{"id":2588,"date":"2020-03-24T11:31:57","date_gmt":"2020-03-24T17:31:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/read.streamapse.com\/?p=2588"},"modified":"2020-03-24T11:31:57","modified_gmt":"2020-03-24T17:31:57","slug":"lil-uzi-vert-one-of-the-most-heralded-hip-hop-artists-of-his-generation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/?p=2588","title":{"rendered":"Lil Uzi Vert &#8211; One Of The Most Heralded Hip-Hop Artists Of His Generation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lil Uzi Vert built no small part of his well-deserved reputation off of the promise of a record nobody had heard. For nearly two years, fans eagerly anticipated the release of Eternal Atake, a maddeningly delayed project whose legend grew while tragedy befell some of the Philadelphia native\u2019s emo rap peers, including Lil Peep and XXXTENTACION. With the wait finally over, the patient listenership that made do with running back to 2017\u2019s Luv Is Rage 2 again and again can take in his glittering opus.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2590\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2590\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2590\" src=\"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Lil-Uzi-Vert-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Lil-Uzi-Vert-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Lil-Uzi-Vert-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Lil-Uzi-Vert.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2590\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/geo.music.apple.com\/us\/album\/eternal-atake\/1501843464?mt=1&amp;app=music&amp;at=1010lLq2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>#StreamEternalAtake<\/strong><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Without relying on showy features\u2014save for one memorable duet with Syd on the otherworldly \u201cUrgency\u201d\u2014Uzi does more than most of those who\u2019ve jacked his style in the interim. He imbues the post-EDM aesthetic of \u201cCelebration Station\u201d and the video-game trap of \u201cSilly Watch\u201d alike with speedy, free-associative verses that run from gun talk to sexual exploits. An obvious influence on Uzi\u2019s discography, Chief Keef provides the woozy beat for \u201cChrome Heart Tags,\u201d reminding that there are levels to Uzi\u2019s artistry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lil Uzi Vert built no small part of his well-deserved reputation off of the promise of a record nobody had heard. For nearly two years, fans eagerly anticipated the release of Eternal Atake, a maddeningly delayed project whose legend grew while tragedy befell some of the Philadelphia native\u2019s emo rap peers, including Lil Peep and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2589,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[43,121,122],"class_list":["post-2588","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-music","tag-artists","tag-generation","tag-heralded"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2588","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2588"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2588\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2589"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2588"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2588"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}