Pink Tape
Lil Uzi Vert
Pink Tape is Lil Uzi Vert’s third solo studio album, released on June 30, 2023 via Generation Now and Atlantic Records after a long, teased rollout and the Red & White EP. At 26 tracks and about 87 minutes, it is an expansive, highly experimental project that blends hip hop, trap, rage, punk rap, rap rock, and alternative hip hop, with prominent elements of rap metal and metalcore showing Uzi’s deep interest in rock and heavy music. The album features a wide and eclectic guest list—Travis Scott, Nicki Minaj, Snow Strippers, Bring Me the Horizon, Don Toliver, and BABYMETAL—alongside producers ranging from Don Cannon, Oogie Mane, WondaGurl, and Wheezy to Arca, Bring Me the Horizon themselves, and even contributions tied to Rick Rubin, Serj Tankian, and Daron Malakian. It was supported by the smash single Just Wanna Rock and the later single Endless Fashion featuring Nicki Minaj, and debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 with 167,000 album-equivalent units, becoming both Uzi’s third US chart-topping album and the first rap album of 2023 to reach number one.
Across songs like Flooded the Face, Aye (with Travis Scott), Died and Came Back, Nakamura, Werewolf (with Bring Me the Horizon), The End (with BABYMETAL), and the viral Just Wanna Rock, Pink Tape moves between high-energy trap bangers, Jersey club–influenced tracks, and aggressive, guitar-heavy cuts that borrow from metal and emo/punk traditions. Critics and fans generally agree that the album captures Uzi in a hyperactive, idea-heavy mode: reviews praise its willingness to push into rock and rage territory and highlight stretches of inventive production, but frequently describe the record as “bloated,” “scatterbrained,” or in need of editing, with several commentators suggesting that its best material could have formed a tighter, 12–16 track project. Even so, Pink Tape is widely recognized as a significant entry in Uzi’s catalog—one that crystallizes their reputation for genre-bending, high-intensity experimentation, and extends the emo-rap and futuristic trap sound of earlier projects into more explicitly rock-leaning, maximalist territory.
Pink Tape
Lil Uzi Vert
Pink Tape is Lil Uzi Vert’s third solo studio album, released on June 30, 2023 via Generation Now and Atlantic Records after a long, teased rollout and the Red & White EP. At 26 tracks and about 87 minutes, it is an expansive, highly experimental project that blends hip hop, trap, rage, punk rap, rap rock, and alternative hip hop, with prominent elements of rap metal and metalcore showing Uzi’s deep interest in rock and heavy music. The album features a wide and eclectic guest list—Travis Scott, Nicki Minaj, Snow Strippers, Bring Me the Horizon, Don Toliver, and BABYMETAL—alongside producers ranging from Don Cannon, Oogie Mane, WondaGurl, and Wheezy to Arca, Bring Me the Horizon themselves, and even contributions tied to Rick Rubin, Serj Tankian, and Daron Malakian. It was supported by the smash single Just Wanna Rock and the later single Endless Fashion featuring Nicki Minaj, and debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 with 167,000 album-equivalent units, becoming both Uzi’s third US chart-topping album and the first rap album of 2023 to reach number one.
Across songs like Flooded the Face, Aye (with Travis Scott), Died and Came Back, Nakamura, Werewolf (with Bring Me the Horizon), The End (with BABYMETAL), and the viral Just Wanna Rock, Pink Tape moves between high-energy trap bangers, Jersey club–influenced tracks, and aggressive, guitar-heavy cuts that borrow from metal and emo/punk traditions. Critics and fans generally agree that the album captures Uzi in a hyperactive, idea-heavy mode: reviews praise its willingness to push into rock and rage territory and highlight stretches of inventive production, but frequently describe the record as “bloated,” “scatterbrained,” or in need of editing, with several commentators suggesting that its best material could have formed a tighter, 12–16 track project. Even so, Pink Tape is widely recognized as a significant entry in Uzi’s catalog—one that crystallizes their reputation for genre-bending, high-intensity experimentation, and extends the emo-rap and futuristic trap sound of earlier projects into more explicitly rock-leaning, maximalist territory.