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Lil Uzi Vert’s long-awaited album disappoints

Regurgitated lyrical content and lack of variety makes this a disappointing follow-up.

Chris Charpentier, Staff Writer • March 12, 2020

Since the release of his 2017 album “Luv is Rage 2,” famed trap artist Lil Uzi Vert has accumulated many fans because of his unique voice, melodies and pioneering efforts toward “emo-rap,” a genre that fuses the technical abilities of rap with the lyrical content of emo music. In 2018, Uzi...