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{{Infobox album
{{Infobox album
|Name = Luv is Rage
| name = Luv Is Rage
| type = mixtape
|Cover = Luv is Rage.jpg
| artist = [[Lil Uzi Vert]]
|Type = mixtape
| cover = Luv Is Rage Cover.jpg
|Artist = [[Lil Uzi Vert]]
| alt =
|Released = October 30, 2015
|Recorded = 2015
| released = October 30, 2015
|Studio =
| studio =
|Genre = {{hlist|[[Hip hop music|Hip hop]]|[[Trap music|Trap]]}}
| genre = {{hlist|[[Hip hop music|Hip hop]]|[[Trap music (hip hop)|trap]]}}
| length = 60:25
|Length =
|Label = {{hlist|Generation Now|[[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]]}}
| label = {{hlist|Generation Now|[[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]]}}
| producer =
|Producer = {{hlist|Bobby Kritical|Charlie Heat|[[Don Cannon]]|DJ Plugg|DP Beatz|[[FKi (production team)|FKi]]|Maaly Raw|Slade da Monsta|[[Sonny Digital]]|[[TM88]]|Wheezy|V12 the Hitman}}
*Bobby Kritical
|Last album = ''The Real Uzi''<br />(2014)
*Chapo
|This album = '''''Luv is Rage'''''<br />(2015)
*Charlie Handsome
|Next album = ''Lil Uzi Vert vs. The World''<br />(2016)
*[[Charlie Heat]]
*[[Orange Factory Music|Digi]]
*DJ Plugg
*[[Don Cannon]]
*DP Beats
*[[FKi 1st]]
*[[FKi (production team)|FKi]]
*[[Lex Luger (musician)|Lex Luger]]
*[[Maaly Raw]]
*[[MP808]]
*Slade Da Monsta
*[[Sonny Digital]]
*[[TM88]]
*Treez Lowkey
*V12 The Hitman
*Xay Scott
*[[Wheezy (record producer)|Wheezy]]
| prev_title = The Real Uzi
| prev_year = 2014
| next_title = [[Lil Uzi Vert vs. the World]]
| next_year = 2016
}}
}}
'''''Luv is Rage''''' is the third mixtape by American [[hip hop]] recording artist [[Lil Uzi Vert]]. It was released on October 30, 2015 by Generation Now and [[Atlantic Records]]. The album features guest appearances from [[Wiz Khalifa]] and [[Young Thug]]. The album features productions from [[Don Cannon]], DJ Plugg, V12 the Hitman, Slade da Monsta, [[FKi (production team)|FKi]], Wheezy, Maaly Raw, Bobby Kritical, DP Beatz, [[Sonny Digital]], [[TM88]] & [[Metro Boomin]]
'''''Luv Is Rage''''' is the debut commercial [[mixtape]] by American rapper [[Lil Uzi Vert]]. It was released on October 30, 2015, by Generation Now and [[Atlantic Records]]. The mixtape includes features from [[Young Thug]] and [[Wiz Khalifa]]. A [[Luv Is Rage 2|sequel]] was released on August 25, 2017.

== Background ==
In a 2016 interview with GlobalGrindTV, Lil Uzi Vert explained the title of ''Luv Is Rage'':<blockquote>It goes two different ways. It's, like, I usually just say the one way, but it go both ways. Like 'Luv Is Rage' is, like, L-U-V: it's Lil Uzi Vert, and, like, I'm a rockstar, I am rage, like everything I do, I'm raging. And, it's more, like, you know rage is, like, it's not that good, like, raging is, like, rebellious, like, and, like, with love, like, you know, love is good. Like, but love is also bad too. It's horrible. And it was, like, a lot of songs are a little darker and stuff and, like, you can hear the stuff that I say–stuff, like, yeah–I don't know, I'm always in a bad space, even if I'm, like–I don't know, I'm crazy.<ref>{{cite web|title=Lil Uzi Vert On Loving Marilyn Manson, Facetiming KimYe, Battling Wiz Khalifa|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1TphXiP7VQ&feature=youtu.be|access-date=31 March 2020|website=GlobalGrindTV}}</ref></blockquote>The version of the mixtape on streaming services only contains 12 of the 16 songs that are on the mixtape, as "Moist", "Queso", "Wit My Crew x 1987" and "Nuyork Nights at 21" are excluded.

The mixtape features Atlanta rapper [[Young Thug]] on streaming services. However, the mixtape also originally included a feature from fellow Pennsylvanian rapper [[Wiz Khalifa]], whom Lil Uzi Vert considers to be one of their leading inspirations.<ref>{{Cite web|last=C.M.|first=Emmanuel|date=March 27, 2015|title=The Break Presents: Lil Uzi Vert|url=https://www.xxlmag.com/break-presents-lil-uzi-vert/|access-date=July 14, 2020|website=XXL Mag}}</ref>

== Release and promotion ==
The music video for the mixtape's first track "Safe House" was released on November 10, 2015 as a [[WorldStarHipHop]] exclusive directed by Spike Jordan.<ref>{{Cite web|last=WORLDSTARHIPHOP|date=November 10, 2015|title=Lil Uzi Vert "Safe House" (WSHH Exclusive - Official Music Video)|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8-Xja-Tuxs|access-date=July 14, 2020|website=YouTube}}</ref> As of September 2024, the music video has accumulated over 3 million views.

The music video for "Super Saiyan Trunks" was released on July 8, 2015.<ref>{{Cite web|last=LIL UZI VERT|date=July 8, 2015|title=Lil Uzi Vert - Super Saiyan Trunks (Prod. By Slade Da Monsta)|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtuDAr8Oe7g|access-date=July 14, 2020|website=YouTube}}</ref> The music video features clips from [[Dragon Ball (TV series)|Dragon Ball]], a Japanese animated television series. As of September 2024, the music video has accumulated over 10 million views. In November 2020 Lil Uzi Vert teased Super Saiyan 2 on Twitter as well as playing a short clip featuring a similar beat, flow and intro as well as the similar opening line "Have you ever made 10 million dollars with your talent?" after revealing they will be revising older styles of their music on their next project.

The music video for "All My Chains" was released on February 19, 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|last=LIL UZI VERT|date=February 19, 2016|title=Lil Uzi - All My Chains (Official Video)|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_CWV1HKNTo|access-date=July 14, 2020|website=YouTube}}</ref> The music video features Lil Uzi Vert in North Philadelphia, where they were born and raised.<ref name=":1">{{Citation|last=HIPHOPSINCE1987TV|title=Lil Uzi Vert Talks 'The Real Uzi' Mixtape, Collaborating With Kur & More With HHS1987|date=July 31, 2014|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7OZrNVrHvA|access-date=July 14, 2020}}</ref> As of September 2024, the music video has accumulated over 7 million views.

== Critical reception ==
The mixtape received generally positive reviews. Darryl Robertson of ''[[Vibe (magazine)|Vibe]]'' called the project "solid".<ref>{{cite web|last=Robertson|first=Darryl|date=October 30, 2015|title=The Real Talk Of Philly: Lil Uzi Vert's 'Luv Is Rage' Album|url=https://www.vibe.com/2015/11/lil-uzi-vert-luv-is-rage-album|access-date=March 31, 2020|website=Vibe}}</ref> Rose Lilah of ''HotNewHipHop'' called the features on the mixtape "quality".<ref name="HNHHLIR">{{cite web|date=October 30, 2015|title=Luv is Rage|url=https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/lil-uzi-vert-luv-is-rage-new-mixtape.116096.html|access-date=March 30, 2020|website=HotNewHipHop}}</ref> Kemet High of ''[[XXL (magazine)|XXL]]'' said that the mixtape "depicts Uzi at [their] rawest state", and said that the project was "packed with swift melodies".<ref>{{Cite web|title=Lil Uzi Vert Projects Worth Listening to and Those to Skip|url=https://www.xxlmag.com/lil-uzi-vert-projects-worth-listening-to-skip/|access-date=June 26, 2020|website=XXL|date=22 April 2020 }}</ref>

== Commercial performance ==
"7AM" spent a total of ten weeks on the Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles chart, peaking at number five on August 6, 2016.<ref>{{Cite magazine|title=Lil Uzi Vert|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/lil-uzi-vert/chart-history/bubbling-under-r-b-hip-hop-songs|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200629065802/https://www.billboard.com/music/lil-uzi-vert/chart-history/bubbling-under-r-b-hip-hop-songs|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 29, 2020|access-date=2020-07-14|magazine=Billboard}}</ref>


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
{{Track listing
{{tracklist
| extra_column = Producer(s)
|headline =
| total_length = 60:25
|writing_credits = No

|extra_column = Producer(s)
| title1 = Safe House
|total_length =
| writer1 = {{hlist|[[Lil Uzi Vert|Symere Woods]]|[[Don Cannon|Donald Cannon]]|[[Maaly Raw|Jamaal Henry]]}}
|title1 = Safe House
|extra1 = {{hlist|[[Don Cannon]]|Maaly Raw}}
| extra1 = {{hlist|[[Don Cannon]]|[[Maaly Raw]]}}
|length1 = 3:56
| length1 = 3:56

|title2 = Banned from TV
| title2 = Banned from TV
|extra2 = Charlie Heat
| writer2 = {{hlist|Woods|[[Charlie Heat|Ernest Brown]]}}
|length2 = 2:57
| extra2 = [[Charlie Heat]]
|title3 = Super Saiyan
| length2 = 2:57
|extra3 = Slade da Monsta

|length3 = 2:27
| title3 = Super Saiyan
|title4 = 7AM
| writer3 = {{hlist|Woods|Marcus Slade}}
|extra4 = DP Beatz
| extra3 = Slade Da Monsta
|length4 = 3:40
| length3 = 2:27
|title5 = Yamborghini Dream

|note5 = featuring [[Young Thug]]
|extra5 = [[TM88]]
| title4 = 7AM
| writer4 = {{hlist|Woods|Don Paschall Jr.|Elijah Johnson III|[[Lex Luger (musician)|Lexus Lewis]]}}
|length5 = 3:49
| extra4 = {{hlist|DP Beats|Xay Scott|[[Lex Luger (musician)|Lex Luger]]}}
|title6 = Right Now
| length4 = 3:40
|extra6 = [[Sonny Digital]]

|length6 = 3:48
| title5 = Yamborghini Dream
|title7 = Moist
| note5 = featuring [[Young Thug]]
|extra7 = [[FKi (production team)|FKi]]
| writer5 = {{hlist|Woods|[[Young Thug|Jeffery Williams]]|[[TM88|Bryan Simmons]]|[[MP808|Terrell McNeal]]}}
|length7 = 4:06
| extra5 = {{hlist|[[TM88]]|[[MP808]]}}
|title8 = Top
| length5 = 3:48
|extra8 = Don Cannon

|length8 = 3:54
| title6 = Right Now
|title9 = Queso
| writer6 = {{hlist|Woods|[[Sonny Digital|Sonny Uwaezuoke]]}}
|note9 = featuring [[Wiz Khalifa]]
| extra6 = [[Sonny Digital]]
|extra9 = {{hlist|[[TM88]]|Wheezy}}
|length9 = 3:57
| length6 = 3:48

|title10 = All My Chains
| title7 = Moist
|extra10 = Slade da Monsta
| writer7 = {{hlist|Woods|[[FKi 1st|Trocon Roberts Jr.]]|Ryan Vojtesak|[[Orange Factory Music|Jamil Chammas]]}}
|length10 = 3:29
| extra7 = {{hlist|[[FKi 1st]]|Charlie Handsome|[[Orange Factory Music|Digi]]}}
|title11 = Belly
| length7 = 4:00
|extra11 = {{hlist|Bobby Kritical|DJ Plugg}}

|length11 = 3:38
| title8 = Top
|title12 = Wit My Crew x 1987
| writer8 = {{hlist|Woods|Cannon|Tre Cooper}}
|extra12 = FKi
| extra8 = {{hlist|Don Cannon|Treez Lowkey}}
|length12 = 6:21
| length8 = 3:56
|title13 = Nuyork Night at 21

|extra13 = FKi
|length13 = 2:46
| title9 = Queso
| note9 = featuring [[Wiz Khalifa]]
|title14 = Enemies
| writer9 = {{hlist|Woods|Simmons|[[Wiz Khalifa|Cameron Thomaz]]|[[Wheezy (record producer)|Wesley Glass]]}}
|extra14 = Maaly Raw
| extra9 = {{hlist|[[TM88]]|[[Wheezy (record producer)|Wheezy]]}}
|length14 = 4:08
| length9 = 3:56
|title15 = Ballin' to the End

|extra15 = V12 the Hitman
| title10 = All My Chains
|length15 = 4:38
| writer10 = {{hlist|Woods|Slade}}
|title16 = Paradise
| extra10 = Slade Da Monsta
|note16 = Bonus
| length10 = 3:29
|extra16 = Don Cannon

|length16 = 2:53
| title11 = Belly
| writer11 = {{hlist|Woods|Kenneth Smith|Bobby Turner Jr.}}
| extra11 = {{hlist|DJ Plugg|Bobby Kritical}}
| length11 = 3:38

| title12 = Wit My Crew x 1987
| writer12 = {{hlist|Woods|Roberts Jr.|[[FKi (production team)|Steven Bolden]]|Darius Lassiter}}
| extra12 = {{hlist|[[FKi (production team)|FKi]]|Chapo}}
| length12 = 6:21

| title13 = Nuyork Nights at 21
| writer13 = {{hlist|Woods|Roberts Jr.}}
| extra13 = FKi 1st
| length13 = 2:50

| title14 = Enemies
| writer14 = {{hlist|Woods|Henry}}
| extra14 = Maaly Raw
| length14 = 4:08

| title15 = Ballin
| writer15 = {{hlist|Woods|Cannon|Mack Loggins}}
| extra15 = {{hlist|Don Cannon|V12 The Hitman}}
| length15 = 4:38

| title16 = Paradise
| writer16 = {{hlist|Woods|Cannon}}
| extra16 = Don Cannon
| length16 = 2:53
}}
}}
'''Notes'''
* "Moist", "Queso", "Wit My Crew x 1987" and "Nuyork Nights at 21" are not available on streaming services.
* "Ballin" is also known as "Ballin' to the End".


==Charts==
{{reflist}}
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}

===Weekly charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
! scope="col"| Chart (2024)
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
! scope="row"| Croatian International Albums ([[Top of the Shops|HDU]])<ref name=Croatia>{{cite web|url=https://www.top-lista.hr/www/lista-prodaje-strano-17-tjedan-2024/|title=Lista prodaje 17. tjedan 2024|date=May 1, 2024|publisher=[[Top of the Shops]]|language=hr|access-date=May 1, 2024}}</ref>
| 33
|-
! scope="row"| Hungarian Physical Albums ([[Association of Hungarian Record Companies|MAHASZ]])<ref>{{cite web |title=Album Top 40 slágerlista (fizikai hanghordozók) – 2024. 17. hét |url=https://slagerlistak.hu/album-top-40-slagerlista-fizikai-hanghordozok/2024/17 |publisher=[[Association of Hungarian Record Companies|MAHASZ]] |access-date=2 May 2024}}</ref>
| 39
|-
|}
{{col-end}}

==Release history==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
! scope="col"| Region
! scope="col"| Date
! scope="col"| Format(s)
! scope="col"| Label
! scope="col"| {{Abbr|Ref.|References}}
|-
! rowspan="2" scope="row" | Worldwide
| October 30, 2015
| {{hlist|[[Streaming media|Streaming]]|[[Music download|digital download]]}}
| rowspan="3" | {{hlist|Generation Now|[[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]]}}
| <ref name=HNHHLIR />
|-
|April 21, 2018
|[[LP record|LP]]
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=Lil Uzi Vert - Luv Is Rage|url=https://www.discogs.com/Lil-Uzi-Vert-Luv-Is-Rage/release/11886859|access-date=July 14, 2020|website=Discogs|date=21 April 2018 }}</ref>
|-
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Lil Uzi Vert}}
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Latest revision as of 01:28, 1 September 2024

Luv Is Rage
Mixtape by
Lil Uzi Vert
ReleasedOctober 30, 2015
Genre
Length60:25
Label
Producer
Lil Uzi Vert chronology
The Real Uzi
(2014) 		Luv Is Rage
(2015) 		Lil Uzi Vert vs. the World
(2016)

Luv Is Rage is the debut commercial mixtape by American rapper Lil Uzi Vert. It was released on October 30, 2015, by Generation Now and Atlantic Records. The mixtape includes features from Young Thug and Wiz Khalifa. A sequel was released on August 25, 2017.

Background

[edit]

In a 2016 interview with GlobalGrindTV, Lil Uzi Vert explained the title of Luv Is Rage:

It goes two different ways. It's, like, I usually just say the one way, but it go both ways. Like 'Luv Is Rage' is, like, L-U-V: it's Lil Uzi Vert, and, like, I'm a rockstar, I am rage, like everything I do, I'm raging. And, it's more, like, you know rage is, like, it's not that good, like, raging is, like, rebellious, like, and, like, with love, like, you know, love is good. Like, but love is also bad too. It's horrible. And it was, like, a lot of songs are a little darker and stuff and, like, you can hear the stuff that I say–stuff, like, yeah–I don't know, I'm always in a bad space, even if I'm, like–I don't know, I'm crazy.[1]

The version of the mixtape on streaming services only contains 12 of the 16 songs that are on the mixtape, as "Moist", "Queso", "Wit My Crew x 1987" and "Nuyork Nights at 21" are excluded.

The mixtape features Atlanta rapper Young Thug on streaming services. However, the mixtape also originally included a feature from fellow Pennsylvanian rapper Wiz Khalifa, whom Lil Uzi Vert considers to be one of their leading inspirations.[2]

Release and promotion

[edit]

The music video for the mixtape's first track "Safe House" was released on November 10, 2015 as a WorldStarHipHop exclusive directed by Spike Jordan.[3] As of September 2024, the music video has accumulated over 3 million views.

The music video for "Super Saiyan Trunks" was released on July 8, 2015.[4] The music video features clips from Dragon Ball, a Japanese animated television series. As of September 2024, the music video has accumulated over 10 million views. In November 2020 Lil Uzi Vert teased Super Saiyan 2 on Twitter as well as playing a short clip featuring a similar beat, flow and intro as well as the similar opening line "Have you ever made 10 million dollars with your talent?" after revealing they will be revising older styles of their music on their next project.

The music video for "All My Chains" was released on February 19, 2016.[5] The music video features Lil Uzi Vert in North Philadelphia, where they were born and raised.[6] As of September 2024, the music video has accumulated over 7 million views.

Critical reception

[edit]

The mixtape received generally positive reviews. Darryl Robertson of Vibe called the project "solid".[7] Rose Lilah of HotNewHipHop called the features on the mixtape "quality".[8] Kemet High of XXL said that the mixtape "depicts Uzi at [their] rawest state", and said that the project was "packed with swift melodies".[9]

Commercial performance

[edit]

"7AM" spent a total of ten weeks on the Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles chart, peaking at number five on August 6, 2016.[10]

Track listing

[edit]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Safe House"
3:56
2."Banned from TV"
Charlie Heat2:57
3."Super Saiyan"
  • Woods
  • Marcus Slade
Slade Da Monsta2:27
4."7AM"
3:40
5."Yamborghini Dream" (featuring Young Thug)
3:48
6."Right Now"
Sonny Digital3:48
7."Moist"
4:00
8."Top"
  • Woods
  • Cannon
  • Tre Cooper
  • Don Cannon
  • Treez Lowkey
3:56
9."Queso" (featuring Wiz Khalifa)
3:56
10."All My Chains"
  • Woods
  • Slade
Slade Da Monsta3:29
11."Belly"
  • Woods
  • Kenneth Smith
  • Bobby Turner Jr.
  • DJ Plugg
  • Bobby Kritical
3:38
12."Wit My Crew x 1987"
6:21
13."Nuyork Nights at 21"
  • Woods
  • Roberts Jr.
FKi 1st2:50
14."Enemies"
  • Woods
  • Henry
Maaly Raw4:08
15."Ballin"
  • Woods
  • Cannon
  • Mack Loggins
  • Don Cannon
  • V12 The Hitman
4:38
16."Paradise"
  • Woods
  • Cannon
Don Cannon2:53
Total length:60:25

Notes

  • "Moist", "Queso", "Wit My Crew x 1987" and "Nuyork Nights at 21" are not available on streaming services.
  • "Ballin" is also known as "Ballin' to the End".

Charts

[edit]

Release history

[edit]
Region Date Format(s) Label Ref.
Worldwide October 30, 2015
[8]
April 21, 2018 LP [13]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Lil Uzi Vert On Loving Marilyn Manson, Facetiming KimYe, Battling Wiz Khalifa". GlobalGrindTV. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  2. ^ C.M., Emmanuel (March 27, 2015). "The Break Presents: Lil Uzi Vert". XXL Mag. Retrieved July 14, 2020.
  3. ^ WORLDSTARHIPHOP (November 10, 2015). "Lil Uzi Vert "Safe House" (WSHH Exclusive - Official Music Video)". YouTube. Retrieved July 14, 2020.
  4. ^ LIL UZI VERT (July 8, 2015). "Lil Uzi Vert - Super Saiyan Trunks (Prod. By Slade Da Monsta)". YouTube. Retrieved July 14, 2020.
  5. ^ LIL UZI VERT (February 19, 2016). "Lil Uzi - All My Chains (Official Video)". YouTube. Retrieved July 14, 2020.
  6. ^ HIPHOPSINCE1987TV (July 31, 2014), Lil Uzi Vert Talks 'The Real Uzi' Mixtape, Collaborating With Kur & More With HHS1987, retrieved July 14, 2020{{citation}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  7. ^ Robertson, Darryl (October 30, 2015). "The Real Talk Of Philly: Lil Uzi Vert's 'Luv Is Rage' Album". Vibe. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
  8. ^ a b "Luv is Rage". HotNewHipHop. October 30, 2015. Retrieved March 30, 2020.
  9. ^ "Lil Uzi Vert Projects Worth Listening to and Those to Skip". XXL. 22 April 2020. Retrieved June 26, 2020.
  10. ^ "Lil Uzi Vert". Billboard. Archived from the original on June 29, 2020. Retrieved 2020-07-14.
  11. ^ "Lista prodaje 17. tjedan 2024" (in Croatian). Top of the Shops. May 1, 2024. Retrieved May 1, 2024.
  12. ^ "Album Top 40 slágerlista (fizikai hanghordozók) – 2024. 17. hét". MAHASZ. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
  13. ^ "Lil Uzi Vert - Luv Is Rage". Discogs. 21 April 2018. Retrieved July 14, 2020.
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