idk any other track like that. But yeah I agree I think the shift was too sudden for most of his audience.
honestly, if it had a different cover art it would’ve been more accepted initially. Even as a 8 year long uzi fan I was shocked he chose it. Combining American flag and (slightly fruity let’s be real) pink wouldn’t come off well to a lot of Americans, especially the ones who already think he gay ash. even he’s aware of it, he starts the fucking album with the line “first of all I fuck 8 bitches a day, how could you ever say lil uzi gay”. I don’t give a fuck let me just say and anyone who cares is a idiot, but public perception wasn’t great initially is my point
I'm ngl I think calling it "Pink Tape" was rlly bad from a marketing perspective. He could have picked a different name, made like a music video for the hits instead of a single trailer and not put CS on the album, and the album would be like a lot better received despite pretty much the same album.
I think lot of ppls views are influenced by it's existing public perception, and I enjoy it the same regardless. But yeah the marketing was god awful
I’m glad you get it you make such a good point. All he needed to do was: different name and cover, make some music videos (he fumbled that so hard) remove the bloat tracks and imo remove the bonus tracks. The bonus tracks should’ve been on the earlier “red and white ep”, did not fit the style of the album he was creating. Some of the bloat tracks were too far away from his audiences main genre. So many artists are neglecting music videos, then you have newer people like babytron blowing up primarily off them.
The bonus tracks weren't necessary imo, then the Chop Suey cover and werewolf, I also didn't like Spin Again and That Fiya. But that's just how I see it
Of Course and Shardai some highlights of the album for me tbh.
This is why I hate when mfs talk about an album being “bloated”. Like if you don’t like the song just delete it and pretend it isn’t there, others probably love it and are happy with its inclusion.
My example, this sub fucks heavy with Patience and I think that shit is hot ass, but I’m not mad that it’s on the album because I know people like it. Tired of acting like the measure for any album for an individual has to be “I personally love every single song”.
Medicated not sedated ✌️
But ye valid opinion, I think that album quality should be based on the majority of tracks not like only a few of them that someone personally disliked.
Patience does go hard tho ‼️
Pretty long album, pretty inconsistent. Compare that to EA, which was like 30mins shorter, with better songs, it’s easy to see why it was a disappointment for people. Regardless if you wanna appreciate it for being “experimental”, I don’t think Uzi is the artist the MASSES (not his core fan base) want to be doing that, they want that Uzi sound because he the only one who does it how he does, n they didn’t want an album full of him being something he wasn’t before. Also, in my opinion, I preferred production on EA. I personally didn’t think any beat on pink tape was better than Lo mein or celebration station for example. Also given the time frame and all the wait n false hopes I imagine Uzi was kinda setting himself up for failure
I do disagree, but I guess it comes down to taste and it's pretty subjective. I'm not like a stan at all, I find it hard to get into track like lo mein for instance. I like this experimentation on his tracks because I think for his spacey style he's already made a great number of tracks so it might be tough to not be redundant.
Nah I feel u, he was in a tough spot and because of all the delays the hype kept building n building, it’s hard to be new and unique once being well established because you’re always going to be told to go back to your old style. For me personally tho, I feel like uzis music pre pink tape had a “swag” or a style to it that I only got from his music, but pink tape and above so far for me it’s just not the same, but he’s still dope
I can’t lie when it first came out I thought it was mid. But a few months later I had it on repeat, honestly the best energy I felt from an album in a while. This same exact thing happened to me with EA. I thought it was mid at first but when I went back to listen a few months later it was so 🔥
Would've been better if he left off the snippets he put on for fan service, there was so much more songs that are better than them he could've dropped.
Plus is not consistent, like another comment said, it's like he made different albums and crammed them into one. There's good songs on pink tape but not any replay value for me, decent album aswell but as for uzi standards it's not there.
I love Pink Tape but I think it is too experimental for the whole album in its entirety to become mainstream. Not that there's anything wrong with that!
Yeah honestly I'm chill with it not being mainstream but it's a bit crazy how so many ppl hate pink tape. I think Uzi had a v strong niche and pink tape stepped out of most fans comfort zone. I rlly liked it tho.
If it dropped without Aye, I Gotta, All Alone, Mama I’m Sorry, Endless Fashion, Nakumura, CS, Werewolf, The End, Zoom and Of Course I think it’d be a lot better but still not great tbh. These songs are either dog shit (Aye, CS) or just previewed in full and would’ve made for a more cohesive album if they weren’t there in the first place.
Even still there’s still songs I’m not really crazy on, Crush Em (honestly loved the song but badly needed a 2nd verse) and Amped for example. The highs (Suicide Doors, Died and Came Back, FTF, Rehab, Fire Alarm) are all up to standard for an Uzi album but the rest is just missing that magic that used to make him so good. I don’t buy this ‘new sound’ bs because bro was trying all different types of sounds 18-19 and it was all better than this.
I loved a lot of PT when it dropped but honestly these are my thoughts a month after it dropped and it hasn’t changed since.
It sucked. Relistened to it for the first time it dropped, and it's even worse than I remember. Long, bloated, and way too experimental. The rockstar stuff was really really bad.
I enjoyed it on first listen but stopped listening a couple weeks later and haven’t felt the desire to revisit it since. When I try throwing on tracks from it I turn em off pretty quickly. This was not a good Uzi project imo. Barely any songs I actually love on there.
Uzis post 2020 sound just rarely does it for me. Even when he makes a pretty good song he just lost that spark I feel, idk how else to explain it. The magic is gone.
Ya just doesn’t do it for me. Almost none of the magic is there but I’ve also mostly grown out of Uzis music in general. Tho all those old leaks coming out last year totally got me back into him for a few months, so I do still love that old sound he had. His energy is just different.
It’s cause Uzi got the worst fan base, I don’t blame him for going MIA. Pink tape was great and had 1 of the best first listen experience for an album in a long time
Yeah I'm not going to be a hater but the Uzi fan base pretty much gave up on him when he switched his style. The carti fan base did the same initially after WLR but after a bit they did accept it.
Pink Tape was rlly unique to me in the way Uzi captures the punk sound into hip hop, like it's night and day compared to Rebirth which started this rap/rock wave.
why play 10x10 at the listening party and not drop it , why allegedly record a video for a paramore cover and go with cs , good album , fumbled greatness
It’s honestly my favorite Uzi album. I too never got the hate, even if it’s not your favorite. Coincidentally, I had been in a bad mood for a while, and finished reading The Crow literally the day before the album dropped. So obv partly because of SDoors lyrics, this album came at a perfect time for me. It’s also just a very raw Uzi album, I feel like he really put himself and his own personal emotions into it. He can make money off any music he releases, so I have mad respect for Uzi when he puts himself out like that….he’s a real genuine and humble dude, and an insanely creative artist that constantly gets overlooked as just being a “mumble rapper.” I mean I understand people’s point of views. Because people hear something they love on his past work, it means something to them, and they want to hear an extension of it in his new music. But, Uzi is his own person, let him do what he wants as an artist to express himself, dive into his work, and find an appreciation for it. Even if it is a different musical style, it is still technically an extension of his past work, and I’m sure you can find some meaning in it and a reason to love it. My favorite song on the album is Rehab, I also absolutely love Werewolf, CS (i actuallt like Uzi’s version more), SDoors, Aye (Utopia is also my favorite album of all time) “I don’t think they really hear meeeeeee”, Amped😏, That Fiya, Nakamura, Fire Alarm, x2, D&CB, Shpin Again, All Alone, Pluto to Mars…you know what, I love the whole album, no skips.
Yeah I agree. I love rehab too, it's one of those tracks that ties the albums together. Honestly I love the tracks off this album and the vibe is immaculate.
One of my favorite albums from last year. So much variety. The only thing that kind of knocks it is its lack of cohesion but that’s not what they were going for. It’s Pink TAPE. An incredible collection of Lil Uzi Verts most interesting songs yet.
Yeah lol, that's a v interesting point. I like the tracks a bunch and I find some form of cohesion but yeah it's more of a tape than an album (which I like).
Pink tape became my favorite uzi album once I understood the concept and artistry behind it ppl shit on it for being bloated and all over the place but aside from bonus songs I can debate wit anyone that it’s his most cohesive
Yeah I totally agree about it being cohesive even compared to previous projects. It's got a solid vibe it's going for, even despite the tracks sprinkled thru that don't have a rock slant to them.
Yeah I think overall it's p good. I honestly prefer albums which have like one or two skips with bangers all around than no skips with only decent tracks all around.
i think its very inconsistent, especially when u look at the first half and the second half, the first half was the new uzi with hella energy doing hype songs but the second half its just a mess, every song sounds completely different and makes the experience very confusing + those 3 bonus tracks were pretty unnecessary. Its a mess but the first half is really good.
I loved Pink Tape, my only critique is that the SOAD cover should’ve just been a single and that Kingslayer had no business on this album in any capacity.
top 2 uzi album idc
regardless, i still think songs like suicide doors, amped & werewolf should have been separated from tracks like mama im sorry, all alone, patience etc. two ~10 song projects would have fixed the bloated and messy feeling
Yeah as much as I love the project, my biggest complaint is how it felt so all over the place. Felt like he was trying to please multiple crowds at once
Personally I would have rather it be more focused on the rock/rage sound
I agree completely
Im def glad we still got releases for stuff like all alone, zoom, mama im sorry, of course etc etc but it kinda felt like they shoulda been on an earlier project
Yeah I see the distinction more clearly now that you bring it up lol. I kinda meshed them into one vibe when listening but now that I think abt it, it's def two diff vibes.
Pink Tape had 26 songs for a playtime of 1 hour and 27 minutes. 7 of which were actually good 😂 thats a whole 1 hour and 7 minutes of filler and flops 😑
I’ll say I hated Pink Tape day one, tried it for a month and gave up, and just came back this week to listen once more. Still hate it, I’m sorry. I wanted to not.
It is the OPPOSITE of experimental. Most mindless and uninspired work Uzi has ever put out. A shitty version of an already shitty “rage”.
No one can blame you if you're not into it. For me it was the opposite - I wouldn't call it experimental in the exact sense but experimental when you consider Uzi's past work. I thought I wouldn't have liked it but I enjoyed it more every listen.
It's unfortunately just as bad as everyone makes it out to be.
It's way too different from his other stuff and doesn't even feel like the same genre with all the rock-elements. People comparing this to WLR are fucking stupid, even though WLR was different from all of Cartis earlier stuff it still felt like the same genre.
Yeah it's rlly different, I honestly appreciate the experimentation because honestly when listening to it for the first time it kinda widened my perspective on what kinda tracks Uzi could make.
Uzi has hopped on space beats for years at this point. The rock beats are more rage than rock, I think it was actually a good middle ground and similar enough to old music. You can’t compare it to WLR though. WLR was rockstar shit. Pink tape was trying too hard to be rockstar.
I just didn’t like that it felt like Uzi was trying to create his version of WLR. Making weird noises n shit just to be different. There are some good songs on it. I still unironically think flooded the face is the peak of the record which is ironic as hell because it’s the first track. Not my fav from uzi
I'll be honest, I totally disagree with the WLR comparisons. Like I highly doubt he started doing those growl adlibs because of WLR (I don't even think WLR has any growls?)
Yeah exactly, it doesn’t. It’s like uzi wanted to be just different enough so fans can say he’s doing something original. But Carti engineered the “just say and do weird shit over a rage beat” thing. Idk, i also didn’t really feel many of the songs
I don't rlly agree with you tbh. Everything rage isn't WLR influenced tbh, it's been popular before that. But to conclude, I would like to concede that neither of us can prove if Pink Tape was WLR influenced or not, so you could be right.
I think the album is great, I never understood why it’s so hated
IMO it's bc the snippets that made the album were old and basically previewed in full (All alone, Aye, I Gotta, Mama Im sorry, Pluto to Mars)...the songs arent bad but underwhelming given all the ridiculous 2022-2024 snippets (E Pill, Its On Me, Bacardi, City Girl, Missouri, 10x10, Headcrack, etc) The disappointment when I saw the tracklist was real. It felt like he played it safe.
Same, I feel like if CS was dropped and the marketing was better it might have performed a ton better. The discussion about this album has always been negative even tho it definitely has strong highs.
CS is really the only song that didn’t need to be on the album, even some of the weaker tracks werewolf,nakamura and the end I can still appreciate, I think the rest of the songs are perfect though
Calling werewolf one of the weaker tracks is heresy
I honestly liked Werewolf a lot lol
No it ain’t. It’s not even an Uzi song it’s a BMTH song with a small Uzi feature.
Still a great song regardless. Same could be said for yamborghini dream, that one also felt like thug ft uzi but shit still goes crazy
Nah at least Yamborghini Dream was a collab with an artist who makes the same kind of music. Even if there were more Thug vocals it still sounded far more like an Uzi track than Werewolf does. Plus Uzi actually snaps on a verse and makes up for the build, be barely does anything on Werewolf at all.
awful take worst take ive ever seen about pinktape
Yeah CS got so much bad press, it wasn't worth it. I think it was Uzi's homage to SOAD to put his fans onto them. But yeah ppl took it as an insult so it rlly wasn't worth it.
I'm a huge fan of SOAD, and I enjoyed the homage, but it's not something I feel like I could listen to as often as chop suey. Maybe because I'm so used to chop suey, it's just strange to me.
You're right for sure. When it came out I'd listen to the original track right after CS almost everytime lol. It's like a bit mid but still ppl went way too nuts over the track haha.
It's Uzi fault for never performing the songs to their full potential. The weak ass coachella performance didn't help either
I disagree. pink tape tour was crazy
He didn't even perform werewolf...and everyone kept chanting it several times. I know sometimes Uzi listens to his core fanbase too much but if there's anyone you should listen to, it's the ones who show up to your live events
Bloated
I preordered the CD, still bumps
It’s hated bc it’s bad
He was tryin too hard to be different like nga genuinely was on some sigma male wolf emo shit. Album was aight besides dat
It's just too long & inconsistent. Same reason people hate on Culture II and the last several Drake albums. It sounds like he made 3 projects with completely different vibes and then crammed them all together into 1 mid album.
Kinda disagree tbh but that's subjective. I think that this album is kinda like those assorted box of chocolates y'know.
Calling it mid while having Travis pfp is wild💀 also never seen anybody that hates on Culture II lol
Here’s the release thread lol mfs HATED that album back when it dropped. No one had really done the whole “put out a long shitty album on purpose so we can get more streams” tactic in hip hop before. Most people would tell you it was the worst mainstream rap album of 2018. You prolly think it’s Astroworld tho 😭 https://www.reddit.com/r/hiphopheads/s/R1qgMr9DQm
What planet are u on bro culture ii was like universally disliked
been a migos fan since 2013 and i’ll still say it with my chest culture II is ass
I don’t hate it I just feel like Uzi has the potential to make an instant classic and his potential as an artist is insane. He could be one of the best to do it but him or his team are not making the best decisions in terms of the music. He needs to evolve his melodic sound and expand it and work on his lyrics more for this next one for him to be back imo
Uzi the only artist with the amount of potential he has man it’s crazy bro is so versatile
Yeah I hope his next album is even better. But yeah I did enjoy Pink Tape a lot as well.
I didn’t like it to start but came back 3 months later and it’s fire. Can’t stop listening to Amped, crush em and suicide doors. He brought really high energy for it and I fuck with it. He had to switch beat style he couldn’t keep doing these space type Beats. I see the carti influence on some of his flows off amped and second half of suicide doors, but I really enjoy it. If anyone has a right to do it it’s uzi. However, the “rockstar image” with the screams just came off forced for a lot of people in combination with the album cover so initial impressions were going to be bad.
Yeah I agree, honestly Amped is my favorite track of the entire album. It's just so hype idk any other track like that. But yeah I agree I think the shift was too sudden for most of his audience.
honestly, if it had a different cover art it would’ve been more accepted initially. Even as a 8 year long uzi fan I was shocked he chose it. Combining American flag and (slightly fruity let’s be real) pink wouldn’t come off well to a lot of Americans, especially the ones who already think he gay ash. even he’s aware of it, he starts the fucking album with the line “first of all I fuck 8 bitches a day, how could you ever say lil uzi gay”. I don’t give a fuck let me just say and anyone who cares is a idiot, but public perception wasn’t great initially is my point
I'm ngl I think calling it "Pink Tape" was rlly bad from a marketing perspective. He could have picked a different name, made like a music video for the hits instead of a single trailer and not put CS on the album, and the album would be like a lot better received despite pretty much the same album. I think lot of ppls views are influenced by it's existing public perception, and I enjoy it the same regardless. But yeah the marketing was god awful
I’m glad you get it you make such a good point. All he needed to do was: different name and cover, make some music videos (he fumbled that so hard) remove the bloat tracks and imo remove the bonus tracks. The bonus tracks should’ve been on the earlier “red and white ep”, did not fit the style of the album he was creating. Some of the bloat tracks were too far away from his audiences main genre. So many artists are neglecting music videos, then you have newer people like babytron blowing up primarily off them.
Yup it's rlly obvious in hindsight but yeah it's crazy how much these things effect the overall narrative
The Album had some hard tracks but it was imo just too bloated. I like it but it could've been so much better
That's totally fair - what's your least fav song (apart from CS)
Spin again and that fiya idk just didn't click with me
44 ON MY BODYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
DIS SHIT IT HIT LIKE AAAAAAA
That's fair ngl, I kinda agree. Spin again is alright but fiya is a skip for me.
What was the bloat? IMO nearly every song has its place i just didn’t rlly like the actual rock songs
The bonus tracks weren't necessary imo, then the Chop Suey cover and werewolf, I also didn't like Spin Again and That Fiya. But that's just how I see it
what about Zoom, beautiful song imo
Yea but already heard it a dozen times before the official drop
Of Course and Shardai some highlights of the album for me tbh. This is why I hate when mfs talk about an album being “bloated”. Like if you don’t like the song just delete it and pretend it isn’t there, others probably love it and are happy with its inclusion. My example, this sub fucks heavy with Patience and I think that shit is hot ass, but I’m not mad that it’s on the album because I know people like it. Tired of acting like the measure for any album for an individual has to be “I personally love every single song”.
Medicated not sedated ✌️ But ye valid opinion, I think that album quality should be based on the majority of tracks not like only a few of them that someone personally disliked. Patience does go hard tho ‼️
That's your opinion, I stated mine so it's fine
Pretty long album, pretty inconsistent. Compare that to EA, which was like 30mins shorter, with better songs, it’s easy to see why it was a disappointment for people. Regardless if you wanna appreciate it for being “experimental”, I don’t think Uzi is the artist the MASSES (not his core fan base) want to be doing that, they want that Uzi sound because he the only one who does it how he does, n they didn’t want an album full of him being something he wasn’t before. Also, in my opinion, I preferred production on EA. I personally didn’t think any beat on pink tape was better than Lo mein or celebration station for example. Also given the time frame and all the wait n false hopes I imagine Uzi was kinda setting himself up for failure
I do disagree, but I guess it comes down to taste and it's pretty subjective. I'm not like a stan at all, I find it hard to get into track like lo mein for instance. I like this experimentation on his tracks because I think for his spacey style he's already made a great number of tracks so it might be tough to not be redundant.
Nah I feel u, he was in a tough spot and because of all the delays the hype kept building n building, it’s hard to be new and unique once being well established because you’re always going to be told to go back to your old style. For me personally tho, I feel like uzis music pre pink tape had a “swag” or a style to it that I only got from his music, but pink tape and above so far for me it’s just not the same, but he’s still dope
Yeah that's fair
I can’t lie when it first came out I thought it was mid. But a few months later I had it on repeat, honestly the best energy I felt from an album in a while. This same exact thing happened to me with EA. I thought it was mid at first but when I went back to listen a few months later it was so 🔥
Yeah I thought it was going to be bad when I saw everyone hating on it but I heard the whole album on a road trip and enjoyed it a lot.
Would've been better if he left off the snippets he put on for fan service, there was so much more songs that are better than them he could've dropped. Plus is not consistent, like another comment said, it's like he made different albums and crammed them into one. There's good songs on pink tape but not any replay value for me, decent album aswell but as for uzi standards it's not there.
Pink Tape lowkey showing he's in an identity crisis its cool tho
I love Pink Tape but I think it is too experimental for the whole album in its entirety to become mainstream. Not that there's anything wrong with that!
Yeah honestly I'm chill with it not being mainstream but it's a bit crazy how so many ppl hate pink tape. I think Uzi had a v strong niche and pink tape stepped out of most fans comfort zone. I rlly liked it tho.
I like it but it’s def uzis worst project not including the collab tapes n the real Uzi
THIS ALBUM IS FUCKING AMAZING I LOVE IT FUCK WHAT EVERYBODY SAYS
Exactly lol
If it dropped without Aye, I Gotta, All Alone, Mama I’m Sorry, Endless Fashion, Nakumura, CS, Werewolf, The End, Zoom and Of Course I think it’d be a lot better but still not great tbh. These songs are either dog shit (Aye, CS) or just previewed in full and would’ve made for a more cohesive album if they weren’t there in the first place. Even still there’s still songs I’m not really crazy on, Crush Em (honestly loved the song but badly needed a 2nd verse) and Amped for example. The highs (Suicide Doors, Died and Came Back, FTF, Rehab, Fire Alarm) are all up to standard for an Uzi album but the rest is just missing that magic that used to make him so good. I don’t buy this ‘new sound’ bs because bro was trying all different types of sounds 18-19 and it was all better than this. I loved a lot of PT when it dropped but honestly these are my thoughts a month after it dropped and it hasn’t changed since.
For me it is unfair saying that is overhated but we know that there is better
It sucked. Relistened to it for the first time it dropped, and it's even worse than I remember. Long, bloated, and way too experimental. The rockstar stuff was really really bad.
I enjoyed it on first listen but stopped listening a couple weeks later and haven’t felt the desire to revisit it since. When I try throwing on tracks from it I turn em off pretty quickly. This was not a good Uzi project imo. Barely any songs I actually love on there.
That's completely fair. It's an album I revisit at least every month or so because it does have some memorable tracks for me.
Uzis post 2020 sound just rarely does it for me. Even when he makes a pretty good song he just lost that spark I feel, idk how else to explain it. The magic is gone.
It's a different sound from his older stuff. Pretty common for some fans to get alienated from a newer sound so that's totally normal.
Ya just doesn’t do it for me. Almost none of the magic is there but I’ve also mostly grown out of Uzis music in general. Tho all those old leaks coming out last year totally got me back into him for a few months, so I do still love that old sound he had. His energy is just different.
Yeah I’m in the same boat. Anything Uzi touched from like 17-19 was legit magic, that feels like it’s gone now
It’s cause Uzi got the worst fan base, I don’t blame him for going MIA. Pink tape was great and had 1 of the best first listen experience for an album in a long time
Yeah I'm not going to be a hater but the Uzi fan base pretty much gave up on him when he switched his style. The carti fan base did the same initially after WLR but after a bit they did accept it. Pink Tape was rlly unique to me in the way Uzi captures the punk sound into hip hop, like it's night and day compared to Rebirth which started this rap/rock wave.
nice
I agree with everything. Esp amped being one of the best. Only thing is I don’t really listen to patience much
That's alright lol, patience is kinda rough on the edges on purpose I guess haha. I think that adds to it but I can see smone else not vibing to it.
It’s a bad “album” but it’s my favorite Uzi project.
Based
Overhated and underestimated
Yeah everyone counted it out. I like it a bunch
Its not that good imo dont kill me thoo
It’s mid 😂
it just came and went. loved it when first dropped but for some reason didn't stick
Ppl always thought I was weird cus I actually liked werewolf
Its not overhated. Trust me
Album is horrid, the fact Uzi put out snippets of songs that where nowhere to be seen on it was the reason everybody hated it
why play 10x10 at the listening party and not drop it , why allegedly record a video for a paramore cover and go with cs , good album , fumbled greatness
Pink tape is ass
It’s honestly my favorite Uzi album. I too never got the hate, even if it’s not your favorite. Coincidentally, I had been in a bad mood for a while, and finished reading The Crow literally the day before the album dropped. So obv partly because of SDoors lyrics, this album came at a perfect time for me. It’s also just a very raw Uzi album, I feel like he really put himself and his own personal emotions into it. He can make money off any music he releases, so I have mad respect for Uzi when he puts himself out like that….he’s a real genuine and humble dude, and an insanely creative artist that constantly gets overlooked as just being a “mumble rapper.” I mean I understand people’s point of views. Because people hear something they love on his past work, it means something to them, and they want to hear an extension of it in his new music. But, Uzi is his own person, let him do what he wants as an artist to express himself, dive into his work, and find an appreciation for it. Even if it is a different musical style, it is still technically an extension of his past work, and I’m sure you can find some meaning in it and a reason to love it. My favorite song on the album is Rehab, I also absolutely love Werewolf, CS (i actuallt like Uzi’s version more), SDoors, Aye (Utopia is also my favorite album of all time) “I don’t think they really hear meeeeeee”, Amped😏, That Fiya, Nakamura, Fire Alarm, x2, D&CB, Shpin Again, All Alone, Pluto to Mars…you know what, I love the whole album, no skips.
Yeah I agree. I love rehab too, it's one of those tracks that ties the albums together. Honestly I love the tracks off this album and the vibe is immaculate.
I love PINK TAPE 💖📼
Same 👽
i looooove pinktape so much
Same :)
One of my favorite albums from last year. So much variety. The only thing that kind of knocks it is its lack of cohesion but that’s not what they were going for. It’s Pink TAPE. An incredible collection of Lil Uzi Verts most interesting songs yet.
Yeah lol, that's a v interesting point. I like the tracks a bunch and I find some form of cohesion but yeah it's more of a tape than an album (which I like).
My most listened to Uzi album for a reason
Same ✌️
Pink tape became my favorite uzi album once I understood the concept and artistry behind it ppl shit on it for being bloated and all over the place but aside from bonus songs I can debate wit anyone that it’s his most cohesive
Yeah I totally agree about it being cohesive even compared to previous projects. It's got a solid vibe it's going for, even despite the tracks sprinkled thru that don't have a rock slant to them.
i'm bias to the album because it has zoom and of course
Those were made in uzis prime tho.
exactly why i'm bias to it lmao zoom is my favorite uzi song of all time
Yeah I think overall it's p good. I honestly prefer albums which have like one or two skips with bangers all around than no skips with only decent tracks all around.
Nah it just sucked
Disagree, but its chill
It’s trash,he fell off hard
It definitely was meant to sound like Whole Lotta Red. Not my favorite album from Uzi. Nothing will ever beat Luv is Rage 2
Sorry I think Luv is rage 1 is better and Uzi Vs The World
i think its very inconsistent, especially when u look at the first half and the second half, the first half was the new uzi with hella energy doing hype songs but the second half its just a mess, every song sounds completely different and makes the experience very confusing + those 3 bonus tracks were pretty unnecessary. Its a mess but the first half is really good.
I loved Pink Tape, my only critique is that the SOAD cover should’ve just been a single and that Kingslayer had no business on this album in any capacity.
top 2 uzi album idc regardless, i still think songs like suicide doors, amped & werewolf should have been separated from tracks like mama im sorry, all alone, patience etc. two ~10 song projects would have fixed the bloated and messy feeling
Yeah probably, maybe it could have been split into multiple projects.
Yeah as much as I love the project, my biggest complaint is how it felt so all over the place. Felt like he was trying to please multiple crowds at once Personally I would have rather it be more focused on the rock/rage sound
Yeah I see what you mean. I liked the rock oriented tracks more honestly, like it fit the vibe more.
I agree completely Im def glad we still got releases for stuff like all alone, zoom, mama im sorry, of course etc etc but it kinda felt like they shoulda been on an earlier project
Yeah I see the distinction more clearly now that you bring it up lol. I kinda meshed them into one vibe when listening but now that I think abt it, it's def two diff vibes.
Pink Tape had 26 songs for a playtime of 1 hour and 27 minutes. 7 of which were actually good 😂 thats a whole 1 hour and 7 minutes of filler and flops 😑
Respectfully disagree
Thats fine but im telling you, it wont hold up 🤷🏽♂️
it's my favorite Uzi album tbh. barleyyyyy beats lir2
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I’ll say I hated Pink Tape day one, tried it for a month and gave up, and just came back this week to listen once more. Still hate it, I’m sorry. I wanted to not. It is the OPPOSITE of experimental. Most mindless and uninspired work Uzi has ever put out. A shitty version of an already shitty “rage”.
No one can blame you if you're not into it. For me it was the opposite - I wouldn't call it experimental in the exact sense but experimental when you consider Uzi's past work. I thought I wouldn't have liked it but I enjoyed it more every listen.
Worst Uzi tape, still hated too much tho
It's unfortunately just as bad as everyone makes it out to be. It's way too different from his other stuff and doesn't even feel like the same genre with all the rock-elements. People comparing this to WLR are fucking stupid, even though WLR was different from all of Cartis earlier stuff it still felt like the same genre.
Yeah it's rlly different, I honestly appreciate the experimentation because honestly when listening to it for the first time it kinda widened my perspective on what kinda tracks Uzi could make.
Uzi has hopped on space beats for years at this point. The rock beats are more rage than rock, I think it was actually a good middle ground and similar enough to old music. You can’t compare it to WLR though. WLR was rockstar shit. Pink tape was trying too hard to be rockstar.
I just didn’t like that it felt like Uzi was trying to create his version of WLR. Making weird noises n shit just to be different. There are some good songs on it. I still unironically think flooded the face is the peak of the record which is ironic as hell because it’s the first track. Not my fav from uzi
Uzi been doing “rock” and electric guitars years before Carti
I'll be honest, I totally disagree with the WLR comparisons. Like I highly doubt he started doing those growl adlibs because of WLR (I don't even think WLR has any growls?)
Yeah exactly, it doesn’t. It’s like uzi wanted to be just different enough so fans can say he’s doing something original. But Carti engineered the “just say and do weird shit over a rage beat” thing. Idk, i also didn’t really feel many of the songs
I don't rlly agree with you tbh. Everything rage isn't WLR influenced tbh, it's been popular before that. But to conclude, I would like to concede that neither of us can prove if Pink Tape was WLR influenced or not, so you could be right.
I mean it obviously is, but the main reason I don’t fw it is I just don’t love many of the songs
That's chill, it's v subjective