Uzi has been a constant presence in popular music in the time since 2017’s Luv Is Rage 2 he’s headlined festivals and put in scores of guest appearances. The song in question, “You Better Move,” comes from Eternal Atake, Uzi’s first album in two and a half years. Everything about the song in question is bright, noisy, dazzling. The beat behind him is a thundering blat, built around the sound of a ball caroming onto the screen in an old ’90s pinball-themed computer game. Within the same breath, he’s making fun of some girl’s jeans. When he hits the words at the end of the lines - toon, move - Uzi turns his voice into a deranged squeak, a blaring klaxon call. When Uzi bleats those words about living life like a cartoon, he does it in a giddy nasal yammer, splattering syllables all over the place. Uzi sounds like a cartoon, character, too. Even when you’re at the back of a festival crowd, you can still see Uzi’s smile when he’s ping-ponging across a festival stage. Uzi looks like a cartoon character, a tiny little energy-ball dressed in vividly garish designer absurdities and glittery face jewelry. Reality is not my move.” If Lil Uzi Vert has a mission statement, this is it.
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