Well, I figured I might as well get this one out while my twitter name is CDTVthaUziStan.
I completed this list in the last few months of 2018 and was gonna wait for Eternal Atake
to actually make and upload it, but yeah.
So we all know Uzi can run fast when approached with scarily accurate knowledge of his childhood
but can he rap at quite the same pace?
Well this is CDTVProductions, a newly reformed Uzi stan here, and let’s take a look at
the 10 Fastest Lil Uzi Vert verses so far.
12 - Uzi Intro (Verse 1) - 6.9 SPS
And we’re kicking it off with a track from one of Uzi’s earliest mixtapes.
From the sound of it, it’s very possible that he took inspiration from Wiz Khalifa’s
TrapWiz style here, as Uzi has mentioned Wiz as one of his influences, but I’m not a
fan of the strong autotune over this particular beat with the faster rapping pace.
The actual flow itself is solid though.
11 - Big Money (C4 Remix) [Verse 2] - 7 SPS
I’m not even exaggerating here, Uzi kills this track.
I might even go as far to say it’s a case of a feature saving the song, because his
verse is so nice, the flow switches are so damn smooth on here and that includes the
quick transition into the fast part.
I really enjoy this verse.
10 - Cartel (Verse 2) - 7 SPS
This song is very clearly influenced by the Migos.
And when I say “influenced”, it’s in all capitals cause this straight up sounds
like Quavo wrote this all, picked the beat, then Uzi rapped it.
With that Zaytoven style of instrumental, the single word being repeated for the hook,
pretty much everything sounds like the early Migos style on here.... except for the fast
part you just heard.
Right towards the end, Uzi switches up his flow to lure you back in and it does make
it a bit more impactful and noticeable, especially coming after relatively repetitive flows.
9 - Chiraq Pt. 2 (Verse 2) - 7.1 SPS
Here we have Uzi’s verse on a remix to the song Chiraq originally by Nicki Minaj.
It’s kinda different hearing Uzi over such a cold, threatening beat such as this one
but by matching it with some dark lyrics and a more serious tone of voice, he honestly
sounds great on it.
I’ve never heard a 5ft 4 man sound more intimidating in my life.
To be fair, he’s 6 inches taller than me when standing on his money so who’s the
real winner here?
8 - Wasted (Verse 2) - 7.2 SPS
Now personally I’ve never been of that thing rappers do where they consistently try to
distance themself from being a rapper and say they’re a rockstar.
But this is one of the songs where I kind of give Uzi a pass for it, because the way
he comes in with his rougher vocals backed by some distortion does sound quite wild and
rockstar-like.
This has made some people dislike the verse, when I made a video on songs ruined by the
feature I saw some people suggest this one, but I like what Uzi does on here, even before
I enjoyed him as a rapper.
He adds a rawer element to the track that I don’t find any trouble enjoying.
7 - In 04 (Verse 1) - 7.2 SPS
Lil Uzi Vert & Gucci Mane.
This is a collaboration that I would’ve hated about 6 or so months ago, but both artists
have grown on me to varying degrees.
Gucci not as much, but the Droptopwop tape is dope, I wanna check out more of his solo
stuff soon to really form my opinion.
Even if I didn’t like Gucci, he only handles the hook on this song anyway, with Uzi’s
vocals backing him during that as well, it’s basically Uzi’s song.
And that works because from what I’ve heard the beat definitely sounds more suited to
Uzi than Gucci Mane.
6 - Gwap (Verse 1) - 7.4 SPS
And now we’re going back to another early Uzi song, from 2014 specifically.
I knew Lil Uzi’s style was different back before he started gaining some traction, but
he’s barely even recognizable on this song.
It was definitely before he really found his voice, so naturally I’m not a huge fan of
this one.
The nonstop, run on flow on the verse is cool though, but it’s strikingly similar to another
track that we have later on in this list.
No matter how I feel about it overall though, it’s a good track to see how far Uzi has
come with his song crafting ability since 2014 because I think we can all agree he’s
definitely improved.
5- Enemies (Verse 2) - 7.5 SPS
Enemies is a top 5 Uzi song for me, probably even top 3.
Everything from the delayed drop in of the drumbeat on the first verse which makes it
all the more impactful (seriously listen to this song on some good speakers, that drum
beat drop slaps), all 3 verses being fairly different which helps keep the song engaging
from the first second to the last, to Uzi’s confident and boastful hook, makes this song
so enjoyable to listen to.
And the fast part is so attention grabbing, coming out of nowhere at the start of the
second verse, contrasting against the slower hook which makes it feel all the more energetic.
It’s really one of the moments that makes the song one of my favourite Uzi tracks.
4 - Multi Millionaire (Verse 2) - 7.6 SPS
I like Uzi’s verse on this song, and I would say he’s my favourite part of the track,
but there is one small thing I kinda wish he changed about this verse.
And it’s the use of that really overt autotune on it.
Autotune is not something I’m against in all situations, very far from it, but on a
song where Uzi is rapping rather than being melodic over this hard, glitchy, digital beat
I feel like it wasn’t necessary and kinda detracts from his verse slightly.
He already has an interesting rasp to his voice that I don’t think needed to be further
brought out with the autotune.
Regardless though, his flow is solid on this song, not one that I expected to be one of
his fastest, but as you can tell it’s in the top 5 of fast Uzi verses.
3 - Who Run It Remix (Verse 3) - 7.8 SPS
If you’re wondering why, in 2018, everyone started remixing a Three 6 Mafia track that
wasn’t even one of their biggest songs, G Herbo is the reason why.
He freestyled over it on a radio station, later released a full version of the track,
challenged other rappers to remix it and dropped another version of his own remix featuring
an added guest verse from Uzi.
And it is not a beat I expected to hear Uzi over, but he fits in pretty well on this,
more than I expected him to.
The best parts of his verse are where Uzi channels a deeper delivery because it fits
in against the beat more than when he goes higher pitched, but overall the verse is pretty
damn nice.
And because hip hop beef is almost always entertaining, it’s fun to hear Uzi fire
some more shots at Rich the Kid on this one as well.
2 - New Patek (Verse 1) - 7.9 SPS
This might just be the song that really made me realise I should give Uzi’s whole catalogue
a second chance.
When I finished this song for the first time and realised I was engaged with a song just
shy of 6 minutes that was over 1 beat the entire time by a rapper I disliked before,
I knew that maybe time had changed my opinion on Little Jacuzzi Vertical.
The upbeat instrumental moves pretty fast and Uzi keeps up with it with his flow for
pretty much the whole song and does throw quite a few flow switches into the verses.
While I do like some of his harder, more aggressive tracks, this one made me realise that my favourite
Uzi songs are these really bright, happy sounding ones.
In my opinion it’s one of the most addictive Lil Uzi songs out there.
1 - I Don’t Give A **** (Verse 1) - 8 SPS
Yep the fastest verse on this list was recorded through what sounds like the equivalent of
a default Xbox gaming headset.
But as you can tell by his voice, it’s a very early Uzi song, maybe all he had was
that mic so work with what you’ve got, I won’t take the **** because of it.
This song is definitely something that’s surprising to hear especially if you’ve
only heard Uzi on his newest projects, because as far as I’m aware he’s never rapped
this consistently fast with no breaths on a song outside of this one.
You only heard a 10 second snippet, but the whole 50 second verse is basically on par
with that pace.
So if there’s anything to take away from this video, it’s that Uzi can rap relatively
fast (this verse is basically on par with Ski Mask’s verse on Flo Rida or even Tech
N9ne’s verse on Speedom, a song named after it’s speed) but he chooses to focus on making
songs with more of an aesthetic appeal, and me personally I’m absolutely fine with that.
So there we have it, that was the fastest Lil Uzi Vert verse so far and even with the
lower quality it was an impressive one.
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