Everything We Know About Lil Uzi Vert’s ‘Luv Is Rage 2’ (So Far)
During this weekend’s Billboard Music Awards, it was Sway who point-blank asked Lil Uzi Vert what was up with Luv Is Rage 2. Uzi’s response was a simple… and confusing: “It’ll be out soon. Like, really soon. Like sooner than soon.”
.@jeanniemai says @LILUZIVERT is ‘one of her fave dressed on the #BBMAs magenta carpet’ tonight! Hear what he has to say. pic.twitter.com/f7nRFLJuXe
— BillboardMusicAwards (@BBMAs) May 22, 2017
What does soon mean in rapper time? That’s hard to say. Travis Scott recently said he’d be dropping new music “in a few days,” which turned into three songs being posted on his SoundCloud… 10 days later. With his insane tour schedule (and some legal trouble), we can understand Travis not being able to make it to SoundCloud-dot-com to bless the masses with new material. Uzi? Uzi’s been teasing Luv Is Rage 2, the sequel to 2015’s Luv Is Rage, since late 2016, though.
For true Uzi fans, how soon is “soon”?
And while we’re on the subject, what do we really know about Luv Is Rage 2? If you’ve followed Lil Uzi Vert on Instagram, you’ve probably heard a grip of tracks from this project, and the anticipation is high as hell right now, especially for diehard Uzi fans (including those of the “shoot up my school because I don’t have your project” variety). Let’s cut the bullshit and figure out everything we know about Luv Is Rage 2.
Release Date
Again, let Lil Uzi Vert tell it, Luv Is Rage 2 is going to be out “soon.” His Twitter bio says “coming Soon,” he told Sway that it’d be dropping “sooner than soon,” and while I don’t know what it means to tweet your project title next to a sleepy face emoji and a fire emoji, something tells me that too might just mean “soon.”
Luv Is RAGE 2®??
— Uzi London ?☄️?® (@LILUZIVERT) December 13, 2016
Let DJ Don Cannon (who co-founded the Generation Now label that Uzi calls home), though, the project isn’t coming out “no time soon.” At least, that’s what he said in April of 2017. “If you didn’t hear, Luv Is Rage [2] is not dropping no time soon. It’s not going to be a long time from now, but not within this month. We still working on the album. It’s a process. You got to make the album, mix the album, master the album. Put it out. That takes time when you’re perfecting it.”
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Features
During his livestream, Don Cannon also spoke on how Uzi’s massive hit “XO Tour Llif3” would be getting a special guest when it hits Luv Is Rage 2, but as of right now, there’s no word on WHO this guest will be. Judging by his recent output, Uzi could have everyone from Migos to ASAP Rocky to Iggy Azalea to Travis Scott and Gucci Mane on Luv Is Rage 2. Hell, he might get on his EDM shit and do something new with Steve Aoki. Both Young Thug and Wiz Khalifa were on the first Luv Is Rage release as well, so it’d be safe to assume that one of them would be on this.
In terms of producers, we’d assume that Don Cannon would be all over it, as well as Sonny Digital, TM88, FKi, and the other producers from the first Luv Is Rage. Uzi’s Lil Uzi Vert vs. the World also featured beats from Metro Boomin and WondaGurl, and beatsmiths like Zaytoven and Nard & B were on The Perfect Luv Tape. We feel like somewhere in the middle of these producers (plus some surprises) will make up how Luv Is Rage 2 will sound.
Songs
This is the area we know least about. The only confirmed track on Luv Is Rage 2 is “XO Tour Llif3,” but it was also a part of the four-track Luv Is Rage 1.5 EP that dropped on Feb. 26, 2017. During the last few months, Uzi has spent time previewing track after track on Instagram. Of course, none of these have had track titles, but there’s some heat in these snippets.
A post shared by @liluzivert on Nov 27, 2016 at 6:45pm PST
Hopefully most of these are on Luv Is Rage 2… or drop at some point.
Expectations
This is an important moment for Uzi. After making a name for himself via his 2016 grind, this is truly the year he should be shining in. “XO Tour Llif3” proved without a shadow of a doubt that he has widely-appealing tracks at his disposal. Problem is, he’s going to have to raise the bar in terms of his hit-making ability. “XO Tour Llif3” can’t be the only gem on this project.
Uzi will also have to prove that he’s bigger than the hype surrounding him, which usually has to do with what he has on and how he acts on stage than for his actual tracks. Uzi’s feeling like the next rap superstar, and a strong showing with Luv Is Rage 2 could bode well for those claims.
