Lil Uzi Vert’s second studio album, Eternal Atake, finally arrived on Friday after a nearly two-year rollout plagued by leaks and label drama.
In a new interview with Rolling Stone, the rapper’s hitmaking collaborator TM88 estimated that a song leak could push an Uzi album back nearly a year.
According to TM88, Uzi started working on EA “at least since 2018.” Since the Philly rapper takes a long time working on each song, leaks easily upend his workflow. “Leaks slow everybody up.
Future and [Young] Thug are doing 10 songs a night,” said the “XO TOUR Llif3” producer. “Uzi really takes a lot of time on his songs.
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