Album Review: Eternal Atake by Lil Uzi Vert

A typical Lil Uzi Vert song boils down to a few core topics: the millions in his bank account, the cars an average person wouldn't know how to start, jewelry that wouldn't shine on anyone else, clothing brands that most can't pronounce, and girls who would never bat an eyelash at someone other than Uzi. But a typical Lil Uzi Vert song also sounds like it was ripped from a harddrive that fell out of the back of a spaceship, all delivered with a medley of influences from the generations that came before him. There's the spirit of Meek Mill freestyling on Philadelphia street corners, the breakneck pace of G Herbo, the melodic designer-brand fever dream of a True Religion-wearing era Chief Keef, injected slightly with the pint-sized angst of punk-pop heroines like Hayley Williams of Paramore.

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